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This lucid overview of the Buddhist way takes the point of view of the three "vehicles" of Tibetan Buddhism: the Hinayana, Mahayana, and Vajrayana. While these vehicles are usually shown as a historical development, they are really here equated with the behaviour that folks bring with their Buddhist practice. Basic to all of them, however, is the necessity to understand our very own immediate condition. The principal tool for achieving this is yoga, and The Fact of Buddhism acts as a handbook for the various meditative solutions of Buddhist practice. You start with the Four Noble Truths, Traleg Rinpoche incorporates the expansive eyesight of the bodhisattva way and the transformative eyesight of Tantra. The ultimate chapters present the transcendent view of Mahamudra. This view dispenses with all dualistic fixations and directly realizes the natural independence of your brain itself. On the way, the writer provides vivid explanations of fundamental ideas such as compassion, emptiness, and Buddha-nature, and right answers common questions: Why does Buddhism teach that there is "no self"? Are Buddhist teachings pessimistic? Will Buddhism encourage sociable passivity? What's the role of love-making in Buddhist Tantra? Exactly why is it said that "samsara is nirvana"? Will it take many lifetimes to attain enlightenment, or could it be achieved in a moment?
