This introduction to Buddhist psychology supplies essential
instructions for successful meditation practice.
Everyday Consciousness and Primordial Awareness sets forth the
nature of mind and human potential and presents meditation practices
that can powerfully influence and ultimately transform the mind into
the purified mind of a buddha. Rinpoche clearly
describes how consciousnesses operate in everyday perception and how at
the time of Buddhahood, these same consciousnesses express the five
primordial wisdoms of the five Buddha families.
"What makes Rinpoche's work distinctive is the clarity and vividness of
his religious thought. Rinpoche attempts to concretize the notions of
five levels of awareness in the reader's mind by correlating each with a
different 'Buddha-family,' accessible through correct meditation."—
Library Journal
"With characteristic cogency, clarity, and precision, Thrangu Rinpoche
lays out the Buddhist description of mind, in both its conventional and
tantric dimensions. Then he invites us further in, showing how these
teachings give voice to the subtlety of meditation experience and can
lead us to the profundity of the awakened state itself."—Reginald A.
Ray, Naropa University, author of
Indestructible Truth and
Secret of the Vajra World
"Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, a pre-eminent Tibetan master, has presented
an accessible and precise introduction to the inherently awakened mind
at the heart of confusion and suffering. While this text is invaluable
for the scholar, it is even more crucial for the Vajrayana
practitioner."—Judith Simmer-Brown, Ph.D., Professor, Naropa University
and author of
Dakini's Warm Breath: The Feminine Principle in Tibetan Buddhism
"With the help of this introduction to Buddhist psychology, successful
meditation practice is distinctly possible..."—Mandala Magazine
"Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche is among the wisest and most compassionate
Buddhist masters alive today. I have no doubt that this book will be a
great inspiration and support for all serious Dharma students who read
it and put it into practice."—Pema Chödrön, author of
Taking the Leap,
The Places that Scare You, and
When Things Fall Apart
