Book Summary
Patrul Rinpoche, renowned 19th-century Tibetan Buddhist teacher, shunned high monastic office and lived the life of a homeless wanderer. THE WORDS OF MY PERFECT TEACHER is a practical guide to the spiritual practices common to all Tibetan Buddhist traditions. This new edition, based on painstaking comparisons of original texts, also includes translations of earlier commentaries. A favorite of Tibetans--and 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.
Book Details
| Book Name | Words Of My Perfect Teacher, Revised Edition |
| Author | O-rgyan-'jigs-med-chos-ky, Patrul Rinpoche, Padmakara Translation Group |
| Publisher | Shambhala Publications (10/1998) |
| ISBN | 9781570624124 |
| Pages | 512 |
| Language | English |
| Price | 1018 |
