The Buddha's Dream of Liberation: Freedom, Emptiness, and Awakened Nature

Explore the three great teachings of the Buddha.• The First Turning of the Wheel : Insight into the nature of suffering—and the way out of it—from the four noble truths and the eightfold path• The Second Turning of the Wheel : Teachings on emptiness from the Heart Sutra and the Diamond Sutra• The Third Turning of the Wheel : Guidance for practitioners and teachings on awakened Buddha natureIn clear language, James William Coleman, professor of sociology at the California Polytechnic State University, guides us through the ancient sutras that preserve the Buddha’s message, illuminating their meaning for today’s world and tying the Buddha’s wisdom together for us. The book concludes with chapters from two great teachers, Reb Anderson from the Zen tradition and Lama Palden from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, on how to use meditation to bring the Buddha’s wisdom into our daily lives.Table of The Wheel of DharmaPart The Three Turnings of the Wheel1. The First Turning of the The Four Noble Truths and the Pali Canon2. The Second Turning of the Emptiness and the Perfection of Wisdom3. The Third Turning of the Untying the Knot of the Sutra of the Explanation of the Profound SecretsPart Turning the Wheel in the Twenty-First Century4. Practicing the Dream5. Tasting the Truth of the Buddha’s A Zen Perspectiveby Reb Anderson Roshi6. Envisioning A Vajrayana Perspectiveby Lama Palden Drolma7. The Buddha’s Dream