Tag: Tibetan Buddhism

Windhorse Publications
Windhorse Publications

New Podcast Episode - Train Your Mind: Lojong and the Art of Wise Compassion

By Windhorse Publi... on Tue, 22 Jul, 2025 - 12:11

New Podcast Episode - Train Your Mind: Lojong and the Art of Wise Compassion

By Windhorse Publi... on Tue, 22 Jul, 2025 - 12:11

What if your struggles could become tools for awakening? What if a few short slogans could reshape how you meet life’s challenges?

In this episode, Dhammamegha speaks with Dhirananda and Viryabodhi, authors of Train Your Mind: Tibetan Exercises in Wisdom and Compassion — a fresh, practical guide to the ancient Tibetan Buddhist practice of Lojong. Together, they explore how mind-training slogans like “Don’t expect applause”, “At this crucial time, practise the essentials”, and “Blame it all on the one culprit” offer pithy,...

Western Buddhist Review
Western Buddhist Review

Some Very Short Books About Buddhism

By Dhivan on Mon, 23 Dec, 2013 - 15:44

Some Very Short Books About Buddhism

By Dhivan on Mon, 23 Dec, 2013 - 15:44Matthew Kapstein, Tibetan Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2014.
(and also, in reverse date order:)
Damien Keown, Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction, 2nd ed., Oxford University Press, 2013 (1st ed. 1996).
Jan Westerhoff, Reality: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2011.
Damien Keown, Buddhist Ethics: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2005.
Susan Blackmore, Consciousness: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2005.
Edward Craig, Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2002.
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