Virtue and Reality is written by Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche. Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche discusses method and wisdom in Dharma practice. The Buddha's teachings are classified into two types: extensive technique and profound wisdom. Lama Zopa Rinpoche, spiritual director of the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT), explains these two paths in this series of speeches. The loving, compassionate Bodhicitta is the way, and wisdom is the realization of ultimate reality, the true view of emptiness, as described here. We acquire the holy body of a Buddha by practicing technique, and we attain the enlightened mind by growing wisdom. Recognizing the realities of the workaday world in which most of his pupils live, Rinpoche teaches us how to think and act in such a way that we can enjoy every instant of our lives.
