Just as the images on television are nothing more than light, so are our experiences merely the dance of awareness.

Often we form attachment to, or feel enslaved by, these experiences. But they are only reflections. As easily as television pictures vanish when the channel is changed, the power of out experiences fades if we penetrate to the heart of reality - the light of the natural mind within everyone.

You Are the Eyes of the World presents a method for discovering awareness everywhere, all the time. This book does not discuss how to turn ordinary life off, it does not describe how to create beautiful spiritual experiences; it shows how to live within the source of all life, the unified field where experience takes place.

You Are the Eyes of the World, Longchenpa, Translated by Kennard Lipman and Merrill Peterson, Introduction by Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche, Snow Lion Publications, 106 pages, $24.95

Longchenpa (1308-1363) was one of the most celebrated adepts of the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism.

Kennard Lipman, PhD, studied at the University of Chicago and at U.C. Berkley, completing his doctorate under Dr. H.V. Guenther. he received teachings from masters in all four schools of Tibetan Buddhism, his principle teacher being Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche.

Merrill Peterson studied at the University of Virginia and U.C. Berkley, as well as with masters from the Sakya, Gelug, and Nyingma traditions.

CONTENTS: You Are the Eyes of the World
Preface							xi
Textual Introduction							1
	The kun byed rgyal po						1
	Sutra, Tantra, and Agama						2
	Longchenpa's Guide						7
Introduction							11
	The Spiritual Quest						11
	Overview of the Text						13
	How to Read the Text						16
The Jewel Ship							17
	Anthem						19
	Preface						19
	Introduction						20
	List of Subjects						23
	I.	The Spiritual Advisor					24
	II.	The Student					25
	III.	The Teaching					26
		A.	The Spiritual Heritage				27
		B.	The Main Subject Matter				29
			1.	Guruyoga			29
				The Visualization and Guruyoga			29
			2.	The Real Subject Matter			31
				a.	Becoming Certain through the Perspective		32
					i.	The Play of Experience	32
					ii.	Experience is Open-Dimensional	34
				b.	Accustoming Yourself to the Perspective		35
				c.	The Way of Life		40
					i.	The Intrinsic Freedom of the Passions	40
					ii.	The Way of Living which Masters Appearances	42
					iii.	Making Your Free Behavior the Path	44
				d.	The Result: Abandonment of Hope and Fear		47
			3.	How to Integrate Experiences after Meditation			50
		C.	Reserving the Teaching by Not Broadcasting It				53
	Epilogue						53
	Postscript						54
	Concluding Thoughts						54
	Colophon						55
Commentary							57
	Self-knowledge						57
	Being True to Yourself						62
	Different Paths						65
		Renunciation and Transformation					66
		Intrinsic Freedom					69
Appendices							79
	A.	The History and Structure of the kun byed rgyal po					79
	B.	Quotations from the Root Text					89
Glossary							91
Further Readings							95
Index							99