The teachings on mind training set forth here by His Holiness the Dalai Lama are based on a text composed in the early fiftenth century by Horton Nam-kha Pel a disciple of the great scholar and adept Tsong-kha-pa (1357-1419). This text called Rays of the Sun is a commentary on an earlier poem entitled the Seven Point Mind Training Whose lines are quoted throughout the book. This book is reproduced in its entirety at the end of the book. By the early part of the present century Rays of the Sun had become somewhat rare and obsure. After the Dalai Lama s senior tutor Kyabje Ling Rinpoche had heard it explained it became once ofhis favorite works because the book combines in a way that is succinct and easy to understand and put into daily practice the qualities of the mind training and stages of the path traditions of Tibetan Buddhism. Ling Rinpoche arranged for the Tibetan text to be reprinted and distributed and he taught it himself. Subsequnetly the Dalai Lama has taught it on many occasions at Dharamsala where he lives in the reestablished monasteries in South India and at Both Gaya where the Buddha attained enlightenment. Thus its popularity has been much revived.

Isbn No.    8186470689

Author:    Dalai Lama

Publisher:    Library of Tibetan Works & Archives

Binding:    Paperback

Language :   English

Edition:    2

No. Of Pages :    166

Year Of Publication :   2014