Books by Thupten Jinpa

The new standard work and definitive biography of Tsongkhapa, one of the principle founders of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism--the school of the Dalai Lamas. In this groundbreaking addition to the Lives of the Masters series, Thupten Jinpa, a scholar-practitioner and long-time translator for His Holiness the Dalai Lama, offers the most comprehensive portrait available of Jé Tsongkhapa (1357-1419), one of the greatest Buddhist teachers in history. A devout monastic, Tsongkhapa took on the difficult task of locating and studying all of the Indian Buddhist classics available in Tibet in his day. He went on to synthesize this knowledge into a holistic approach to the path of awakening. In an achievement of incredible magnitude, he integrated the pivotal yet disparate Mahayana teachings on emptiness while retaining the important role of critical reason and avoiding the extreme of negating the reality of the everyday world. Included in this volume is a discussion of Tsongkhapa's early life and training; his emergence as a precociously intelligent Buddhist mind; the composition of his Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment, Great Exposition of Tantra, and many other important works; and his founding of the Lhasa Prayer Festival and Ganden Monastery. This is a necessary resource for anyone interested in Tsongkhapa's transformative effect on the understanding and practice of Buddhism in Tibet in his time and his continued influence today.

'[A] timely book on compassion and its cultivation' The Dalai Lama'The bravest, cleverest and most engaging book I know on why we need to cultivate compassion' Jon Kabat-Zinn'A practical toolkit for becoming a better human being' Daniel Goleman Self-compassion is the overlooked key to achieving our goals. It can lead to increased happiness, stress reduction, a stronger sense of purpose, better health and a longer life. Yet many of us resist compassion, worrying that if we are too compassionate with others we will be taken advantage of and if we are too compassionate with ourselves we won't achieve our goals in life. Using the latest science, psychology (from contemporary Western and classical Buddhist sources) as well as stories from others and his own extraordinary life, Jinpa shows us how to train our compassion muscle. His powerful programme, derived from his remarkable course in Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT), is the perfect guide to achieving a greater sense of wellbeing.

This book reconstructs and appropriates in contemporary language the Middle Way philosophy of Tsongkhapa (1357-1419), arguably Tibet's greatest philosopher.

"Et frygtløst hjerte er en usædvanlig bog, der viser, hvordan mødet mellem kontemplativ indsigt samt praksis og moderne videnskab kan føre til muligheder, der er til gavn for alle, som interesserer sig for dybere personlig spirituel forandring. Bogen viser, hvordan en sådan praksis kan have positiv effekt i vores dagligdag. Jeg må rose min engelske oversætter gennem mange år, Thupten Jinpa, for at have skrevet denne betimelige bog om medfølelse og dens fremme." Hans Hellighed Dalai Lama ”Et frygtløst hjerte er fast forankret i de seneste videnskabelige undersøgelser og enormt inviterende og overbevisende i sin inspiration, sin argumentation, sin hjertelighed og sin vejledning i en bred vifte af kraftfulde praksisser, og jeg kender ingen anden modigere, klarere og mere engagerende bog om, hvorfor vi er nødt til at opdyrke medfølelse, og hvordan vi bringer den mere bredt og dybt ind i vores liv og ud i verden.” Jon Kabat-Zinn, grundlægger af mindfulnessbaseret stressreduktion Et frygtløst hjerte er baseret på et banebrydende otteugers kursus i medfølelsestræning, som forfatteren og tidligere munk Thupten Jinpa udviklede på Stanford University Medical School. Programmet i medfølelsestræning, der præsenteres i denne bog, viser, at en systematisk træning af vores sind og hjerte har de samme daglige, personlige fordele som mindfulness, men går skridtet videre mod at forandre vores fælles verden.