Friday, May 4, 2007

HHDL on Je Tsongkhapa's Spiritual Autobiography

The Dalai Lama's teachings in Madison were on Tsongkhapa's spiritual autobiography. This was a detailed explanation of all he learned and all the texts he studied, by Nagarjuna, Atisha, Chandrakirti, and many many others. One thing that struck me was the idea of a "spiritual autobiography." In this era of tell-all autobiographies and memoirs, where people like George Tenet can make money talking about all the things they didn't do on the job when they had the chance, the notion of someone describing his or her spiritual growth is really notable. That's the kind of biography I would buy.

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