The Mirror of Mindfulness

by Rangdrol, Tsele Natsok; Kunsang, Erik Pema

• ISBN13: 9789627341659
• ISBN10: 9627341657
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-11-19
• Publisher: Rangjung Yeshe Publications

Summary

InThe Mirror of Mindfulness, seventeenth-century master Tsele Natsok Rangdrouml;l teaches that there is an identical essence intrinsic to the heart, mind, and spirit in every human being. The realization of this essential oneness in humanity, he said, makes any man or woman a Buddha. The book focuses on how to reach this understanding through a system of training of timeless, universal value that has been developed in Tibet. According to editor Erik Pema Kunsang Schmidt, the truth such training conveys is as meaningful for a modern meditation practitioner as it was centuries ago for Buddhists in India and Tibet. The Mirror of Mindfulnessaddresses the experiences of passing through the bardos into the next life. While relatively brief, the book fully expresses the depth of the spiritual lineage it springs from: a system of training that offers the possibility of enlightenment in a single lifetime. Newly designed, this book is the foundation for the often-cited commentaryBardo Guidebookby contemporary teacher Chouml;kyi Nyima Rinpoche and is widely seen as indispensable for the serious study of Tibetan Buddhism. Included are contextualizing introductions, a foreword, preface, prologue, epilogue, appendix, and glossary.

Author Biography

Tsele Natsok Rangdr÷l (born c. 1608) is renowned in the Kagyn and Nyingma schools of Tibetan Buddhism for his brilliant scholarship and meditative accomplishment.

Erik Pema Kunsang Schmidt has translated and edited more than fifty volumes of Tibetan texts and oral teachings, including Treasures from Juniper Ridge. He lives in Denmark.