Wake Up to What Matters
This unique and fresh presentation of Tibetan Buddhism provides a tool kit for how to be a twenty-first-century Buddhist, whether living in a busy city or a rural hermitage. These teachings go straight to the heart of why a person should bother with a spiritual path in the age of cell phones and shopping malls.
Avikrita Vajra Sakya Rinpoche, a twenty-six-year-old Tibetan lama born in Seattle and now residing in a monastery in the Himalayan foothills, teaches meditation and Buddhist philosophy to people from all over the world. He makes a direct and compelling case for the Buddhist path and offers a clear guide on how to use our own modern life circumstances to cultivate loving-kindness, compassion, wisdom, and our own buddha nature.
"I am encouraged that Avikrita Vajra Rinpoche, at such a young age, is already reaching out to young, modern people in a language and style to which they can relate. My wish is that this basic introduction to the dharma will attract many such people to the path of awakening and that it will encourage them to go ever further and deeper with their practice and study. I am sure it is with this in mind that Avikrita Rinpoche’s grandfather, H.H. Jigdal Dagchen Sakya, encouraged him to write this book. May Wake Up to What Matters bring great benefit to countless beings!" —Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse
"This thorough yet approachable treatise on Mahayana Buddhism will be invaluable reading for newcomers to the religion." —Publishers Weekly