At the heart of successful Mahamudra practice is the ability to get directly at the nature of mind. The Ninth Karmapa, Wangchuk Dorje (1556 - 1603) , was the acknowledged master of this approach. No more authoritative or useful instructions exist than in his three definitive texts on Mahamudra, of which this easy-to-use, practical manual is the shortest. Pointing Out the Dharmakaya is an indispensable companion to The Ocean of Definitive Meaning, the most vast and detailed of the texts. An invaluable guide for Mahamudra practitioners on how to look at the mind, it is clearly laid out so that the instructions are easy to recall and put it in use.
Brilliant explanations by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, tutor of the young Seventeenth Karmapa, make the Karmapa's text vividly relevant for contemporary Western practitioners. For those committed to ascertaining the minds true nature, checking their experience, and refining and extending their insight, there is certainly no more systematic or comprehensive approach than can be found in this extraordinary set of instructions.

Pointing Out the Dharmakaya,Thrangu Rinpoche, Snow Lion Publications, Paperback, 170 pp., $22.95

Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche is a renowned Tibetan Buddhist master known for his deep compassion and the clarity of his teachings. He was selected by His Holiness the Dalai Lama to serve as the principal tutor to His Holiness the 17th Karmapa, Oryen Trinley Dorje. Thrangu Rinpoche is a full holder and teacher of the Kagyu Vajrayana lineages. He founded the Namo Buddha retreat center in Nepal, has established two shedras (monastic universities) in Nepal and India, and serves as Abbot of Gampo Abbey in Nova Scotia. He also built Tara Abbey, where nuns receive a full dharma education qualifying them to become khenpos or teachers. Thrangu Rinpoche teaches entensively throughout Asia, Europe and the United States. He has centers in Maine and California, and is building the Vajra Vidya Retreat Center in Crestone, Colorado.

	Contents: Pointing Out The DHARMAKAYA
	Foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama	vii
	Preface	ix
1.	Introduction	1
2.	The Preliminaries	11
3.	Shamatha (Tranquility) Meditation	31
4.	Vipashyana (Insight) Meditation	51
5.	The Essential Nature of Mind in Stillness	69
6.	Looking at the Mind in Movement	79
7.	The Nature of Mind in Movement	99
8.	Looking at the Mind within Appearances	107
9.	Looking at Body and Mind	125
10.	Looking at the Stillness and Occurrence of Mind	139
11.	Conclusions	157
	Outline of the Root Text	163
	Notes	165