This volume is a commentary by Ringu Tulku on a text by the great 19th Century Tibetan Lama and teacher, Patrul Rinpoche, called �Victory over the Maras.� It looks at what the maras are: all the obstacles, hindrances and set-backs that occur in our lives. They are listed and described � including the �Secret� and even �Top Secret� maras! Once we understand how to view the difficult things that happen in our life, specific antidotes and remedies are given to help us clear them, so we can move on, unhindered. The ultimate remedy is to understand, experientially, the wisdom of how things really exist, the wisdom of emptiness.

The Heart Wisdom series aims to make the teachings of Ringu Tulku Rinpoche available to a wider audience, by bringing his oral teachings to the written page.

Riding Stormy Waves: Victory Over Maras, Ringu Tulku Rinpoche, Bohicharya Publications, Paperback, 150 Pages, 2015, $15.00

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).

Contents: Riding Stormy Waves: Victory Over the Maras
Editor's Preface	ix
Buddha and the Maras	xiv
Introduction	1
The general maras	3
Questions and answers	12
Specific maras: outer and inner	19
Questions and answers	28
Specific maras: secret and top secret	39
Questions and answers	49
The causes of maras and their activities	59
Questions and answers	70
The six remedies	79
Final questions and answers	97
Conclusion	111
Dedication	121
A short biography of Patrul Rinpoche	123
Glossary and notes	131
Acknowledgements	149
About the author	151
Other books by Ringu Tulku	152