Khenchen Thrangu was born in Tibet in 1933. He has founded numerous monasteries and nunneries, schools for Tibetan children, and medical clinics. He has taught extensively throughout Europe, Asia, and the United States, and is the abbot of Gampo Abbey. He was appointed by the Dalai Lama to be the personal tutor for the Seventeenth Karmapa.
"Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche has a unique ability to bring forth the
central issues of a text and make them available to a contemporary
audience. . . . This text will certainly bring great benefit to all
those who encounter it."—The Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa, Ogyen
Trinley Dorje
"In presenting the very first meditation instruction crafted for
Tibetans by the master Kamalashila, Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche
distills the wisdom of India in an intimate personal instruction as
true for the contemporary western practitioner as it was in
eighth-century Tibet. This text is a must for every serious
Buddhist meditator."—Judith Simmer-Brown, Professor of Buddhist
Studies, Naropa University
"A remarkably clear, accessible, and informative explanation of one
of Tibet's most valued meditation texts. Thrangu Rinpoche reveals
here his faultless integration of masterful scholarship and
profound practice mind, leading us gracefully and surely through
the terrain of these Middle Way practice instructions. A delight to
scholar and practitioner alike."—Reggie Ray, author
"Centuries ago the Indian master Kamalashila taught Tibetans the
essential points of Mahayana practice in a clear, step-by-step,
easy-to-follow way. Now the great scholar and meditation master
Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche makes these profound teachings readily
accessible to Western students. I encourage all those interested in
beginning or deepening their practice of the Mahayana path of
wisdom and compassion, which leads to the highest enlightenment for
the benefit of all beings, to read this book."—Khenpo Tsultrim
Gyamtso Rinpoche
"Essential Practice is confidently recommended as a welcome and
invaluable addition to Tibetan Buddhist Studies reading lists and
reference shelves."—Library Bookwatch
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