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The Second Dalai Lama.


The Second Dalai Lama Dalai Lama (dä`lī lä`mə) [Tibetan,=oceanic teacher], title of the leader of Tibetan Buddhism. Believed like his predecessors to be the incarnation of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, 1935–,  

Glenn H. Mullin Tibetologist, Glenn H. Mullin: Born in 1949, Quebec, Canada and lived in the Indian Himalayas between 1972 and 1984, where he studied philosophy, literature, meditation, yoga, and the enlightenment culture under thirty-five of the great living masters from the four schools of  

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The Second Dalai Lama: His Life & Teachings by Buddhist meditation Buddhist meditation encompasses a variety of meditation techniques that develop mindfulness, concentration, tranquility and insight. Core meditation techniques are preserved in ancient Buddhist texts and have proliferated and diversified through the millennia of teacher-student  expert Glenn H. Mullin (who has authored more than fifteen books on Buddhist topics : Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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 and led pilgrimages to Nepal and Tibet) provides American Buddhists with a comprehensive and enthusiastically recommended introduction to the life and times of the Second Dalai Lama's enlightened teachers. This translation and commentary will be of immense interest to students of Buddhism and includes an extensive glossary A term used by Microsoft Word and adopted by other word processors for the list of shorthand, keyboard macros created by a particular user. See glossaries in this publication and The Computer Glossary.  of terms. After an informed and informative introduction, readers are treated to a descriptive biography, which is followed by "Mystical Verses of the Second Dalai Lama", drawn from a selection of his most insightful and inspiring writings. The Second Dalai Lama is a core addition to personal and academic Buddhist Studies reference collections and supplemental reading lists.
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Title Annotation:The Second Dalai Lama: His Life and Teachings
Author:Vogel, Paul T.
Publication:Reviewer's Bookwatch
Article Type:Book Review
Date:Oct 1, 2005
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