In colorful, bustling Boudhanath--Buddhism's great pilgrimage site in Nepal--a group of Westerners gathered to speak with Kyabje Thinley Norbu Rinpoche about topics both mundane and sublime. This is the record of their lively dialogue. First published in an exclusive private edition some forty years ago, Echoes has now returned to reach a larger and broader audience who will be eager to share in this intimate exchange of questions and answers with a revered teacher.

Echoes: The Boudhanath Teachings, Thinley Norbu, Shambhala Publications, Paperback, 176 pages, 2016, $18.95

Thinley Norbu (1931-2011) was a master teacher of the Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, with many devoted students in the West as well in Asia. Revered as an emanation of the fourteenth-century master Kunkhyen Longchenpa, Kyabje Thinley Norbu Rinpoche was a scholar, writer, poet, and translator, whose prolific publications include A Cascading Waterfall of Nectar, his masterwork on the ngondro, or preliminary practices; The Sole Panacea, on the Seven-Line Prayer of Guru Rinpoche; and A Brief Fantasy History of a Himalayan, an illustrated account of personal reminiscenses.

	Note to the Reader	vii
1.	Same Taste	1
2.	Modes of Consciousness	17
3.	Nine Vehicles	31
4.	Karma	45
5.	Buddhahood	61
6.	Trusting the Lama	77
7.	Refuge	97
8.	Actual Recognition	105
9.	Aspects of Buddhahook	115
10.	Tantra in Action	129
11.	Ethics without Concepts	145
12.	Games	153