About the Author

Lama Mipham (1846-1912), a great Nyingma lama, was a major contributor to the ecumenical (Rime) movement that stimulated a revival of study and practice across Tibet. His commentaries on Indian root texts and other works are a major feature of study in Tibetan lineages up to today.

Tarthang Tulku, Rinpoche is Tibetan lama born in Golok, in Eastern Tibet. He left Tibet for exile in India in 1958. While a refugee in India Rinpoche taught at Sanskrit University, Varanasi, and began reprinting endangered Tibetan texts. In 1968 he moved to the United States where he has lived and worked ever since. Rinpoche has founded more than 20 organizations, preserving and promoting Buddhist wisdom both in Asia and in the West. Tarthang Tulku is the author of more than two dozen books, including Gesture of Balance; Time, Space, and Knowledge- A New Vision of Reality; Kum Nye Tibetan Yoga; Skillful Means, Revelations of Mind, and Caring.