Guardians of the Dharma Vajrapani Extracting the Vital Essence of

Extracting the Vital Essence of Accomplishment: Concise and Clear Advice for Practice in a Mountain Retreat by twentieth-century Nyingma master

Mahamudra dissolves the artificial separation between phenomena and emptiness

Secondary Title: Dudjom Lingpa’s Visions of the Great Perfection Vol

An impressive feature of this volume is that it allows those with little prior exposure to Buddhism to gain a solid introduction to numerous core Buddhist concepts and terms without the process seeming arduous

especially for the spiritual practitioner disturbed by recent disclosures

Guardians of the Dharma Vajrapani Extracting the Vital Essence ofThe Sixteen Arhats in Tibet, edited by Hugh Joswick and Jack Petranker (Berkeley: Mangalam Press, 2025). Sixteen Arhats were selected by the Buddha to remain in this world after his passing and protect the teachings until the coming of the next Buddha. Guardians of the Dharma highlights the significant role these Sixteen Elders play in the literature, art, and religious practices of Tibet and the Himalayan region. The heart of the book is their