With the wish to inspire and motivate practitioners, Kyabje Thinley Norbu Rinpoche has translated a selection of wisdom teachings into direct and simple English that retains the power of the original writings and their emphasis on practice. The authors are five of the most sublime scholar-saints of the Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism: Kunkhyen Longchenpa, Kunkhyen Jigme Lingpa, Patrul Rinpoche, Mipham Rinpoche, and Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche. Their compositions include words of advice, poetic praises, concise daily prayers, and liturgies accompanied by instructions, written over a span of time from the medieval to the modern era. These precious teachings are intended to be the cause of faith, practice, and enlightenment.

Sunlight Speech That Dispels the Darkness of Doubt: Sublime Prayers, Praises, and Practices of the Nyingma Masters, Thinley Norbu, Shambhala, Hardcover, 208 pp, $26.95

Thinley Norbu (1931-2011) was a master teacher of the Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, with many devoted students in the West as well in Asia. Revered as an emanation of the fourteenth-century master Kunkhyen Longchenpa, Kyabje Thinley Norbu Rinpoche was a scholar, writer, poet, and translator, whose prolific publications include A Cascading Waterfall of Nectar, his masterwork on the ngondro, or preliminary practices; The Sole Panacea, on the Seven-Line Prayer of Guru Rinpoche; and A Brief Fantasy History of a Himalayan, an illustrated account of personal reminiscenses.

Contents: Sunlight Speech That Dispels the Darkness of Doubt: Sublime Prayers, Praises, and Practices of the Nyingma Masters By: Thinley Norbu
Note to the Reader	ix
Introduction	xi
PRAISES
Praise to Longchenpa	3
Praise to Jigme Lingpa	4
Praise to Manjushri by Mipham Rinpoche	5
Praise to the Melodious Wisdom Goddess Saraswati Called "The Melody of the Youthful Display of Joy" by Kunkhyen Longchenpa	7
Praise to Patrul Rinpoche by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo	12
Praise to Mipham Rinpoche	13
Praise to Dudjom Lingpa by Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche	14
TEACHINGS AND SADHANAS
1. The practice of the View, Meditation, and Action, Called "The Sublime Heart Jewel": The Speech Virtuous at the Beginning, Middle, and End by Patrul Rinpoche	17
2. Mindfulness, The Ocean of Qualities by Rigdzin Jigme Lingpa	37
3. The Lion's Roar: Cutting Through the Errors and Deviations of the One Free from Activity, Meditating on the Heart Essence by Rigdzin Jigme Lingpa	75
4. Always Rejoicing in the Forest by Kunkhyen Longchenpa	89
5. Praise of the Ten Deeds of the Buddha by Rigdzin Jigme Lingpa	105
6. The Treasure of Blessings of the Ritual ofr Buddha by Mipham Rinpoche	109
7. The Sadhana of Fully Enlightened Supreme Vajrasattva, Called "The Daily Practice of the Profound Path, Contained in Essence" by Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche	119
8. The Rain of Blessings: Guru Yoga in Connection with the Seven-Line Prayer by Mipham Rinpoche	145
9. The Assembly Palace of Great Flawless Exaltation, Radiant Lotus Light by Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche	155
10. Calling the Lama by Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche	157
11. The Guru Yoga of Receiving Wish-Fulfilling Great Flawless Exaltation by Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche	159
Notes	165
About the Authors and Texts	183