{"product_id":"miphams-sword-of-wisdom-khenchen-palden-sherab-9781614294283","title":"Mipham's Sword of Wisdom: The Nyingma Approach to Valid Cognition","description":"\u003cb\u003ePresents the Nyingma-lineage understanding of valid cognition in Buddhism. Its core subject is the Buddhist view of the two truths--the relative truth of conventional appearances and the absolute truth of emptiness and buddha nature--and how the two truths are inseparable. The main questions posed are: How can we know the two truths and how can we be certain that our knowledge is accurate? \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The great scholar and advanced spiritual master Jamgon Mipham's \u003ci\u003eSword of Wisdom\u003c\/i\u003e is a classic work that explicates valid cognition. I am happy to see it now available in English with commentary and scholarly appendices that will be very helpful for serious students in understanding this profound and important text.\"--\u003cb\u003eHis Holiness the Sakya Trichen\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eMipham's Sword of Wisdom\u003c\/i\u003e explores the Nyingma-lineage understanding of valid cognition in Vajrayana Buddhism. This translation, a clear and concise primer on higher realization through valid cognition in Buddhist philosophy, presents these ideas in English for the very first time and includes the sutra presentation of the two truths and the tantra teachings of the two truths as the purity and equality of all phenomena. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When you've finished \u003ci\u003eMipham's Sword of Wisdom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e you'll have\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e rich insights into Nyingma teachings on valid cognition,  a profound new understanding of the two truths and their inseparability,  a solid foundation in valid cognition through direct perception and reasoning according to the traditional Indian treatises of Dharmakirti and Dignaga,  and much more. \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Khenchen Palden Sherab\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1614294283\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781614294283\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wisdom Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/26\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Khenchen Palden Sherab","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43987947356415,"sku":"9781614294283","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fc3b49e3-21a3-4550-9a3a-ce460b3dfe44.jpg?v=1683291756","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/miphams-sword-of-wisdom-khenchen-palden-sherab-9781614294283","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}