The Buddha taught three turnings of the wheel of Dharma--the Foundation vehicle, the Mahayana vehicle, and the Vajrayana vehicle. The second turning founded by Nagarjuna based a great deal of their additions and expositions on the concept of emptiness. If a praactitioner does not understand the empty and illusory manner of daily phenomena, they will have a great deal of trouble in their meditation and being on the path to enlightenment. So the concept of emptiness is important to understand and as a result Tibetan monastic college (shedras) devote up to almost a year study emptiness as explained by Chandrakirti's Entrance to the middle Way.

Khenpo Tsultrim Rinpoche besides being an outstanding teacher spent a many years of his life as a yogi practicing. As a result when Khenpo Tsultrim explains Chandrakirti, he does so from the viewpoint of a practitioner and used relatively little technical language. As a result this teaching is well suited for the Western practitioner who wants to understand this important teaching.

This PDF is an exact copy of the Shenpen Osel copy published in 2001. It is 144 pages long and contains a few spiritual songs.