The Heart Treasure of the Enlightened Ones: The Practice of View, Meditation, and Action

Inthis book, two great Tibetan Buddhist masters of the nineteenth and twentiethcenturies challenge us to critically examine our materialistic preoccupationsand think carefully about how we want to spend the rest of our lives. At thesame time, they provide practical guidance in following the Buddhist path,starting from the most basic motivation and culminating in the directexperience of reality beyond the reach of conceptual mind.

Theroot text is a teaching in verse written in the nineteenth century by PatrulRinpoche, one of the outstanding teachers of his day. In the accompanyingcommentary, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (1910–1991)—lineage holder of theNyingma school and one of the great expounders of the Dharma in Europe andNorth America—expands upon the text with his characteristic compassion anduncompromising thoroughness. Patrul Rinpoche's fresh and piercing versescombined with Khyentse Rinpoche's down-to-earth comments offer a concise yetcomplete examination of the Buddhist path.