Inside Vasubandhus Yogacara, Ben Connelly
Inside Vasubandhus Yogacara, Ben Connelly
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Inside Vasubandhu's Yogacara
A Practitioner's Guide

Author: Ben Connelly, Norman Fischer, Ben Connelly, Weijen Teng

Narrator: Daniel Henning

Unabridged: 5 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/20/2022


Synopsis

In this book, Ben Connelly guides us through the intricacies of Yogacara and the richness of the "Thirty Verses." His warm and wise voice unpacks and contextualizes its wisdom, showing us how we can apply its ancient insights to our own modern lives, to create a life of engaged peace, harmony, compassion, and joy.

In fourth-century India one of the great geniuses of Buddhism, Vasubandhu, sought to reconcile the diverse ideas and forms of Buddhism practiced at the time and demonstrate how they could be effectively integrated into a single system. This was the Yogacara movement, and it continues to have great influence in modern Tibetan and Zen Buddhism.

Vasubandhu's "Thirty Verses" lay out a path of practice that integrates the most powerful of Buddhism's psychological and mystical possibilities. Although Yogacara has a reputation for being extremely complex, the "Thirty Verses" distills the principles of these traditions to their most practical forms, and this book follows that sense of focus; it goes to the heart of the matter—how do we alleviate suffering through shedding our emotional knots and our sense of alienation?

This is a great introduction to a philosophy, a master, and a work whose influence reverberates throughout modern Buddhism.

About Ben Connelly

Ben Connelly is a Soto Zen teacher and Dharma heir in the Katagiri lineage. He also teaches mindfulness in a wide variety of secular contexts, including police and corporate training, correctional facilities, and addiction-recovery and wellness groups. Ben is based at Minnesota Zen Meditation Center and travels to teach across the United States. He is the author of Inside the Grass Hut: Living Shitou's Classic Zen Poem, Inside Vasubandhu's Yogacara: A Practitioner's Guide, and Mindfulness and Intimacy.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Justin

I received this book, for free, in exchange for an honest review. I tend to enjoy reading spiritual books of a certain tone. That tone might be described as high/loving/hippyish. I tend to be drawn to authors who write in that fashion like Ram Dass. I also like books that are dense and down to earth.......more

Accessible, but often the author gives more down to earth examples than needed. I did a little speed reading through superfluous examples once I got the point.......more