Here, in a teaching of out standing completeness and clarity the Dalai Lama sets out the key principles of Buddhism, showing how the mind can be transformed, and suffering ovecome, through love, compassion, and a true understanding of the nature of reality. By illustrating his brilliant overview of the path with his own personal experiences and advice on how to integrate the practice, the Dalai Lama brings these teachings to life.

Mind in Comfort and Ease: The Vision of Enlightenment in the Great Perfection, Dalai Lama, Wisdom Publications, Hardcover, 2007, 320 Pages, $24.95

Tenzin Gyamtso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, was born in northeastern Tibet in 1935. He is widely recognized as both the spiritual and temporal leader of the Tibetan people. Though he describes himself as but "a simple monk," he is, to many, the very face of Buddhism today. He is committed not only to the teaching and practice of Buddhism, but also to interreligious dialogue, and the science of mind. His Holiness resides today in Dharamsala, India, the site of the Tibetan government in exile.

Sogyal Rinpoche is the author of The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying and the founder and spiritual leader of Rigpa, an international network of more than one hundred Buddhist centers and groups in-twenty three countries around the world. He has been teaching for over thirty years and continues to travel widely in Europe, America, Australia, and Asia, addressing thousands of people on his retreats and teaching tours.

	Contents: Mind in Comfort and Ease
	Verses of Homage by Kyabje Trulshik Rinpoche	vii
	Foreword by Sogyal Rinpoche	ix
	Preface	xv
	Part One: Key Principles of the Buddhadharma	1
1	Introduction	3
2	Transforming the Mind	15
3	Appearance and Reality	29
4	The Question of Consciousness	41
5	Overcoming the Causes of Suffering	49
	Part Two: Finding Comfort and Ease in Meditation on the Great Perfection	69
6	The Ancient Tradition of the Nyingmapas	71
7	The Uniqueness of the Great Perfection	77
8	The Environment and Places Conductive to Meditation	91
9	The Individual Practioner	101
10	Self and Selflessness	117
11	Life, Death, and Practice	131
12	The Dharma to Be Practised: The Preliminaries	143
13	Bodhicitta, the Heart of the Awakened Mind	143
14	Taking the Bodhisattva Vow	155
15	The Empowerment of Padmasambhava and His Eight Manifestations	173
16	The Clear Light	179
17	A Review of the Teaching	193
18	The Wisdom of Rigpa	205
	The Root Text Finding Comfort and Ease in Meditation on the Great Perfection by Longchen Rabjam	227
	Appendix: Historical Perspectives	253
	Notes	267
	Glossary	283
	Bibliography	289
	Acknowledgments	299
	Index	301