Light Comes Through: Buddhist Teachings on Awakening to Our Natural Intelligence

by Dzigar Kongtrül III and Dzigar Kongtrul

Book Overview

Buddhahood, says Dzigar Kongtr l, is nothing but an unobstructed experience of the nature of mind, boundlessly spacious and limitlessly compassionate. The trick is that in order to see the mind... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1590305671
• ISBN13: 9781590305676
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Shambhala Publications
• Length: 125 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 8.7"

Customer Reviews

Inexcusably Heavily Marked Copy

xx Love this author/Buddhist writer. Look forward to reading a readable copy.

Illuminating

Kongtrul packs a lot into this slender book(all 121 pages), taking on anger( anger provides us only with the illusion of clarity), attachment(makes us dependent upon objects for fullfillment), and attributes(we do not own them, they come from many sources). The book is gracefully written and comes from his heart. A book to read, highlight, and read again.

A superbly written and thoroughly 'reader friendly' treatise

The philosophies and tenants of Buddhism are continuing to gain wide acceptance and increasing interest among westerners as an alternative to the Abrahamic religions and their dogmas. Shambhala Publications is a premier publisher of books on Buddhism and one of their newest titles is "Light Comes Through: Buddhist Teachings On Awakening To Our Natural Intelligence" by Dzigar Kongtrul, a Tibetan lama who has been teaching Buddhism in the United States for the better part of the last twenty years. Kongtrul maintains that 'Buddhahood' is essentially acquiring an unobstructed experience of the true nature of the human mind as being "boundlessly spacious and limitlessly compassionate". In "Light Comes Through" this master teacher shows the reader how to use his or her natural intelligence as a tool to "awaken to the joyous nature of mind" and thereby achieve emancipation from suffering through life-changing insights. A superbly written and thoroughly 'reader friendly' treatise, "Light Comes Through" is inspired and inspiring -- and an essential, core addition to personal, academic, and community library Buddhist Studies reference collections and supplemental reading lists.

Clearly Explains Important Topics

This is a very well written book. It broken into five sections: 1) The problem with Self-Centered emotions: o the problem with the 5 poisons & what to do about them o how to be less self-centered and relax with our world as it is 2) Working with others: o putting others first without creating unhealthy love o humbleness and working with a teacher 3) Teachings on Emptiness: o this clear explanation of emptiness is inspiring Although this book covers big themes it is a delightful, easy read. This book makes all these topics inspiring and very workable. Often these topics can feel complicated and difficult to work with. I strongly recommend this book.

The answers I've been looking for.

Light Comes Through offers just that...light! It answers all those questions that never seem to have direct answers concerning jealousy, relationships, insecurity, and where buddhas come from. After reading this book, I took a step forward on my path. :O) Thank you Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. You have served well. I wish you never ending happiness and a long life.