双镜：佛教密宗的怀疑之旅

在《双镜》中，作者的个人历史——作为已故藏语大师Chogyam Trungpa的学生，以其非传统的生活方式和“疯狂智慧”的教学风格而闻名——是对一次深刻的精神旅程进行深刻而雄辩的审视的框架。作者从批判性的角度和对金刚乘修行的直接体验两方面进行写作，研究了佛教密宗的教义和修行，以及它们在宗巴组织金刚乘中的表达。在讨论该机构有时如何像一个“邪教”一样运作时，巴特菲尔德仍然将佛教密宗体验为一个真正的深刻精神转变系统。
《双镜》探讨了佛教实践对人格、自主性、感知和健康的影响，并讨论了佛教为美国人提供了什么。巴特菲尔德以怀疑的智慧阐明了藏传佛教道路的阶段、教义和假设，对精神生活的理想和现实进行了坦率而深刻的描绘。
The Double Mirror: A Skeptical Journey into Buddhist Tantra
In The Double Mirror, the author’s personal history– as a student of the late Tibetan master Chogyam Trungpa, known for his unconventional lifestyle and “crazy wisdom” teaching style– is the framework for an incisive and eloquent examination of a profound spiritual journey. Writing both from a critical perspective and from his direct experience of Vajrayana practice, the author look at Buddhist tantric teachings and practices and their expressions in Vajradhatu, Trungpa’s organization. While discussing how the institution may sometimes function like a “cult,” Butterfield nonetheless experiences Buddhist tantra as an authentic system of profound spiritual transformation.
The Double Mirror explores the effects of Buddhist practice on personality, autonomy, perception, and health, and discusses what Buddhism has to offer American. With skeptical intelligence, Butterfield illuminates the stages, teachings, and assumptions of the Tibetan Buddhist path, offering a frank and insightful portrayal of the ideal and reality of spiritual life.

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