Faces of compassion : classic Bodhisattva archetypes and their modern expression
Taigen Daniel Leighton (Author)
Archetypes of wisdom and compassion, the bodhisattvas of Buddhism are powerful and compelling images of awakening. Scholar and Zen teacher Taigen Dan Leighton engagingly explores the imagery and lore of the seven most important of these archetypal figures, bringing them alive as psychological and spiritual wellsprings. Emphasizing the universality of spirtiual ideals, Leighton finds aspects of the bodhisattvas expressed in a variety of familiar modern personages - from Muhammad Ali to Mahatma Gandhi, from Bob Dylan to Henry Thoreau, and from Gertrude Stein to Mother Teresa
Print Book, English, ©2003
Revised edition
Wisdom Publications, Boston, MA, ©2003