Publisher's Synopsis
This selection of profound, provocative, and at times humorous classics from Tibet introduces the reader to the little-known Rim? tradition and its emphasis on the esoteric Great Perfection (Dzogchen) tradition. These teachings are from the some of the greatest masters of Tibetan Buddhism including Patrul Rinpoche, Jamg?n Mipham, and Dodrupchen Jigme Tenpe Nyima. The translator has masterfully provided clear and succinct historical context to each of the translations, threading the individual works together into a story of an intellectual renaissance based on emphasizing the pure awareness that is beyond our ordinary mind. The reader is seamlessly immersed into the world of nineteenth-century Tibetan Buddhism, in which we are taught that our true nature is wisdom, which can be developed through both scholastic investigation as well as through spontaneous realization by seeing reality directly as it is.
