Spiritual Masters

East and West

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This first-ever series of in-depth dialogues with Samdhong Rinpoche, the current Prime Minister of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile, presents his refreshing views on a wide range of pressing topics including the problems of the present political world order, the philosophy of "non-violence" (Ahimsa) and "truth-insistence" (Satyagraha) and the plight of Tibet in the face of the communist Chinese invasion. Informed throughout by his deep belief in the principles of Tibetan Buddhism, "Samdhong Rinpoche" holds to an uncompromising vision of the Truth - the way the world could be if it renounced its destructive path of unprincipled pragmatism and worldly compromise. Venerable Professor Samdhong Rinpoche was born in 1939 in the Tibetan province of Kham. At the age of five he was recognised and enthroned as the reincarnation of the fourth Samdhong Rinpoche. In 1959 he fled to India to escape the repressive Chinese government in Tibet. There he was commissioned by His Holiness the Dalai Lama to serve as a teacher to monks in exile. In 2001, Rinpoche was named Prime Minister of the Tibetan Exile Government, the first political leader to be directly elected by the people in exile. "Rinpoche is a great scholar, with a deep and vast understanding of Buddhist philosophy, both Sutra and Tantra; not only a scholar but a great practitioner, living in the meaning." - Lama Zopa Rinpoche, one of the world's most beloved Tibetan teachers. This book includes a foreword by His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama.

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Non-Fiction Sociology & Anthropology Anthropology Social & Cultural Anthropology, Ethnography Politics & Government Religion & Beliefs Other Non-Christian Religions Buddhism Tibetan Buddhism

The long road to now
Origins	p. 7
Biological evolution	p. 9
Societies	p. 12
Culture	p. 16
Governance	p. 18
Economies	p. 20
Industry and commerce	p. 23
Law	p. 25
Philosophy	p. 30
Religion	p. 34
Morality	p. 38
Spirituality	p. 41
Science	p. 43
Art	p. 45
Complexity and escapism	p. 48
Civilization and decline	p. 53
The future in prospect	p. 56
The modern individual
The dialogues	p. 67
Humankind in Samsara, on earth, and in the universe
The gap between governments and the governed	p. 80
Law as moral sufficiency	p. 82
Environmental destruction	p. 85
International influence and expansionism	p. 89
Power	p. 93
Violence and war	p. 96
America and the superpower principle	p. 98
Toothless international law	p. 102
The ideal	p. 103
A view on this millennium	p. 104
Tibet - the modern world's hidden tragedy
The invasion and occupation of Tibet	p. 116
Tibet at the United Nations	p. 117
The cultural revolution	p. 117
Post-Maoist policies	p. 118
The scope of abuse	p. 122
Religious persecution	p. 124
Two statements from April 2003	p. 125
Plunder and destruction for China's benefit	p. 126
Population transfer. China's "final solution" for Tibet	p. 131
The status of Tibet	p. 132
What Tibetans want	p. 133
The response from Beijing	p. 135
The Karma of Tibet	p. 137
Tibet and Taiwan : contrasting stances	p. 141
Preserving Dharma and Buddhist culture in Tibet	p. 142
The future vision of Tibet	p. 144
Losing patience with non-violence	p. 155
Satyagraha and Ahimsa (truth-insistence and non-harmfulness)
The dialogues	p. 167
The foundational view - Buddhadharma
The life of Siddhartha Gotama	p. 181
The first noble truth : the truth of suffering	p. 182
The second noble truth : the truth of the causes of suffering	p. 183
The third noble truth : the truth of the cessation of suffering	p. 184
The fourth noble truth : the eightfold path	p. 184
Karma	p. 188
Rebirth	p. 189
Interdependent origination	p. 189
Impermanence, suffering, not-self	p. 190
The five aggregates	p. 190
Compassion	p. 191
Wisdom-compassion and the six perfections	p. 192
Bodhicitta and skilful means	p. 192
The Bodhisattva	p. 193
The inner and outer Lama	p. 193
Study and practice	p. 194
The Vajrayana	p. 194
View, conduct, meditation	p. 195
Taking refuse	p. 196
The dialogues	p. 197
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