Crystal Mirror 4: Bringing the Teachings Alive: The Buddhist Heritage of Tibet by Tarthang Tulku Rinpoche offering binding worldly spirits under oath

binding worldly spirits under oath to protect the terma treasures and serve the Dharma

Introduction: Dungse Thinley Norbu Rinpoche

regarded in Tibet as the highest and most esoteric teaching of the Buddha

Title: SONGS OF SHABKAR

Earlier Tibetan precedents for the Zhentong view are also discussed

Crystal Mirror 4: Bringing the Teachings Alive: The Buddhist Heritage of Tibet by Tarthang Tulku Rinpoche offering binding worldly spirits under oathBringing the Teachings Alive focuses on the history, lineages, and practices of Buddhism in Tibet. Published to encourage understanding of the Vajrayana and of the Nyingma lineage that transmits it, this volume includes accounts of the Great Guru and his twenty five disciples, a profound Dzogchen text by Longchenpa, and essays on the founding of the Dharma in the land of snows. Longchenpa's "Natural Freedom of Mind" was translated by Dr. H. V.