The Blazing Lights of the Sun and Moon

The Blazing Lights of the Sun and Moon by Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche is comments on Mipham Rinpoche?s Sherab Raltri, Sword of Praj?a, by Mipham Rinpoche, sum. There are two important spontaneously written texts in which Mipham expresses his vision of Buddhist teaching. They are this Sword of Praj?a of the Completely True Meaning, and The Precious Torch of Certainty. Many great masters say Mipham wrote five ?sword? texts and five ?lotus? texts, named for the scepters in the hands of Ma?jushri. To reach enlightenment is the main purpose of this text, of course. But in particular, among the three praj?as, hearing, contemplating, and meditating, this text focuses on contemplation. It is an overview that tells how to contemplate thoroughly what we have studied. When the Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies was established in 1967, this was the first course in the Nyingma department.