Dzongsar Khyentse is one of the most creative and innovative young Tibetan Buddhist lamas teaching today. The director of two feature films with Buddhist themes (the international sensation The Cup and Travelers and Magicians), this provocative teacher, artist, and poet is widely known and admired by Western Buddhists.

Moving away from conventional presentations of Buddhist teachings, Khyentse challenges readers to make sure they know what they are talking about before they claim to be Buddhist. With wit and irony, Khyentse urges readers to move beyond the superficial trappings of Buddhism - beyond a romance with beads, incense, and exotic people in robes - straight to the heart of what the Buddha taught.

In essence, this book explains what a Buddhist really is, namely, someone who deeply understands the truth of impermanence and how our emotions can trap us in cycles of suffering. Khyentse presents the fundamental tenets of Buddhism in simple language, using examples we can all relate to.

What Makes You Not a Buddhist, Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse, Shambhala Publications, Paperback, 2008, 130 Pages, $15.95

Dzongsar Khyentse is one of the most creative and innovative young Tibetan Buddhist lamas teaching today. The director of two feature films with Buddhist themes (the international sensation The Cup and Travelers and Magicians), this provocative teacher, artist.

	Contents: What Makes You Not a Buddhist
	Introduction	I
	Chapter 1	1
	Fabrication and Impermanence	7
	Chapter 2
	Emotion and Pain	33
	Chapter 3
	Everything is Emptiness	55
		28
	Chapter 4
	Nirvana is beyond Concept	83
	Conclusion	107
	Postsript on the Translation of Terms	127
.	Acknowledgments	129