Never turn away : the Buddhist path beyond hope and fear

by Rigdzin Shikpo

Paperback, 2007

Publication

Imprint: Boston : Wisdom Publications, c2007. Responsibility: Rigdzin Shikpo; foreward by Francesca Fremantle; edited by David Hutchens. OCLC Number: 137244677. Physical: Text : 1 volume : x, 179 pages ; 23 cm. Features: Includes glossary, index.

Call number

GT-B-Tb / Shikp

Barcode

BK-07872

ISBN

9780861714889

Collections

Your library, Adult Materials, The Great Traditions

CSS Library Notes

Description: A meditator's meditator, Rigdzin Shikpo (ne Michael Hookham) began the practice in the mid 1950s and eventually became a prominent student of several renowned Tibetan Buddhist teachers, including Chogyam Trungpa and Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. Over the years he has developed his own utterly unique style made of straight talk and sparkling, inspiring insights.

The title of this, his long-awaited new book, comes from the teachings Rigdzin Shikpo received from Trungpa Rinpoche, who said that we should always turn toward those things that scare us, open to them completely, and never turn away from them. This path of openness, clarity, and sensitivity is a hallmark of the Dzogchen tradition of Buddhist practice. Rigdzin Shikpo has lived its truth so deeply that his words shine with authenticity and freshness. -- from jacket.

Table of Contents: The path of openness & the truth of suffering --
Always turn toward, never turn away --
Meditation: the basis of the path --
Body, speech, and mind in meditation --
Boring, boring, boring! --
A gently arising magic --
Openness and everyday-life practice --
Mandala principle & the cause of suffering --
A universe of mandalas --
Mandala principle and the second truth --
The mandala of openness --
The collapse of confusion & the cessation of suffering --
On time --
On place --
Seeing wisdom in the emotions --
Working with anger and desire --
The pursuit of truth & the truth of the path --
The importance of the path --
Awakened activity --
A mysterious strength --
Power and insight --
Transforming the body --
Tantric alchemy --
As the path unfolds --
Beginning at the end.

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Physical description

x, 179 p.; 23 cm

Description

A meditator's meditator, Rigdzin Shikpo (ne Michael Hookham) began the practice in the mid 1950s and eventually became a prominent student of several renowned Tibetan Buddhist teachers, including Chogyam Trungpa and Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. Over the years he has developed his own utterly unique style made of straight talk and sparkling, inspiring insights. The title of this, his long-awaited new book, comes from the teachings Rigdzin Shikpo received from Trungpa Rinpoche, who said that we should always turn toward those things that scare us, open to them completely, and never turn away from them. This path of openness, clarity, and sensitivity is a hallmark of the Dzogchen tradition of Buddhist practice. Rigdzin Shikpo has lived its truth so deeply that his words shine with authenticity and freshness.… (more)