Lazy Lama looks at Refuge: Finding a Purpose and a Path

by Ringu Tulku

In this book Ringu Tulku discusses what it means to take refuge in the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha - the definitive act of 'being a Buddhist' - in terms of finding a profound purpose in our lives and making a decision to work towards fulfilling that aim. "Discovering a purpose is maybe the most important thing we can do. Whatever we're doing, if we have a purpose, if we have a dream, then we can find a way. But if we have no purpose we don't know where we are or where we are going; we're lost. That's why, from the Buddhist point of view, this is the first and most important step."

60 pages, Paperback

Published May 1, 2014

About the author

Karma Tsultrim Gyurmé Trinlé (Tibetan: ཀརྨ་ཚུལ་ཁྲིམས་འགྱུར་མེད་ཕྲིན་ལས་, Wylie: kar+ma tshul khrims 'gyur med phrin las)—more commonly known as Ringu Tulku (Tib. རི་མགུལ་སྤྲུལ་སྐུ་, Wyl. ri mgul sprul sku) for the Ringu Monastery with which his incarnation line is associated—is a lama of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism and proponent of the Rimé (non-sectarian) movement. In 1975 he was awarded the academic title of Khenpo, and in 1983 the that of Dorje Lopön Chenpo (Sanskrit: mahavajracarya; equivalent to a PhD). He served as Professor of Tibetology in Sikkim for 17 years, and since 1990 has been traveling and teaching Buddhism and meditation at more than 50 universities, institutes and Buddhist centers in Europe, USA, Canada, Australia and Asia.

Reviews

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ringu Tulku's writing style is compelling and inclusive.