Knowledge of Freedom: Time to Change [Paperback]

Is there something wrong with our knowledge? With this provocative question, Tarthang Tulku opens up a penetrating examination of the nature of knowledge, the conditioning of experience, and the fundamental operations of mind that limit our potential as human beings.Knowledge of Freedomengages the reader in a direct, personal inquiry into the human situation that encourages the questioning of all aspects of experience. This book raises fundamental questions about the dynamics of modern life and the mental habits that determine what we can think and do. It engages the currents of life on a visceral level, moving from the sweep of history to an intimate analysis of self and the notion of I. We discover that the knowledge that binds us can also be the knowledge that opens the path to freedom. A must read for all people interested in psychology and how to integrate knowledge into daily life.

Tarthang Tulku guides the reader through a challenging, yet gentle examination of the multitude of factors that condition and limit our experience. A process of questioning, reflection, and answering is stimulated: we answer questions and then question our answers. We gain fresh insights and begin to see that the knowledge that binds us can also be the knowledge that opens the path to freedom.

Tarthang Tulkuwas born in 1935 in the highlands of Golok and educated by some of the most brilliant masters of his tradition, Tarthang Tulku is a pioneering teacher whose life bridges ancient wisdom and modernity. Left a refugee after the 1959 annexation of Tibet, he taught at Sanskrit University in Varanasi before coming to America in 1968, where he has established major educational, publishing, and cultural preservation projectsincluding the World Peace Ceremony in India and the free distribution of millions of books to the Tibetan diaspora. Author of nearly forty works translated into eighteen languages and studied in universities worldwide, he offers a visiolC?