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    Relative Truth, Ultimate Truth: The Foundation of Buddhist Thought, Volume 2
    Relative Truth, Ultimate Truth: The Foundation of Buddhist Thought, Volume 2
    Relative Truth, Ultimate Truth: The Foundation of Buddhist Thought, Volume 2
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    Relative Truth, Ultimate Truth: The Foundation of Buddhist Thought, Volume 2

    By Tashi Tsering and Thubten Zopa

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    Relative Truth, Ultimate Truth is a clear and remarkably practical presentation of a core Buddhist teaching on the nature of reality. Geshe Tashi Tsering provides readers with an excellent opportunity to enhance not only thier knowledge of Buddhism, but also a powerful means to profoundly enhance their view of the world.

    The Buddhist teaching of the "two truths" is the gateway to understanding the often-misunderstood philosophy of emptiness. This volume is an excellent source of support for anyone interested in cultivating a more holistic and transformative understanding of the world around them and ultimately of their own conciousness.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWisdom Publications
    Release dateOct 10, 2008
    ISBN9780861719471
    Relative Truth, Ultimate Truth: The Foundation of Buddhist Thought, Volume 2
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    Tashi Tsering

    Geshe Tashi Tsering was born in Tibet in 1958 and received his Geshe Lharampa degree (similar to a doctorate in divinity) from Sera Monastery in India in 1987. Since 1994, he has been the guiding teacher of the Jamyang Buddhist Centre in London, while also teaching at other Buddhist centers worldwide.

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      Relative truth and ultimate truth are dense and difficult to understand. Geshe Tsering does the best job of making sense for a western reader of any writer I've read to this point. He takes the reader through the steps of understanding with relatively clear explanations. Or as clear as something so alien can be explained. While there were times that I was lost to the meaning it was always temporary. At the end of the book I felt that I had a much better understanding of relative and ultimate truth. Don't expect to understand it all on first read. This is a book to read and reread later. Each reading will be different, just a higher level on understanding

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