The New Heart Of Wisdom: Profound Teachings from Buddha's Heart

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Understanding the relationship between our mind and our world A special method for overcoming difficulties in daily life Removing obstacles to realizing our full potential This completely new presentation by the author of Modern Buddhism offers truly liberating insights and advice for the contemporary reader. It reveals the profound meaning of the very heart of Buddha's teachings - the Perfection of Wisdom Sutras. The author shows how all our problems and suffering come from our ignorance of the ultimate nature of things, and how we can abandon this ignorance and come to enjoy pure, lasting happiness through a special wisdom associated with compassion for all living beings.

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"An excellent book... for the serious student of Buddhism a better book would be hard to come across". - The Middle Way "...both excellent and comprehensive". - North American Board for East West Dialogue

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Geshe Kelsang Gyatso was born in Tibet and is a fully accomplished meditation master and internationally renowned teacher of Buddhism. Resident in the West since 1977, he is the author of 21 highly acclaimed books that perfectly transmit the ancient wisdom of Buddhism to our modern world. He has also founded over 1100 Kadampa Buddhist Centres and groups throughout the world.