This collection of fifteen articles and talks by Tulku Thondup constitutes a manual on how to transmute the situations encountered in daily life, whether external or internal, into spiritual disciplines and experiences. Among the topics covered are:
The fundamental principles of Buddhism.
The practice of meditation as a means of arousing compassion.
How suffering can become a more powerful tool than happiness in achieving enlightenment.
The symbolic significance of holy places, temples, statues, books, and other spiritual artifacts.
Tulku Thondup Rinpoche was born in East Tibet and was recognized to be a tulku at age five. He studied at Tibet’s famed Dodrupchen Monastery, settling in India in 1958 and teaching for many years in its universities. He came to the United States in 1980 as a visiting scholar at Harvard University. Residing in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for over forty years, he dedicated himself to writing, translating, and teaching through the Buddhayana Foundation. His numerous books include The Healing Power of Mind, which has now been published in eighteen languages, and Boundless Healing, which has been published in eleven languages.
