Meditation on the Nature of Mind

Preface; The Nature of Mind His Holiness the Dalai Lama; The Life of Khöntön Peljor Lhündrub -José Ignacio Cabezón; Introduction to Khöntön Peljor Lhündrub's: Wish-Fulfilling Jewel of the Oral Tradition -José Ignacio Cabezón; The Wish-Fulfilling Jewel of the Oral Tradition: Instructions on Identifying the Shared View of Reality -Khöntön Peljor Lhündrub Translated by José Ignacio Cabezón; Appendix 1: The Works of Khöntön Peljor Lhündrub Mentioned in the Fifth Dalai Lama's Biography; Appendix 2: The Incarnation Lineage of Khöntön Rinpoché; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Authors.;"We all have the same human mind - each and every one of us has the same potential. Our surroundings and so forth are important, but the nature of mind itself is more important ... To live a happy and joyful life, we must take care of our minds."--His Holiness the Dalai Lama At the heart of this book is The Wish-Fulfilling Jewel of the Oral Tradition, an accessible and nonsectarian treatise on penetrating the nature of mind by Khonton Peljor Lhundrub, a teacher of the Fifth Dalai Lama. His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama's broad-ranging overview of this work insightfully distills some of the most central themes of Buddhism: why the mind is so essential to the tradition, what distinguishes the levels of consciousness, and how different schools of Tibetan Buddhism elaborate those distinctions. Profound and erudite, it brings the reader closer to a fresh and direct experience of Buddhism's central truths. Along with his lucid translations, Jose Cabezon provides an introduction to the root text and presentations of the life and works of Khonton Rinpoche, all richly annotated.