Posts of UNA Team RSS2019-10-13T21:56:51+0000Good Book

]]>2019-10-13T21:56:51+0000Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900-1944) was born in Lyons, France. A year after the publication of The Little Prince, Saint-Exupery disappeared over the Mediterranean while flying a reconnaissance mission for his French air squadron. Best known throughout the world as the author and illustrator of The Little Prince, Saint-Exupery wrote several other books that also have become classics of world literature.The translator, Richard Howard, is the author of eleven books of poetry, including Untitled Subjects, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1970, and most recently, Trappings. He is the translator of more than 150 works from the French, including The Charterhouse of Parma. In 1984 he received the American Book Award for his translation of Charles Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du Mal. Mr. Howard lives in New York City.

]]>2019-04-28T09:04:31+0000Rewrite  In the introduction to How to Transform Your Life, the author, Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, says:‘Through practising the instructions presented in this book we can transform our life from a state of misery into one of pure and everlasting happiness.’Although we all wish to be happy and avoid problems, we constantly meet with problems and difficulties in our daily life. Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso shows clearly that the correct way for reducing our problems and increasing our happiness is to change our mental attitudes from negative to positive. He then presents practical methods for bringing about this change in our mind so that we can attain pure and everlasting happiness and freedom from misery.

]]>2019-04-25T08:58:20+0000The poem is written from the point of view of a practitioner and provides an extraordinary insight into the process of inner transformation one goes through while traversing the Bodhisattva path.No one can read this epic work and remain unmoved.Geshe Kelsang provides a detailed commentary to the poem in his book Meaningful to Behold.“ …the book itself is beautifully realized, original brush and ink paintings introduce each section and even the paperback possesses an attractive texture. The poetry is lucid and refined, even as Shantideva moves into involved discussions of Madhyamika philosophy, and a glossary is included to help the reader sort out technical terms. This text can serve as an excellent introduction to the Mahayana tradition, or be studied in depth with a commentary such as Meaningful to Behold” 

]]>2019-04-25T08:56:21+0000Tantra is a term that is often mentioned but rarely understood.Sadly, there are very few qualified Teachers left in this world who can explain how to enter into, progress on, and complete a qualified Tantric practice.One such Teacher is the contemporary Tantric Master Geshe Kelsang Gyatso.In Tantric Grounds and Paths he gives an explanation of the four classes of Tantra, with special emphasis on the Generation and Completion stages of Highest Yoga Tantra.Drawing on his own experience and the teachings of Je Tsongkhapa, Geshe Kelsang renders even the most profound, esoteric aspects of Tantra accessible to the modern readerThis book represents a significant milestone in revealing these profound mysteries to the contemporary world.

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