the heart of the buddha

In the book "The Heart of the Buddha", meditation master Chögyam Trungpa brings fundamental Buddhist teachings into direct relation with our everyday life. In "The Personal Journey", the first of three parts, the author talks about the "Heart of the Buddha" and its open, curious and joyful quality, an "enlightened gene" that everyone possesses. In "The Stages of the Path," he talks about the three vehicles - Hinayana, Mahayana and Vajrayana - that carry the Buddhist practitioner to enlightenment. In "Living Together," he describes the direct application of Buddhist teachings with topics such as relationships, alcohol, poetics, dying, and money.