Searching for the Self (7) (The Library of Wisdom and Compassion)

The Searching for the Self by His Holiness the Dalai Lama is a groundbreaking exploration of emptiness, one of the most central teachings in Buddhism.

This comprehensive guide delves into the ultimate nature of reality, presenting various approaches while focusing on identifying erroneous views and directing readers towards the actual mode of existence of all persons and phenomena.

With a compassionate motivation to benefit all sentient beings, the Dalai Lama explains why realizing emptiness is crucial and what qualities are needed to achieve this.

The book also examines perceptions, mental states, inherent existence, and other ways of existence, presenting the Middle Way view that abandons all extremes.

Finally, Thubten Chodron discusses the three characteristics of impermanence, unsatisfactoriness, and not-self in the Pali tradition and shows how meditation on these can lead to a meditative breakthrough to realize nirvana.

This book will challenge your deepest-held beliefs and uproot false ways of viewing yourself and the world that are so habitual you don’t even notice them.

Get ready to be intrigued and transformed by the power of realizing the nature of reality!