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[email protected] Web site: www.buddhanet.net Buddha Dharma Education Association Inc. Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive Ven. Lama Thubten Yeshe Becoming Your Own Therapist An Introduction to the Buddhist Way of Thought by Ven. Lama Thubten Yeshe Edited by Nicholas Ribush page 1 Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive: Becoming Your Own Therapist First published 1998 10,000 copies for free distribution Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive PO Box 356 Brookline MA 02496, USA © FPMT 1998 Please do not reproduce any part of this PDF by any means whatsoever without our permission. ISBN 1–891868–00–4 Please contact the Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive at:
[email protected] for printed versions of this PDF page 2 Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive: Becoming Your Own Therapist Contents Editor’s Introduction Finding Ourselves Through Buddhism Religion: The Path of Inquiry A Glimpse of Buddhist Psychology Biographies Publisher’s Acknowledgements page 3 Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive: Becoming Your Own Therapist Publisher’s Appreciation n this, the first publication of the Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive, we pay tribute to our holy guru, Geshe Lama Thubten Yeshe Rinpoche, who brought the light of Dharma to the West. IIn Tibetan, yeshe means ‘divine wisdom’,and in this booklet, Lama’s divine wisdom, love and compassion radiate from every word of his precious teachings, blessing all who read them, alleviating their suffering and bringing them quickly to enlightenment. It is our great joy to share Lama’s profound wisdom with you here.