Faces of Compassion: Classic Bodhisattva Archetypes and Their Modern Expression - an Introduction to Mahayana Buddhism 2nd Edition

“Faces of Compassion is a wonderful resource and source of guidance and teaching…an invaluable companion to our lives.”–Joan Halifax Roshi, Head Teacher, Upaya Institute

“A clear-as-a-bell introduction to Buddhist thought.”–Zoketsu Norman Fischer, Senior Dharma Teacher of San Francisco Zen Center and author of Benedict’s Dharma

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“Taigen Dan Leighton has lovingly illumined still another dimension of the human condition.”–John Daishin Buksbazen, author of Zen Meditation in Plain English

“The lay reader will take from the book an appreciation for the complexity of Buddhist doctrine as well as a sense that bodhisattvas may well be living amongst us.”– “Foreword magazine”

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“Vigorous and inspiring, Faces of Compassion guides the reader into the awakening life within our contemporary world. An informative, useful, exhilarating work.”–Jane Hirshfield, author of Women in Praise of the Sacred

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