Rebel Buddha: On the Road to Freedom
Shambhala Publications, November 2010
There's a rebel within you.
It's the part of you that already knows how to break free of fear
and unhappiness. This rebel is the voice of your own awakened mind. It's your rebel buddha -- the sharp, clear intelligence that resists the status quo. It wakes you up from the sleepy acceptance of your day-to-day reality and shows you the power of your enlightened nature. It's the vibrant,
insightful energy that compels you to seek the truth.
Dzogchen Ponlop guides you through the inner revolution that comes from
unleashing your rebel buddha. He explains how, by training your mind
and understanding your true nature, you can free yourself from needless
suffering. He presents a thorough introduction to the essence of the
Buddha's teachings and argues that, if we are to bring these teachings
fully into our personal experience, we must go
beyond the cultural trappings of traditional Asian Buddhism. "We all
want to find some meaningful truth about who we are," he says, "but we
can only find it guided by our own wisdom -- by our own rebel buddha
within."
hardcover | ISBN: 9781590308745 | Publication Date: November 2010
Reviews:
"This book does a wonderful job of bringing the Buddha's teachings to
all of us here in the West. Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche has great insights
into the workings of our minds, guiding us from delusion to clarity."
--Sharon Salzberg, author of Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest
Experience
"Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche shatters old myths and sweeps away cultural
baggage, presenting the essence of the Buddha's teachings in a fresh,
contemporary voice. With uncommon clarity and authority, he offers a
new vision for the future of Buddhism that is at once shocking
and
hopeful. This is a small book with a big message that is timely and
important."
--Pema Chödrön, author of When Things Fall Apart
"Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche has a remarkable ability to present the
wisdom of the Buddha's teachings in a manner that is as fresh and
accessible as it is profound. With Rebel Buddha, he goes
straight to the core of the spiritual path, showing how the Buddha's
liberating insights transcend race, religion, and culture. This book is
sure to provoke, inspire, and move us one step closer to creating a
thoroughly modern approach to spirituality."
--Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, author of The Joy of Living
"A seminal work for the growth of Buddhism in contemporary society.
Fearlessly and intelligently, Ponlop Rinpoche invites the reader to
make these ancient tools meaningful in our lives, without any
fetishizing of someone else's culture. These invitations have come
before, but rarely as clearly, forcefully, and lovingly as in these
pages. Rinpoche's voice roars with the relaxed confi dence of
authenticity, and the fierce urgency of now. In Rebel Buddha,
Rinpoche establishes himself as something we need now much more than a
Tibetan lama: he is among the first of the American Buddhist masters."
--Ethan Nichtern, author of One City: A Declaration of
Interdependence
