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Brave, Generous, & Undefended is for all who desire freedom from confusion, self-absorption, and suffering. Rich with insight, humor, and fearless love, Barbara Du Bois's fresh, direct heart-teachings on the timeless 37 Bodhisattva Practices encourage and guide seekers and practitioners at all levels, in any spiritual tradition. Composed in the 14th century by Tibetan teacher Tokme Zangpo, the 37 Bodhisattva Practices show clearly, and definitely, how to cultivate the expansive, freeing compassion and love that cut the tree of suffering at its root, for the benefit of others and ourselves. This is the way of the bodhisattva--one dedicated to the well-being, happiness, and liberation of all--and Brave, Generous, & Undefended is a profound teaching on living forth in ordinary life this highest of callings. The author, Barbara DuBois, a contemporary Western Dharma teacher, brings her energetic, penetrating wisdom from the heart to Tokme Zangpo's classic text. The bodhisattva training contained in this book turn one's self-absorption inside out, revealing the good heart that seeks ultimate freedom--for all. As a longtime practitioner, familiar with the tricks of conditioned mind and what it is hiding from, Du Bois includes and embraces us as participants in these intimate, dynamic discussions that vividly demonstrate the transformational power of the bodhisattva intention. Readers may find that arrows of love and truth pierce their illusions of self and separation, showing how, in the ever-present union of absolute and relative, we already are what we aspire to become: embodiments of truth and love. This profound yet practical book will inspire, support, guide, and invigorate beginning seekers and advanced practitioners in every tradition, as well as those without a formal spiritual focus or path. The author's Dharma training and wisdom, together with her psychological, phenomenological, and sociological perspectives, are uniquely angled to illumine our most evident and our most hidden dilemmas and confusions--as well as the gifts we bring to the path of awakening and to all our companions on the way. Her invitation to each of us: ""...take what speaks to you and test it for yourself, contemplate and practice on it until you attain confidence, and then continue, for the benefit of all.""

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""A great service bringing forth this commentary on Tokme's 37 Bodhisattva Practices, one of the most loved and revered texts in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Her commentary guides reader to a deeper appreciation of this wonderful teaching."" --Ken McLeod, Buddhist scholar, author of A Trackless Path ""Her mind and my mind are one; whatever I know, she knows...I am asking all my friends to make sure you read this precious book."" --His Eminence Garchen Triptrul Rinpoche, from the Foreword ""This profound commentary marries the precision of Dharma instructions for conduct with the highest view of spacious mind. Her delight�ful earthy humor & contemporary applications for our time & culture guide us unerringly towards the ultimate."" --Khenmo Konchog Nyima Drolma, Abbess, Vajra Dakini Nunnery

A great service bringing forth this commentary on Tokme's 37 Bodhisattva Practices, one of the most loved and revered texts in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Her commentary guides reader to a deeper appreciation of this wonderful teaching. Ken McLeod, Buddhist scholar, author of A Trackless Path Her mind and my mind are one; whatever I know, she knows...I am asking all my friends to make sure you read this precious book. His Eminence Garchen Triptrul Rinpoche, from the Foreword This profound commentary marries the precision of Dharma instructions for conduct with the highest view of spacious mind. Her delightful earthy humor & contemporary applications for our time & culture guide us unerringly towards the ultimate. Khenmo Konchog Nyima Drolma, Abbess, Vajra Dakini Nunnery

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Barbara Du Bois, Ph.D. (Harvard University), is a Lopön (Master Dharma Teacher) and lama in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. With clarity, humor and fearless love, she shines a frank Western light on the path. Her principal gurus are H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche and H.E. Garchen Rinpoche. A long life of service includes work with disarmament, refugees, and initiating a women's peace movement in an active African warzone. She has taught at undergraduate and graduate levels as social scientist, psychologist, and psychotherapist and is author of Light Years: A Spiritual Memoir (Laughing Vajra, 2011).

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