In this elegant and lucid commentary, Dzatrul Ngawang Tenzin Norbu provides us with practical guidelines to cultivate the stages of the Buddhist path--from the fundamental contemplations to advanced mind training exercises and meditation. The guidelines are derived from the author's personal experience, with reference to the sutras and tantras as well as Indian commentaries and those of Tibetan Buddhist masters of all major traditions.

Excellent Vessel of Ambrosia : A Commentary on the Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas, Dzatrul Ngawang Tenzin Norbu, Julia Wilson (Translator), Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, Paperback, 219 pages, $12.00

DZATRUL NGAWANG TENZIN NORBU (1867-1940/42) was an accomplished Tibetan Buddhist master who founded a monastery on the northern slopes of Mount Everest where he lived. He was the primary teacher of the late Trulshik Rinpoche, a teacher of the fourteenth Dalai Lama, and the former head of the Tibetan Nyingma lineage. He is especially known for his insightful commentaries on the Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva.