Diamond Key for Opening the Wisdom Eye
Geshe Dakpa Topgyal
- In
- the
- seventeen
- years
- since
- Diamond
- Key
- for
- Opening
- the
- Wisdom
- Eye
- was
- first
- published,
- the
- number
- of
- publications
- related
- to
- meditation
- and
- mindfulness
- has
- skyrocketed.
- As
- the
- practice
- of
- meditation
- has
- grown,
- more
- people
- may
- be
- experiencing
- its
- benefits,
- but
- there
- is
- also
- a
- risk
- of
- watering
- down
- and
- distorting
- the
- Buddha's
- authentic
- teachings
- on
- the
- subject.
- This
- makes
- the
- original
- purpose
- of
- this
- book
- even
- more
- relevant
- today.Extensively
- revised,
- this
- second
- edition
- includes
- color
- photos
- to
- illustrate
- various
- concepts
- and
- objects
- of
- meditation,
- clarifies
- difficult
- passages,
- and
- provides
- additional
- information.
- The
- subject
- of
- this
- book
- is
- meditation
- as
- well
- as
- the
- Five
- Paths
- and
- Ten
- Bhumis.
- The
- Five
- Paths
- and
- Ten
- Bhumis
- are
- the
- complete
- spiritual
- road
- map
- for
- the
- attainment
- of
- Nirvana
- or
- liberation
- and
- Enlightenment
- or
- omniscience.
- The
- ultimate
- result
- of
- training
- in
- Shamatha
- and
- Vipassana
- meditation
- is
- to
- lay
- the
- groundwork
- for
- the
- journey
- through
- the
- sequential
- order
- of
- the
- Five
- Paths
- and
- Ten
- Bhumis.
- To
- lay
- the
- groundwork,
- a
- clear
- distinction
- is
- made
- between
- what
- meditation
- is
- and
- what
- meditation
- is
- not.Furthermore,
- a
- clear
- understanding
- and
- proper
- method
- of
- Tibetan
- Mahayana
- Buddhist
- meditation
- is
- presented
- to
- help
- remove
- many
- of
- the
- preconceived
- ideas
- about
- Buddhist
- meditation,
- which
- in
- its
- authentic
- form.
- remains
- a
- fairly
- new
- concept
- and
- practice
- within
- the
- Western
- world
- and
- its
- culture.
- In
- addition,
- in
- conjunction
- with
- the
- presentation
- on
- Vipassana
- meditation,
- this
- book
- clearly
- explains
- the
- Buddhist
- concepts
- of
- subtle
- impermanence
- and
- emptiness.
- The
- presentations
- on
- subtle
- impermanence
- and
- emptiness
- are
- based
- on
- the
- flawless
- teachings
- of
- the
- great
- third
- and
- fourth
- century
- Indian
- masters
- Nagarjuna,
- Chandrakirti,
- and
- Dharmakirti.
- These
- masters'
- teachings
- on
- subtle
- impermanence
- and
- emptiness
- are
- considered
- by
- many
- as
- the
- most
- logically
- and
- scientifically
- accurate
- within
- Buddhist tradition.
