Personal and heartfelt teachings on the Buddhist path by one of the most influential Tibetan lamas of the twentieth century, compiled and edited by an acclaimed Tibetan scholar and leader of a key center of Buddhist learning.
Editor's Preface
Chapter 1. Why We Are Not Happy
Chapter 2. The True Face of Afflictions
Chapter 3. Suffering and Happiness Are Both Impermanent
Chapter 4. Buddha Mind
Chapter 5. It's Never Too Late
Chapter 6. All Beings Suffer
Chapter 7. The Power of Right View
Chapter 8. When You Ask for Directions, Ask Those Who Have Gone
Before
Chapter 9. True Refuge
Translator's Afterword
H.H. JIGME PHUNTSOK (1933-2004) was a prominent teacher in the
Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism who was recognized as a
terton (treasure revealer) and renowned for his mastery of
Dzogchen. Unlike many Tibetan masters who fled to India and the
West, Jigme Phuntsok remained in China throughout the Cultural
Revolution and played a major role in maintaining and reviving
Buddhism in the region. He established a nonsectarian Buddhist
community called Larung Gar near the town of Sertar in China's
Sichuan Province, where he taught thousands of students, many of
Han Chinese ethnicity.
KHENPO SODARGYE is one of the primary leaders of the Buddhist
academy at Larung Gar and was H.H. Jigme Phuntsok's chief
translator. He has traveled extensively to the United States,
Canada, Germany, France, Holland, the United Kingdom, and
throughout Asia to offer teachings, and he continues to teach
widely at schools and universities in China and abroad. He is also
the founder of numerous Chinese schools and charitable
organizations.
"Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche was a truly incredible and inspirational master. Through his visionary activity, Rinpoche created one of the largest monastic settlements the world has ever seen—a vibrant center that has contributed enormously to the recent resurgence of Buddhism in Tibet and China. Now that this wonderfully pithy collection of his teachings has been made available through the efforts of his extraordinary spiritual heir, Khenpo Sodargye, I have no hesitation in wholeheartedly recommending it to all seekers of truth and sincere followers of the Buddhadharma.”—Sogyal Rinpoche, author of The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
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