This volume presents 37 short teachings, designed to be read individually
and integrated with our practice and daily life. Together they take us
on a journey through the vehicles of Buddhism, elucidating some common
misunderstandings and basic principles of the Buddhist path, all the
while encouraging us to move from our head (intellectual understanding)
towards our heart (experiential understanding).
To get an experiential understanding you have to go deep into
yourself and learn how to bring your awareness and mindfulness to the
place from which you deeply experience. It is a matter of heart rather
than head. Sometimes it is said that the longest journey is from your
head to your heart. Which is what we mean when we talk about developing
the right view and understanding it experientially. This is an on going
process.
Ringu Tulku Rinpoche is a Tibetan Buddhist Master of the Kagyu Order. He was
trained in all schools of Tibetan Buddhism under many great masters such
as HH the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa and HH Dilgo Khentse Rinpoche. He took
his formal education at Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, Gangtok and
Sampurnananda Sanskrit University, Varanasi, India and has served as
Professor of Tibetology in Sikkim for 17 years. His doctoral thesis was
on the Ecumenical Movement in Tibet.
Since 1990 he has been traveling and teaching Buddhism and meditation
at more than 50 Universities, Institutes and Buddhist Centres in
Europe, USA, Canada, Australia and Asia. He also participates in various
interfaith dialogues. He
authored several books on Buddhism as well as some childrens books both in Tibetan and European languages.
He founded Bodhicharya (www.bodhicharya.org ), an international
organization that coordinates the worldwide activities to preserve and
transmit Buddhist teachings, to promote inter-cultural dialogues and
educational & social projects. He also founded Rigul Trust which
supports his projects in his birthplace, Rigul, Tibet (
www.rigultrust.org ).
Rinpoche is the Official Representative of His Holiness the 17th
Karmapa for Europe and the Founder of Karmapa Foundation Europe (
www.karmapafoundation.eu).
