- Paperback: 144 pages
- Publisher: Shambhala Publications Inc; 1st Shambhala Ed edition (2 Nov 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1570628572
- ISBN-13: 978-1570628573
- Product Dimensions: 15.2 x 0.9 x 22.9 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 862,006 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Although Tibetan Buddhism continues to grow in popularity, the crucial relationship between teacher and student remains largely misunderstood. Dangerous Friend offers an in-depth exploration of this mysterious and complex bond, a relationship of paramount importance in Tibetan Buddhist practice.
According to Tibetan Buddhist tradition, the student must have complete trust in the teacher (the "dangerous friend") if he or she is to achieve any understanding. It is the teacher's responsibility to uphold the integrity of the tradition, the basis of which is compassion for all beings, by transmitting it properly to an appropriate student. Likewise, it is the student's responsibility to meet the challenge of carrying on the lineage of teachings. By entering such a relationship, both teacher and student accept the burden of protecting those teachings by understanding them completely and correctly, by practicing them fully and faultlessly, and by transmitting them without omission.
Dangerous Friend includes discussions of the following topics:
• Meeting and recognizing an appropriate teacher.
• Understanding the gravity of entering the teacher-student relationship.
• Shifting one's approach from spiritual materialism to genuine Buddhist practice.
• Accepting the challenge of being truly kind, honest, and courageous.
According to Tibetan Buddhist tradition, the student must have complete trust in the teacher (the "dangerous friend") if he or she is to achieve any understanding. It is the teacher's responsibility to uphold the integrity of the tradition, the basis of which is compassion for all beings, by transmitting it properly to an appropriate student. Likewise, it is the student's responsibility to meet the challenge of carrying on the lineage of teachings. By entering such a relationship, both teacher and student accept the burden of protecting those teachings by understanding them completely and correctly, by practicing them fully and faultlessly, and by transmitting them without omission.
Dangerous Friend includes discussions of the following topics:
• Meeting and recognizing an appropriate teacher.
• Understanding the gravity of entering the teacher-student relationship.
• Shifting one's approach from spiritual materialism to genuine Buddhist practice.
• Accepting the challenge of being truly kind, honest, and courageous.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Despite scepticism on the web about Aro g'Ter as a Western incarnated sangha (whose credentials, it must be said, do seem sound) I decided to read this book. I was not disappointed. It has a feel of deep integrity and genuine respect as well as understanding for the Vajrayana lineage to which this Aro g'Ter sangha belongs. The book -as well as others from the same people as I have come to discover since reading this one- manages to translate complex Tantric and Dzogchen conceptuology into a language tailored to and apt for the Western mindset, no small achievement indeed. The author as well as the lineage holders he frequently invokes seem to have a matured, ripened insight and understanding of Vajrayana. Surely while reading in the book I got many an instance of instant, deep understanding of the aspect at hand. In reading this book I found the author relating to Vajrayana in a way that made it easy for me deeply to feel touched by its proposals although I do not feel I am in a position to make further appraisals of author or sangha at this moment in time. Of course the book has been conceived and structured to respond to a challenge to the integrity of Vajrayana particular to our times and lands (in similar way as Judith Simmer-Brown's "Dakini's warm breath"). As such the book is marked somewhat by some sort of polemic polarity, which nonetheless does not diminish its qualities and integrity. Quite the contrary.
To finalise: I am not part of this sangha, haven't met any of the people belonging to it yet but I am getting interested to do so indeed.
To finalise: I am not part of this sangha, haven't met any of the people belonging to it yet but I am getting interested to do so indeed.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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This book describes the subtle and sublime relationship between a realised Lama and disciple within the framework of Tantric Buddhism or Vajrayana. The book carefully lays out the relationship and confronts those who are hostile to the path as recently evidenced by those purporting to push egalitarian ideals into the context of this sacred teacher-student relationship. The above review unfortunately was a conflicted appraisal of Ngala Rig'dzin's book based on a more personal position rather than a more 'objective' perspective.
I heartily recomend this book to those who wish to embark, or already have embarked upon this most amazing path!
I heartily recomend this book to those who wish to embark, or already have embarked upon this most amazing path!
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Highly recommend this book for serious practioners of Vajrayana. Traditional & modern.
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