BODHISATTVA GUIDE

Description: The Bodhisattva Guide: A Commentary on the Way of the Bodhisattva By H.H. the Fourteenth Dalai Lama. Paperback, 224 pages, 4.25” by 6.75”. One of the most beloved of all Buddhist texts, The Way of the Bodhisattva is a practical guide to generating the qualities of love, compassion, generosity, and patience. In this commentary on key sections of the text, the Dalai Lama shows how any of us can develop a truly “good heart,” and why aspiring toward the happiness and enlightenment of others is central to any genuinely spiritual path. His Holiness’s profound wisdom – the result of a lifetime of practice and study – shines brilliantly throughout this extraordinary book. Story:  In many ways, mental illness is experienced as a condition of contemplation. The very essence of the mental illness can be a distortion in how we experience and contemplate our reality. It can be a scary and stark reality that we see through this lens of mental illness. My own bipolar disorder forced me t