Luminous Heart: Essential Writings of Rangjung Dorje, the Third Karmapa

An extraordinary collection of writings on buddha nature by the Third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje (1284-1339) --now in paperback.. The Third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje's unique and balanced view synthesizes Yogcra Madhyamaka and the classical teachings on buddha nature. His work focuses on the transition from ordinary deluded consciousness to enlightened wisdom, the characteristics of buddhahood, and a buddha's enlightened activity. Included are commentaries by Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Tayé that supplement the view of the Third Karmapa on two fundamental treatises on buddha nature, emphasizing the luminous empty mind of buddha nature as presented by the great Indian masters Maitreya and Asaṅga. For those practicing the sutrayna and the vajrayna in the Kagyü tradition, what these texts describe can be transformed into living experience.