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Faces of Compassion: Classic Bodhisattva Archetypes and Their Modern Expression ? An Introduction to Mahayana Buddhism Paperback - 2012
by Leighton, Taigen Dan
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- Title Faces of Compassion: Classic Bodhisattva Archetypes and Their Modern Expression ? An Introduction to Mahayana Buddhism
- Author Leighton, Taigen Dan
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 2nd Revised edit
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 352
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Wisdom Publications
- Date 2012-05
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Recycled Paper, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 1614290148.G
- ISBN 9781614290148 / 1614290148
- Weight 1.07 lbs (0.49 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6.07 x 0.87 in (22.86 x 15.42 x 2.21 cm)
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Themes
- Religious Orientation: Buddhist
- Library of Congress subjects Bodhisattvas, Religious life - Buddhism
- Dewey Decimal Code 294.342
From the rear cover
"To meet the bodhisattvas is to embrace more fully our own humanity, and our ultimate capacity for courage, devotion, compassion, and transcendent wisdom. Taigen Dan Leighton has lovingly illuminated still another dimension of the human condition. This is a tour de fource."--John Daishin Buksbazen, author of "Zen Meditation in Plain English"
Archetypes of wisdom and compassion, the bodhisattvas of Buddhism are powerful and compelling images of awakening. Scholar and Zen teacher Taigen Dan Leighton explores the imagery and lore of the seven most important of these archetypal figures, bringing them alive as psychological and spiritual wellsprings. Emphasizing the universality of spiritual ideals, Leighton finds aspects of the bodhisattvas expressed in a variety of familiar modern personages--from Muhammad Ali to Mahatma Gandhi, from Bob Dylan to Henry Thoreau, and from Gertrude Stein to Mother Teresa. This book also functions as a thorough and engaging introduction to the world of Mahayana Buddhism.
Archetypes of wisdom and compassion, the bodhisattvas of Buddhism are powerful and compelling images of awakening. Scholar and Zen teacher Taigen Dan Leighton explores the imagery and lore of the seven most important of these archetypal figures, bringing them alive as psychological and spiritual wellsprings. Emphasizing the universality of spiritual ideals, Leighton finds aspects of the bodhisattvas expressed in a variety of familiar modern personages--from Muhammad Ali to Mahatma Gandhi, from Bob Dylan to Henry Thoreau, and from Gertrude Stein to Mother Teresa. This book also functions as a thorough and engaging introduction to the world of Mahayana Buddhism.