Law of Reflection
Memoirs of a Transformational and Healing Journey Through Tibetan Buddhism
Memoirs of a Transformational and Healing Journey Through Tibetan Buddhism
Through arduous and enthusiastic study of the teachings of Tibetan Buddhism, the author successfully conquered the anxiety and depression that arose due to years of heartbreak. Separated into four parts, each according to one of the Four Noble Truths-the core teachings of Shakyamuni Buddha-the author recounts spinning in circles of his depression, relentlessly seeking relief, and the spiritual path onto which he found himself pulled after seeing an interview with the Dalai Lama. His transformative and healing journey led him to the compassionate culture and unique preservation of authentic Buddhism in the Tibetan people, illuminated and introduced by a master who took him under his loving, kind, and skilled care, and set him on a life-changing trip to the other side of the world in the mystical and beautiful lands of India and Nepal. A series of seemingly impossible coincidences solidified his resolve, each chipped away at the binding chains of habitual negative emotions, entirely freeing him of nightmares and his fear of death.
Law of Reflection is an autobiographical coming of age work that traces the emotional, intellectual and spiritual development of a young man growing into adulthood. The voice in this story is so open, so honest, so sincere and so compassionate that I just couldn't put the book down and finished reading it in two days. The author uses years of journaling to chronicle his passage from a very young small-town teen on the cusp of his sexual awareness to a mature, experienced , world traveler who has immersed himself in Tibetan Buddism. The path of his journey makes fascinating reading.
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A natural storyteller, the author pulls us into his life to experience the trauma of a cruel step-father, his mother's death, failed relationships and despair. We meet his friends and see how his openness to new experiences eventually leads him to Buddist teachings, where he finds the compassion needed to forgive his own failings and to develop true gentle compassion for those of others.