Tibetan Buddhist Companion

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Erik Pema Kunsang (Erik Hein Schmidt) is one of the world’s best-known and most accomplished translators of Buddhist literature from Tibet. With his wife, Marcia Binder Schmidt, he founded and heads Rangjung Yeshe Publications, an independent publisher of Vajrayana Buddhist texts in English. His books include: As It Is, The Mirror of Mindfulness, Lamp of Mahamudra, The Light of Wisdom, and Dakini Teachings. Other projects include translating over forty volumes of Tibetan texts and teachings, and creating the Dharma Dictionary , an electronic dictionary of Tibetan and English terms.

This collection of jewel-like poems, prayers, and teachings has been lovingly selected, translated from Tibetan, and arranged by renowned translator and author Erik Pema Kunsang. These quotations from the great masters of Tibetan Buddhism are practical, beautiful, and precious. They reflect the immense variety of approaches and the profundity that have made the tapestry of these teachings of deep interest to so many. For anyone interested in Tibetan Buddhism, this volume is a perfect companion for meditation and contemplation. The book includes wisdom from the following: the Buddha Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche Dudjom Rinpoche Gampopa Jamgön Kongtrül the Great Manjushri Milarepa Chokyi Nyima Padmasambhava Patrul Rinpoche Yeshe Tsogyal and many others

"This collection of teachings is like myriad beams of light that illuminate each step we take on the path toward awakening."â??Matthieu Ricard, author of Journey to Enlightenment and Monk Dancers of Tibet