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Faces of Compassion
Classic Bodhisattva Archetypes and Their Modern Expression — An Introduction to Mahayana Buddhism
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About The Book
Emphasizing the universality of spiritual ideas, Leighton finds aspects of bodhisattvas expressed in a variety of familiar modern personages - from Muhammad Ali to Mahatma Gandhi, from Bob Dylan to Henry Thoreau, and from Gertrude Stein to Mother Teresa. This edition contains a revised and expanded introduction that frames the book as a exciting and broad-scoped view of Mahayana Buddhism. It's updated throughout to make it of more use to scholars and a perfect companion to survey courses of world religions or a 200-level course on Buddhism.
Product Details
- Publisher: Wisdom Publications (May 15, 2012)
- Length: 352 pages
- ISBN13: 9781614290230
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Raves and Reviews
"Faces of Compassion captures the poignant truth that that a bodhisattva may appear in the form of a pirate or a spiritual leader and modernizes it, bringing the bodhisattva ideal into the present."
– Tricycle
"In his wonderful book Leighton animates the history of Buddhism and offers insight into human nature and contemporary culture."
– Turning Wheel
"What Leighton offers is the living tradition of Mahayana Buddhism: diverse, mysterious, vibrant, real."
– Journal of Buddhist Ethics
"Edifying and imaginative..A modern spiritual classic."
– Spirituality and Health
"Faces of Compassion is a wonderful resource and source of guidance and teaching…an invaluable companion to our lives."
– Joan Halifax Roshi, Head Teacher, Upaya Institute
"The lay reader will take from the book an appreciation for the complexity of Buddhist doctrine as well as a sense that bodhisattvas may well be living amongst us."
– Foreword magazine
"Vigorous and inspiring, Faces of Compassion guides the reader into the awakening life within our contemporary world. An informative, useful, exhilarating work."
– Jane Hirshfield, author of Women in Praise of the Sacred
"A clear-as-a-bell introduction to Buddhist thought."
– Zoketsu Norman Fischer, Senior Dharma Teacher of San Francisco Zen Center and author of Benedict's Dharma
"Taigen Dan Leighton has lovingly illumined still another dimension of the human condition."
– John Daishin Buksbazen, author of Zen Meditation in Plain English
"This is useful as a fine axe...the perfect antidote to today's spiritual materialism."
– Peter Coyote, actor and author of Sleeping Where I Fall
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