Personal and heartfelt teachings on the Buddhist path by H.H. Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche, one of the most influential Tibetan lamas of the twentieth century, compiled and edited by Khenpo Sodargye Rinpoche, an acclaimed Tibetan scholar and leader of a key center of Buddhist learning.
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Khenpo Sodargye, one of the world’s most popular Tibetan lamas, shares accessible advice for working with adversity and living a spiritual life.
Always Present: The Luminous Wisdom
What is true happiness? What is the cause of our suffering and dissatisfaction? And how can we live with the kindness and clarity of the Buddha in our own lives? This compact collection of teachings from Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche, collected carefully and elaborately by Khenpo Sodargye Rinpoche, illuminates these most fundamental questions about the Buddhist path and provides essential guidance to help you along the way. Oriented to both beginners to Buddhism and longtime practitioners alike, these teachings offer precious insights on the Buddhadharma to return to again and again for inspiration, encouragement, and practical advice.
This is a collection of heartfelt advice from H.H. Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche, one of the greatest Tibetan Buddhist masters of the twentieth century. It contains a treasury of wisdom, offering essential guidance for both daily life and spiritual practice.
온전한 머무름 (Always Present in Korean)
진정한 행복이란 무엇인가? 고통과 불만의 원인은 무엇인가? 그리고 어떻게 해야 선하고 명료한 부처의 삶을 살 수 있는가…?
『온전한 머무름』은 시련과 유혹, 진리로 위장한 가짜들을 넘어 참진리의 길에 온전히 머무르려는 티베트인의 마음이 잘 담긴 법문집이다. 불교도의 길에 관한 가장 기초적인 질문과 핵심적인 안내를 담고 있다. 불법에 관한 귀중한 통찰을 통해 수행자들에게 영감과 격려, 조언을 건네고 있다.
One of the world’s most popular Tibetan lamas shares accessible advice for working with adversity and living a spiritual life. Enjoy a variety of meditations on topics from flattery and jealousy to karma and compassion.
Tales for Transforming Adversity: A Buddhist Lama's Advice for Life's Ups and Downs
Enjoy a variety of meditations on topics from flattery and jealousy to karma and compassion. In each brief chapter Khenpo Sodargye weaves in stories from ancient classics and modern headlines. Drawing on adages from the Buddha, Confucius, and even Mark Twain, he delivers simple and timeless insights about facing adversity and developing a good heart.
With this English-language edition, you can now join the tens of millions who have already benefitted from this ageless advice on money, relationships, mortality, and more.
Whether it’s our relationships, handling our own mistakes and weaknesses, health, aging, financial worries or stress management – In this book, Khenpo Sodargye shows how we can live happily and be fulfilled, despite the inevitable difficulties we encounter.
Das Glück findet dich dann, wenn du es nicht suchst (Tales for Transforming Adversity in German)
Schon Buddha wusste: Eine gute Geschichte erreicht Herz und Verstand der Zuhörer viel besser als so manche weitschweifende Lehrrede. In dieser Tradition steht auch Khenpo Sodargye, der buddhistische Erzählungen geschickt mit modernen, lebensnahen Themen verknüpft. Ob es um die Beziehung zu unseren Mitmenschen geht, um den Umgang mit eigenen Fehlern und Schwächen, um Gesundheit, Alter, Geldsorgen oder Stressbewältigung – einfühlsam und mit leichter Feder zeigt der tibetische Lama, wie wir trotz aller unvermeidlichen Schwierigkeiten glücklich und erfüllt leben können. Eine Fülle bereichernder Einsichten und ein großer Lesegenuss!
With intimate, simple messages, Khenpo Sodargye guides the reader through self-recovery and overcoming suffering. Our hope is that this book will bring comfort and happiness in these turbulent times.
Bão giông mới là cuộc đời (Tales for Transforming Adversity in Vietnamese)
Chúng ta cần trở thành bậc thầy của nội tâm mình. Bất kể tình hình phức tạp thế nào hay cuộc sống không thể chịu đựng được ra sao, phương thuốc tốt nhất cho cuộc sống là thực hành những gì Đức Phật đã dạy.
Quyển sách Bão giông mới là cuộc đời tập hợp những bài viết và thuyết pháp của tác giả – nhà sư Khenpo Sodargye mang những thông điệp gần gũi, giản đơn mà lại đầy thuyết phục để người đọc có thể tự điều phục tâm, vượt qua những khổ đau của cuộc đời.
Hy vọng cuốn sách này có thể mang đến sự an dịu cùng hạnh phúc cho nhiều người hơn trong thời kỳ nhiễu loạn này.
A prescription given by Khenpo Sodargye Rinpoche to modern people as a practical instruction to deal with all kinds of changes and uncertainties in modern life.
Achieve by Doing
Many people complain that life is too difficult, and they seek solutions in the Buddha‘s teachings. In reality, even if you receive the best instructions, they are ineffective unless you apply them. It is like a doctor treating your disease. If you receive the medicine but do not take it as prescribed, you will not be cured, even if the medicine is powerful enough to raise the dead.
Only through hands-on application will its usefulness (or the lack of it) become clear to you. Therefore, Khenpo Sodargye Rinpoche wrote this book that contains many practical instructions, and have titled it Achieve by Doing. Try to work on these methods authentically; test them out yourself. Do it! Only then, through the subtle blessing of the Dharma, will you experience some benefit, physically as well as mentally.
The poems and teachings of a beloved Buddhist master, vividly presented so that readers feel they are listening to the precious and renowned teachings of His Holiness directly—and learning how to live with more joy and ease.
Always Remembering
His Holiness Jigme Phuntsok was a prominent teacher in the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. He was recognized as a tertön and renowned for his mastery of Dzogchen and his visionary activities, including the establishment of the nonsectarian Buddhist community of Larung Gar, one of the largest monastic settlements in the world and a vibrant Buddhist teaching center that has contributed enormously to the resurgence of Buddhism in China.
In memory of the thirteenth anniversary of Rinpoche’s passing, this book was compiled of his precious and renowned teachings. It includes stories of the lives of great masters, as well as teachings on the principle of cause and effect, keeping an open mind toward all religious traditions, spreading the Dharma and benefiting sentient beings, and mastering what to adopt and what to abandon. Readers will also learn about Tibetan culture, customs, and the many kinds of Tibetan tulkus. His Holiness Jigme Phuntsok’s heartfelt advice on how to improve interpersonal relationships enables us to live with more ease and joy. Five poems by Jigme Phuntsok in both Tibetan and English translation enrich the teachings with His Holiness’s poetic voice.
Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok shares the essence of his teachings with his students. This book is based on the transcripts of previous audio recordings of Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok’s teachings and advice. They are written in a simple, uncomplicated and very personal style of teaching.
Erinnert euch stets (Always Remembering in German)
Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok teilt hier die Essenz seiner Lehren mit seinen Schülern.
Dieses Buch basiert auf den Niederschriften früherer Audioaufnahmen von Khenchen Jigme Phuntsoks Unterweisungen und Ratschlägen. Sie sind in einem einfachen, unkomplizierten und sehr persönlichen Lehrstil verfasst. Seine Schüler haben es aus dem Tibetischen ins Englische übertragen und unterteilten die Texte zu Ehren des 13. Jahrestages von Kyabje Rinpoches Parinirvana in 13 Kapitel und in Würdigung der Lebensspanne dieses großen Meisters in 71 Abschnitte.
Das Buch erscheint fast zeitgleich auch im Englischen unter dem Titel: “Always Remember” und ist bereits früher von Khenpo Sodargye ins Chinesische übersetzt worden. Basierend auf der chinesischen Version wird es weitere Übersetzungen geben, so u.a. ins Italienische, Spanische, Polnische, Niederländische, Koreanische, Japanische und Vietnamesische.
Wir laden unsere deutschen Leser ein, dies historische Dokument als einen Ausdruck tiefer Hingabe an die Tradition zu sehen, deren Vergänglichkeit auch in diesem Text immer wieder durchscheint und sich in der erst kurzen, aber dennoch höchst wechselhaften Geschichte des Ortes Larung Gar widerspiegelt.
The words of His Holiness Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche still shine with the light of wisdom, and illustrate the essence of the Dharma teachings. It’s truly a precious wisdom treasure for us.
Ricordare Sempre (Always Remembering in Italian)
A partire dal 1980, i primi insegnamenti di Gigme Phuntsok a Larung Gar furono registrati e conservati su nastro. Nel 2017, dopo aver trascritto le registrazioni dal tibetano al cinese, Khenpo Sodargye ha redatto Bu wang in cinese al fine di raggiungere un vasto pubblico che si stendesse al di là dei confini del monastero. Nel testo di Bu wang , Khenpo Sodargye riporta così alla luce un tesoro nascosto, registrato decenni prima con una tecnologia ormai obsoleta. L’autore riporta alla memoria le parole di Sua Santità Gigme Phuntsok, pronunciate quasi quarant’anni prima, parole con cui il grande lama illustra gli insegnamenti essenziali della religione buddhista.
This book is a must-read for anyone who has lived through or is currently experiencing the stormy years of youth. With words that are simple, but at the same time full of humanity, Khenpo Sodargye teaches us how we can move closer to the happiness that we all wish to obtain.
Tàn khốc mới là thanh xuân (The Cruelty of Being Young in Vietnamese)
Thanh xuân là thời kì rất quan trọng trong cuộc sống, cũng chính là thời kì giới trẻ bước chân vào xã hội, thiết lập nhân sinh quan của mình. Nếu như định hình sai thì cả một đời chỉ có mưu đồ danh lợi, nhằm đạt được mục đích, lãng phí một kiếp người quý báu. Cho nên, con đường đời về sau nên đi như thế nào thì mọi người hãy suy nghĩ cho kĩ.
Bởi vậy, tác giả Khenpo Sodargye quyết định trích những nội dung thích hợp với giới trẻ từ những bài giảng trong những lần đi thuyết pháp và diễn giảng cho sinh viên, biên tập lại thành sách. Hi vọng thông qua sự chỉ dẫn của Phật pháp, người trẻ nhận ra được bản chất của cuộc sống, hiểu rõ được lí thủ – xả trong đời, có trí tuệ để xử lí mọi việc chứ không dừng ở những khẩu hiệu suông, lừa mình lừa người, trốn tránh hiện thực.
Các bạn trẻ thân mến, hãy đọc quyển sách này, vì một câu nói trong sách có thể đem lại rất nhiều điều chỉ dẫn cho bạn, soi sáng con đường của bạn trong tương lai.
In this book, Khenpo Sodargye offers guidance on an issue that troubles so many of us in the modern world: What is true happiness, and how do we achieve it?
What Makes You So Busy?
Fortune and misfortune aren’t static. When you’re in terrible pain, everything looks hopeless, but after a while, a light at the end of the tunnel may appear. Likewise, when you’re extremely successful, even the sunshine seems more brilliant, but this kind of splendor can vanish overnight.
Khenpo Sodargye, one of the busiest Buddhist teachers in the world, shows us how to redirect our attention away from such distractions and instead calm our minds and find true contentment. His wide-ranging advice covers careers and conventional notions of material success, romantic relationships, and the environment.
무엇 때문에 바쁘십니까 (What Makes You So Busy in Korean)
인생이 내 맘대로 되지 않을 때는 잠깐 멈추어야 한다. 그리고 생각해 봐야 한다. 무엇이, 어디에서부터, 왜 잘못된 것인지. ‘대학만 가면’ ‘좋은 회사에 취직만 하면’ ‘결혼만 하면’ 인생이 술술 풀릴 줄 알았건만 웬걸, 산 넘어 산이다. 연봉, 승진, 내 집 마련…. 평생 산만 오르다 내 인생, 이대로 끝날 것 같아서 두렵고 막막하다.
『무엇 때문에 바쁘십니까』는 ‘열심히 살았지만 뭘 했는지 모를 하루’를 반복하는 현대인에게 티베트 스님이 던지는 화두다.
How do we destroy our attachment without being led astray? With this question in mind, Dzogchen Master Khenpo Sodargye provides sparkling commentary on the Diamond Cutter Sutra so that we understand its actual meaning, thus preparing us to understand the view of the Great Perfection and Mahamudra.
The Diamond Cutter Sutra
In the profound teachings of the Diamond Cutter Sutra , the Buddha offers a view of the world that deconstructs our normal categories of experience to show us that what we think are real entities in the world are actually our conceptualizations. The Buddha teaches us to cut our attachment to all phenomena and to the “I,” which are empty of inherent existence, and in so doing, cut the root cause of our suffering. Yet without wise guidance we may think that because all phenomena are empty there is no need to be attached to virtue, and thus we fall into the worst trap of all—an attachment to emptiness. How do we destroy our attachment without being led astray?
Khenpo Sodargye provides commentary on the Diamond Cutter Sutra , the oldest printed book in China, shedding light on the Buddha’s teachings on how to destroy attachment without being led astray.
능단能斷, 집착을 끊어라! (The Diamond Cutter Sutra in Korean)
불교는 결코 쉽지 않다. 정말 어렵다. 그러나 다른 차원에서 보면 아주 어려운 것만도 아니다. 정말 쉽기도 하다. 대부분의 불교 경전이 어렵게 느껴질 때가 많지만, 이 책은 『금강경』 32품 전체를 풀이한 강연을 정돈한 것인 만큼, 상대적으로 이해하기 쉽다. 무엇보다도 현실적 차원이 배태되어 있어 깨달음의 길을 갈구하는 분들에게 다양한 사유와 삶의 실천에 길잡이 역할을 할 수 있다.
