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ERIK PEMA KUNSANG (Erik Hein Schmidt) is one of the world's best-known and most accomplished translators of Buddhist literature from Tibet. With his wife, Marcia Binder Schmidt, he founded and heads Rangjung Yeshe Publications, an independent publisher of Vajrayana Buddhist texts in English. His books include As It Is, The Mirror of Mindfulness, Lamp of Mahamudra, The Light of Wisdom, and Dakini Teachings. Other projects include translating over forty volumes of Tibetan texts and teachings and creating the Dharma Dictionary, an electronic dictionary of Tibetan and English terms.
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A collection of inspirational quotations from key Buddhist figures throughout history. This collection of jewel-like poems, prayers, and teachings has been lovingly selected, translated from Tibetan, and arranged by renowned translator and author Erik Pema Kunsang. Practical, beautiful, and precious, the quotations reflect the immense variety of approaches and the profundity that have made these teachings of deep interest to so many. For anyone interested in Tibetan Buddhism, this volume is a perfect companion for meditation and contemplation.
This is a reissue of A Tibetan Buddhist Companion.
The book includes wisdom from:
• the Buddha
• Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
• Dudjom Rinpoche
• Gampopa
• Jamgön Kongtrül the Great
• Jamgön Mipham Rinpoche
• Jigmey Lingpa
• Machig Labdrön
• Manjushri
• Milarepa
• Nagarjuna
• Naropa
• Padmasambhava
• Patrul Rinpoche
• Saraha
• Shabkar
• Shantideva
• Tilopa
• Tulku Urgyen
• Vairotsana
• Yeshe Tsogyal