Approachable yet sophisticated, this book takes the reader on a gently guided tour of one of the most important texts Tibetan Buddhism has to offer. Certainty in this context refers to the unshakeable trust that develops as meditators discover for themselves the true root of reality. In this authoritative presentation, master teacher Anyen Rinpoche opens wide the storehouse of this richly philosophical text in a way that lets readers of all backgrounds easily benefit.

Journey to Certainty: The Quintessence of the Dzogchen View: An Exploration of Ju Mipham's Beacon of Certainty, Anyen Rinpoche, Wisdom Publications, Paperback, 248 pp. $17.95

Anyen Rinpoche has taught extensively in Southeast Asia, as well as in North America - and is the author of Momentary Buddhahood: Mindfulness and the Vajrayana Path and Dying with Confidence. He lives in Colorado, where he founded the Orgyen Khamdroling Center.

Contents: JOURNEY TO CERTAINTY: The Quintessence of The Dzogchen View: An Exploration of Mipham's Beacon of Certainty by Anyen Rinpoche; Translated and Edited by Allison Choying Zangmo
Introducing Certainty
CHAPTER 1: Introducing Mipham Rinpoche's Beacon of Certainty	1
CHAPTER 2: The Introductory Sections	15
CHAPTER 3: Introducing the Seven Questions	27
Exploring Certainty through the Seven Questions
CHAPTER 4: The First Question -
Do you explain the view according to an affirming negative or a nonaffirming negative?	35
CHAPTER 5: The Second Question -
Do shravaka and pratyeka arhats realize both the selflessness of phenomena and the selflessness of the individual?	63
CHAPTER 6: The Third Question -
When abiding in the unborn, ultimate nature, is conceptual grasping present or not?	85
CHAPTER 7: The Fourth Question -
Which is best: analytical meditation or actual abiding?	109
CHAPTER 8: The Fifth Question -
Of the two truths, which is most important?	129
CHAPTER 9: The Sixth Question -
Is the perception of sentient beings based upon common objects?	153
CHAPTER 10: The Seventh Question -
In our own tradition of Madhyamaka, is any position taken?	175
CHAPTER 11: Concluding the Text	217
Index	225
About the Author	235