Hidden teachings of Tibet an explanation of the Terma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism

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I am thankful to Harold Talbott for his energy and wisdom in editing this book. I am grateful to Michael Baldwin and the patrons of Buddhayana, under whose sponsorship I have been able to work on my scholarly projects for the past number of years. I am in debt to the kindness of Professor M. Nagatomi and the Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies, Harvard University, under whose auspices I have done my academic work in recent years. 1 am highly grateful to the perpetual Refuges Dudjom Rinpoche, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche and Dodrup Chen Rinpoche for their precious clarifications of a number of difficult points that I encountered during my work on this book. I appreciate being able to have discussions with Lama Jig tsheof Golok, a real hidden yogi, whenever I need illumination and recharging while in the process of thinking, writing, and doing my research. Thanks are also due to Harry Winter and Vivian Kurz for preparing the index, to all those who provided the illustrations, and to John Cochran who kindly photographed the thangkas. Finally I wish to thank Lynn McDaid and Robina Courtin of Wisdom for their efforts in preparing and publishing this book.