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.

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	Contents:   The Ninth Karmapa's Ocean of Definitive Meaning
	Introduction	1
	First One Tames the Mind with the Practice of Tranquility	23
	Grasping the Mind That Has Not Been Grasped	33
	Stabilizing the Mind after It Has Been Grasped	41
	Bringing Progress to the Mind That Has Been Stabilized	51
	The Practice of Insight, Which Eradicates the Kleshas	59
	More on the First Insight Technique, Looking at the Mind within Stillness	67
	Looking Carefully at the Experience of Not Finding Anything	73
	Within Stillness, Looking, Scrutinizing, Identifying Awareness/Emptiness	85
	Looking at the Mind within the Occurrence of Thought	91
	Looking at the Mind within Appearances	99
	The Actual Meditation on the Relationship between Appearances and Mind	109
	Pointing Out That Emptiness Is Spontaneous Presence	119
	Pointing Out That Spontaneous Presence Is Self-Liberation	125
	Bringing Gradual Improvement to the Practice	133
	Notes	139