WisdominExileprovidesanewinsightintoBuddhism’sencounterwithWesterncultureandtheWesternmindintheearly21stcentury.JampaThayehastrainedforover40yearswithsomeoftheforemostlamasofTibetanBuddhism,yetisaWesterner,livinginBritain,teachingBuddhismtostudentsthroughoutEuropeandNorthAmerica.HedrawsonthatknowledgeandexperiencetoexplainthespacethatnowexistsforBuddhismintheWest,andidentifiescriticalconflictsandtensionsthatmustberesolvedformodernWesternerstograsptheessenceoftheBuddhistteachings.Thebookculminateswithdetailedinstructionsinthemeditationsystemof’TheFourImmeasurables’,allowingthereadertoproperlyorientatethemselveswithintheworldofBuddhismandlearnhowtopractice.“WisdominExileproposesafreshapproachtoBuddhism,oneinwhichthefundamentaltenetsoftheBuddha’steachingsarerediscovered.“HisHolinessSakyaTrichen,41stHeadoftheSakyaSchoolofTibetanBuddhism
