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Buddhist Ethics
by Jamgon Kongtrul
 
 

Snow Lion, 1998, 325 pp, ISBN 1559390662
Available from Snow Lion

Apart from this book being an excellent work on Buddhist vows, it also treats tantric vows and Kalachakra tantric vows.

A comment by Phil Lecso:
For an excellent source for in-depth study read Buddhist Ethics by Jamgon Kongtrul published by Snow Lion as he writes on the Vajrayana samaya from the perspective of Kalachakra.

 

A reader at Amazon:
"This book is an absolute must for serious Buddhist students. Jamgon Kongtrul's "Shes Terzod" (of which this is a translation in part) is a classic, and this is a surprisingly easy read. The translator is thorough and careful, and graciously provided the commentary he received in the annoted section. The notes could almost be published as a separate work.

Beginning students are confused by the differences between Tantric practice and the well-known monastic tradition of Buddhism. This book puts it all together and explains in detail how both are practiced simultaneously.

The bibliography to the book alone is a treasure map of resources for new students, and no one who has received any wang or any vow in Buddhism should be without such a careful explanation of the meaning of vows as this.

For very advanced students, Jamgon Kongtrul put no sect of Buddhism above another, and studied all four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism thoroughly. Consequently this is an excellent guide for students of different schools to clearly understand philosophical commonalities & differences, breaking down biases and misunderstandings. This is especially valuable in his description of the differences between the Nyingma and Sarma, in his even-handed, thorough description of Highest Yoga Tantra, and Maha, Anu and Ati Yoga Tantra. A truly invaluable work."


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