Not for Happiness: A Guide to the So-Called Preliminary Practices

by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse and Jamyang Khyentse

Book Overview

Do you practise meditation because you want to feel good? Or to help you relax and be "happy"? Then frankly, according to Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse, you are far better off having a full-body massage than trying to practise the Dharma. Genuine spiritual practice, not least the Ng ndro preliminaries, will not bring the kind of comfort and ease most worldly people crave. Quite the opposite, in fact. But if your ultimate goal is enlightenment, Ng ndro...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611800307
• ISBN13: 9781611800302
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Shambhala
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.4"