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: Everyday Consiousness and Buddha-Awakening
	Translator's Preface	7
	Introduction by Thrangu Rinpoche	13
	Part I Everyday Consiousnes	17
	1. The Six Collections of Consciouness	19
	The Five Sense Consiousness	21
	The Mind Consciouness	25
	2. The Stabke Consciouness	31
	The Klesha-Mind	32
	The All-Base Consciousness	34
	3. The Mental Events	41
	4. Meditation Involving the Consciousness	47
	Part II Buddha-Awakening	55
	5. The Five Kinds of Primordial Awareness	57
	The Primordial Awareness of the Dharmadhatu	59
	The Mirrorlike Primordial Awareness	60
	The Primordial Awareness of Equality	62
	The Discriminating Primordial Awareness	63
	The Primordial Awareness that Accomplishes All Actions	64
	The Abode of the Primordial Awareness	65
	The Primordial Awareness and the Four Bodies of a Buddha	67
	6. Meditation to Develop Primordial Awareness	71
	7. The Five Buddha-Families	75
	The Buddhas and the Four Kinds of Enlightened Activity	77
	The Meaning of the Hand-held Symbols	79
	The Appearances of the Buddhas in the Intermediate Phase of the Bardo	81
	The Transformation of the Five Elements into the Female Buddhas	88
	8. Meditation to Balance the Elements in the Body	93
	Notes	97
	Glossary	107
	Literature	123