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Explained in Tibetan by Khamtul Rinpoche Presented in English and briefly annotated by Garesh Sparham
An explanation of the complete rdzogs chen meditation practice: being Lo chen Dharma-sri’s guide through a Gter bdag gling pa treasure text, a text first taught by the second Buddha Padma-sambhava to his inner circle of thirty extraordinary women with wisdom, then hidden away to be rediscovered by those prophesided to do so.
This book is of particular interest because it shows the presence of the Yogãcara (Mind Only) school in Tibet. It is well known that the Madhyamaka school flourished in Tibet, but less well known that Yogacara doctrines were also studied and practiced. The former school stresses the inexpressible ultimate; the latter, the natural luminosity of mind. This is probably the best introduction to the distinctive eight consciousness systems of Yogãcara. It ...