Ancient Wisdom: Nyingma Teachings of Dream Yoga, Mediatation & Transformation (Paperback)

by Gyatrul Rinpoche (Author)

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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Tibetan

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Snow Lion Publications; 1st edition (July 25, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1559390182
• ISBN-13: 978-1559390187
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,125,514 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Three profound texts with helpful commentaries, March 22, 2000

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This book consists of a series of teachings on several topics by the highly respected Tibetan lama Gyatrul Rinpoche, skillfully translated by B. Alan Wallace and Sangye Khandro. It's divided into three parts, titled "Transformation," "Dream Yoga" and "Meditation," and each of these three parts consists of a "root text" by a renowned Tibetan author and a commentary by Gyatrul Rinpoche. The first root text is a wonderful "lojong" (mind training) text called "Transforming Felicity and Adversity into the Spiritual Path," by Jigme Tenpe Nyima. The second is a dream yoga text called "Releasing Oneself from Essential Delusion," by Lochen Dharma Shri, and the third is a Dzogchen text called "The Illumination of Primordial Wisdom," by H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche. Taken together, these three texts and their lucid and practical commentaries give a very complete introduction to the essential teachings of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, and will be a great treasure for anyone interest in practicing these profound methods.

4 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a great book !, August 3, 1999

By A Customer

very useful....profound...... a variety of topics