Malcolm Smith is a graduate of the Shang Shung Institute s School of Tibetan Medicine (2009) and has been a student of Chogyal Namkhai Norbu since 1992. He is a veteran of a traditional three-year solitary Tibetan Buddhist retreat, a published translator of Tibetan Buddhist texts (in Treasures of the Sakya Lineage, Shambhala, 2008), and was awarded the acarya degree by the Sakya Institute for Buddhist Studies in 2004. He has worked on translations for renowned Lamas since 1992, including His Holiness Sakya Trizin, Kunzang Dechen Lingpa, Lama Migmar Tseten, Khenpo Konchog Gyaltsen and many other lamas."
Foreword by Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche vii
Introduction 1
Prologue 35
Section 1 The Explanation for Those Inclined toward the Elaborate 37
Section 2 The Explanation for Those Inclined toward the Unelaborate 51
Topic 1 The Basis 55
Topic 2 How Delusion Arises 75
Topic 3 How the Basis Is Present in Sentient Beings 83
Topic 4 The Location of Pristine Consciousness in the Body 95
Topic 5 The Pathway of Pristine Consciousness 101
Topic 6 The Doorway of Pristine Consciousness 111
Topic 7 The Field 115
Topic 8 The Method of Practice 119
Topic 9 The Authoritative Signs 179
Topic 10 The Bardo 181
Topic 11 The Great Stage of Liberation 205
Table of Tibetan Equivalents 221
Bibliography 229
Index 235
About the Translator 245
