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<p style="line-height: 150%;"> There is a basic human wisdom that can help solve the world’s problems. It doesn’t belong to any one culture or region or religious tradition—though it can be found in many of them throughout history. It’s what Chögyam Trungpa called the sacred path of the warrior. The sacred warrior conquers the world not through violence or aggression, but through gentleness, courage, and self-knowledge. The warrior discovers the basic goodness of human life and radiates that goodness out into the world for the peace and sanity of others. That’s what the Shambhala teachings are all about, and this is the book that has been presenting them to a wide and appreciative audience for more than twenty years.
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This is a great book by a Tibetan Buddhist meditation master, teacher, and artist and author of Meditation in Action and Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism, rather than meditation or buddhism the insights in this book are derived from warrior traditions and aim to transcend a single creed or culture.
As stated on the blurb on the back of the book itself "The warrior discovers the basic goodness of human life and radiates that goodness out into the world for the peace and sanity of others.". This will not particularly satisfy anyone who has become aggrieved with trends in publishing which promise that anyone and everyone either can be or already are warriors but I would hope that they would not be deterred from reading this book.
Infact I would hope that it reaches as wide an audience as possible, it is very clearly and congenially written, the style is very engaging and easy, without any great repetition between chapters or anything else likely to put off any other than a dedicated reader.
The has a great, clear contents page, list of illustrations, afterword, list of resources comprising contact addresses, websites, e-mails, fax and phone numbers and finally a two page piece about the author. There is no index which is a shame but its omission does not spoil the book.
The book is divided into three parts, part one "How to Be a Warrior" deals with creating an enlightened society, discovering basic goodness, the genuine heart of sadness, fear and fearlessness, synchronising mind and body, renunciation, daring, celebration and letting go.
This is not a collection of vagaries and esoteric or meandering writing which will baffle as much as clarify any reader, there are some analogies and stories but each page just serves to create or support the reader's enthusiasm. While I recommend this book to the general reader there are chapters which will appeal to anyone interested in Zen disciplines, practical meditation or even Jungian psychology such as the one on synchronising mind and body.
Part two, deals with "Sacredness: The Warrior's World", comprising Nowness, Discovering Magic, How to Invoke Magic, Overcoming Arrogance, Overcoming Habitual Patterns, Sacred World, Natural Hierarchy and How to Rule.
This chapter is very interesting since I saw some parallels with the writings of existentialists or others dealing with issues such as terminal illness and/or life threatening challenges. I read these chapters as positive encouragement to overcome the tendency of being lulled into a near "sleep-walking" state of being. Again it is easy reading.
Part three, is "Authentic Prescence", comprising The Universal Monarch, Authentic Prescence and The Shambhala Lineage and deals with a lot of the inspiration of the author, the Shambhala idylic warrior society.
As I have said I recommend this to the general reader because it has so much great advice on how to live as full, authentic and rewarding a life as possible. It will also be much appreciated by fans of other martial arts or martial spirit reads such as Zen in the Martial Arts, Clearing Away Clouds: Nine Lessons for Life from the Martial Arts or Zen in the Art of Archery: Training the Mind and Body to Become One (Arkana).
I also thought that some aspects of the book corresponded to what I had read in Zen Buddhism and Psychoanalysis (Condor Books) by Eric Fromm and some of Jung's psychological writing, at least in so far as each dealt with mind and personal growth and development.
As stated on the blurb on the back of the book itself "The warrior discovers the basic goodness of human life and radiates that goodness out into the world for the peace and sanity of others.". This will not particularly satisfy anyone who has become aggrieved with trends in publishing which promise that anyone and everyone either can be or already are warriors but I would hope that they would not be deterred from reading this book.
Infact I would hope that it reaches as wide an audience as possible, it is very clearly and congenially written, the style is very engaging and easy, without any great repetition between chapters or anything else likely to put off any other than a dedicated reader.
The has a great, clear contents page, list of illustrations, afterword, list of resources comprising contact addresses, websites, e-mails, fax and phone numbers and finally a two page piece about the author. There is no index which is a shame but its omission does not spoil the book.
The book is divided into three parts, part one "How to Be a Warrior" deals with creating an enlightened society, discovering basic goodness, the genuine heart of sadness, fear and fearlessness, synchronising mind and body, renunciation, daring, celebration and letting go.
This is not a collection of vagaries and esoteric or meandering writing which will baffle as much as clarify any reader, there are some analogies and stories but each page just serves to create or support the reader's enthusiasm. While I recommend this book to the general reader there are chapters which will appeal to anyone interested in Zen disciplines, practical meditation or even Jungian psychology such as the one on synchronising mind and body.
Part two, deals with "Sacredness: The Warrior's World", comprising Nowness, Discovering Magic, How to Invoke Magic, Overcoming Arrogance, Overcoming Habitual Patterns, Sacred World, Natural Hierarchy and How to Rule.
This chapter is very interesting since I saw some parallels with the writings of existentialists or others dealing with issues such as terminal illness and/or life threatening challenges. I read these chapters as positive encouragement to overcome the tendency of being lulled into a near "sleep-walking" state of being. Again it is easy reading.
Part three, is "Authentic Prescence", comprising The Universal Monarch, Authentic Prescence and The Shambhala Lineage and deals with a lot of the inspiration of the author, the Shambhala idylic warrior society.
As I have said I recommend this to the general reader because it has so much great advice on how to live as full, authentic and rewarding a life as possible. It will also be much appreciated by fans of other martial arts or martial spirit reads such as Zen in the Martial Arts, Clearing Away Clouds: Nine Lessons for Life from the Martial Arts or Zen in the Art of Archery: Training the Mind and Body to Become One (Arkana).
I also thought that some aspects of the book corresponded to what I had read in Zen Buddhism and Psychoanalysis (Condor Books) by Eric Fromm and some of Jung's psychological writing, at least in so far as each dealt with mind and personal growth and development.
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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Sublime book. Easy to understand and written with amazing clarity. For anyone who wants to understand about enlightenment whilst living a normal life read this book.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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If you have any spiritual aspirations, this book is a must read. Clear, direct & full of compassion. The starting point is having compassion for ourselves, accepting the one who we see in the mirror every day, warts & all! Think you're unworthy or lack self confidence? Buy this book & learn to be kind to yourself, you deserve it...
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