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Leonard Zwilling
Books by Leonard Zwilling
Peacock in the Poison Grove
Two Buddhist Texts on Training the Mind
By Lhundub Sopa and Leonard Zwilling
Contributions by Matthew J. Sweet
Geshe Sopa offers insightful commentary on two of the earliest Tibetan texts that focus on mental training. Peacock in the Poison Grovepresents powerful yogic methods of dispelling the selfish delusions of the ego and maintaining purity in our motives. Geshe Sopa's lucid explanations teach how we...
Mission to Tibet
The Extraordinary Eighteenth-Century Account of Father Ippolito Desideri S. J.
Edited by Leonard Zwilling / Translated by Michael J Sweet
Mission to Tibet recounts the fascinating eighteenth-century journey of the Jesuit priest ippolito Desideri (1684 - 1733) to the Tibetan plateau. The italian missionary was most notably the first european to learn about Buddhism directly with Tibetan schol ars and monks - and from a profound stud...