GEORGIOS T. HALKIAS is associate professor at The University of
Hong Kong and author of Luminous Bliss- A Religious History of Pure
Land Literature in Tibet.
CHRISTINA PARTSALAKI has an MPhil from the University of Hong Kong
and is the author of "Heraclitus and the Buddha- Approaching Truth
in Early Greek and Early Buddhist Thinking," published in the Stoa
of Sciences journal.
JIGME LINGPA was an eighteenth-century Tibetan treasure revealer of
the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Translations of his
works into English have been published on the topics of Dzogchen
nature of mind teachings, Vajrayana preliminary practices of
ngondro, and the complete Nyingma path.
“I am very encouraged that, even in this day and age, not only is
the name “Copper-Colored Mountain” still uttered, but Professor
Halkias and Christina Partsalaki have now put great effort into
presenting a wide range of explanations of its meaning. . . . I am
confident that just mentioning the name “Copper-Colored Mountain”
will plant the seed of actually experiencing it, if not now, then
definitely in the future.”—from the foreword by Dzongsar Jamyang
Khyentse
“I’m delighted to see Padmasambhava’s Pure Land presented in
Georgios T. Halkias and Christina Partsalaki’s book with
academic rigor, philosophical acumen, and reverence for this sacred
topic. It is a fine example of the compatibility of intellectual
objectivity and spiritual insight, as it sheds a clear light on the
depth of Mahayana Buddhist concepts of pure lands in general and
the Copper-Colored Mountain in particular.”—B. Alan Wallace,
founder and director of the Santa Barbara Institute for
Consciousness Studies
“The authors are sensitive in their reading of the verses,
balancing a scholarly perspective with an interpretative angle that
explicates the significance of each stanza for contemplative
practice.”—Buddhadharma
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