The Words of My Perfect Teacher, Revised Edition (Sacred Literature Series)

A favorite of Tibetansand of the Dalai Lama himself The Words of My Perfect Teacher is a practical guide to the spiritual practices common to all Tibetan Buddhist traditions. It is the classic commentary on the preliminary practices of Longchen Nyingthig a cycle of teachings of the Nyingmapa school. Patrul Rinpoche makes his subject accessible through a wealth of stories quotations and references to everyday life giving the text all the life and atmosphere of a compelling oral teaching. This second revised edition (of the book originally published by HarperSanFrancisco in 1994) is the result of a detailed and painstaking comparison of the original Tibetan text with the English translation by the Padmakara Translation Group. The new edition also includes translations of a postface to the text written a century ago for the first printed Tibetan edition by the first Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche and a new preface by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.