Synopses & Reviews
At the heart of successful Mahamudra practice is the ability to understand the nature of mind. The Ninth Karmapa, Wangchuk Dorje (1556 1603), the acknowledged master of this approach, wrote three definitive texts on Mahamudra; Pointing Out the Dharmakaya is the shortest and most practical of the three. Brilliant explanations by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche make this text vividly relevant for contemporary Western practitioners. For those committed to ascertaining the mind s true nature, there is no more systematic or comprehensive approach than can be found in this extraordinary set of instructions.
About the Author
Khenchen Thrangu was born in Tibet in 1933. He has founded numerous monasteries and nunneries, schools for Tibetan children, and medical clinics. He has taught extensively throughout Europe, Asia, and the United States, and is the abbot of Gampo Abbey. He was appointed by the Dalai Lama to be the personal tutor for the Seventeenth Karmapa.