How Karma Works: The Twelve Links of Dependent-Arising
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
How Karma Works: The Twelve Links of Dependent-Arising
By (Author) Geshe Sonam Rinchen
Translated by Ruth Sonam
Edited by Ruth Sonam
Shambhala Publications Inc
Snow Lion Publications
15th February 2013
20th August 2012
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
294.344
Physical Properties
Paperback
144
Width 140mm, Height 216mm, Spine 9mm
170g
Description
A commentary by Geshe Sonam Rinchen on this important teaching, based on the Rice Seedling Sutra and the twenty-sixth chapter of Nagarjuna's "Treatise on the Middle Way". We all want to find happiness and be free of suffering. Happiness comes from positive mental states and actions and suffering from the opposite. The twelve part process of dependent arising shows how actions underlain by ignorance propel us from one rebirth into another, keeping us trapped in suffering, and how through understanding reality correctly we can break this cycle. The twelve links that make up this chain of causes and effects are an extension of the four noble truths, the heart of the Buddha's teaching, and demonstrate in particular the connection between true suffering and true sources of suffering.
Reviews
Ruth Sonam's clear translations . . . offer easily accessible commentaries on the teachings suitable for practitioners at all levels." The Middle Way
Author Bio
Geshe Sonam Rinchen (1933-2013) studied at Sera Je Monastery and in 1980 received the Lharampa Geshe degree. He taught Buddhist philosophy and practice at the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in Dharamsala, India, as well as in dharma centers around the world.
