This book has a new cover and includes the root text and a new chapter by Thrangu Rinpoche on emptiness.

One of the most important concepts in Buddhism is realizing the emptiness or insubstantiality of self and also of outer phenomena.The Buddha taught that our outer world was not solid and real, but in reality more like a mirage, a dream, a drop of dew on a blade of grass in the early morning morning.
     If we do not develop a full understanding of emptiness, we cannot reduce or eliminate our attachment and desires in this world and thus cannot develop true, universal compassion for all sentient beings––t h e main goal of Buddhist practice.
     The way to develop this understanding of emptiness is to first analyze our perceptions intellectually and find out how our mind categorizes things and decides whether they are real or not. An excellent way to do this is to study the four famous analyses of the great Mipham Rinpoche. After developing an intellectual understanding of emptiness, we should then directly examine the emptiness of our mind in our meditation to establish if our concept of emptiness is correct.
      In this book, Thrangu Rinpoche gives a careful evaluation ot these four analyses of Mipham's Gateway of Knowledge in a simple and direct, and practical manner. This fourth edition now includes an additional chapter by Thrangu Rinpoche on emptiness as ti relates to the eight consciousnesses. It also contains the complete translation of Mipham's important root text that Thrangu Rinpoche used for his commentary.

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