Dimensions
154 x 227 x 13mm
A highly esteemed Buddhist treatise on realizing your divine nature.This concise treatise by the eleventh-century Tibetan Buddhist philosopher Rongzom Chandamp;ouml;kyi Zangpo sets out to prove the provocative point that everything that appears is actually deity manifest. Many books on Tibetan Buddhism address the important themes of mind training, compassion, and proper conduct, but this book goes beyond that in its aim to bring the reader face to face with his or her divine and pure nature.Transformation not only of oneand#39;s identity but also of oneand#39;s environment is an important principle in Tantric Buddhist philosophy. In Tantric scriptures one is instructed to visualize oneself as a deity, a divine identity who resides in a perfect sphere. By repeatedly training in this visualization, one perfects the transformation and ultimately becomes the deity itself. Establishing Appearances as Divine seeks to unravel the interplay between rationality, truth, and divinity, bringing to light the view that underlies Tantric Buddhist practices.