Cómo solucionar nuestros problemas humanos
Las cuatro nobles verdades
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4.8 • 5 calificaciones
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- $109.00
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- $109.00
Descripción editorial
En este mundo ajetreado, las experiencias de felicidad son breves y efímeras, y la paz interior se nos escapa. Los estados mentales negativos, como el deseo incontrolado y el odio, nos causan innumerables problemas tanto a nosotros mismos como a los demás y nos impiden satisfacer nuestros deseos más profundos. Gueshe Kelsang comienza con una exposición de las célebres enseñanzas de Buda conocidas como «Las cuatro nobles verdades», que nos ofrecen una solución clara y sencilla a todos nuestros problemas y nos conducen al oasis de paz infinita que existe en nuestro corazón. A continuación se concentra en particular en cómo superar el problema del odio aprendiendo a cultivar la paciencia y mantenerla incluso en las circunstancias más adversas.
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"All our problems... come from our delusions of attachment," writes Gyatso, a Tibetan-born teacher of Buddhism, and "Buddha's teachings are the supreme... method to solve human problems." Gyatso puts this thesis to the test by first offering very brief, general outlines of each of the Four Noble Truths. He spends the bulk of the book examining a particular delusion anger in chapters that more or less correspond to those Noble Truths. He begins by pointing out the many problems anger can cause, then investigates why we get angry. Gyatso then sets forth "patient acceptance" as a method of liberating one's mind from anger, and offers specific strategies for nurturing patient acceptance. He rounds out the book with several appendixes addressing topics such as reincarnation and meditation. Gyatso's discussions have mixed effectiveness. At times his insights are penetrating and his illustrations compelling, as when he explains that patient acceptance far from being passive requires strength and courage to resist "well-worn mental grooves of intolerance," but at other times he makes assertions with little or no explanation. Moreover, he fails to extrapolate lessons from his anger case study to address other human problems. Fans of Gyatso will find the book helpful, but others may feel he does not deliver on the book's ambitious title.
