Opening the Treasure of the Profound : Teachings on the songs of jigten sumgon and milarepa

Spiritual teachings in the form of songsspontaneous expressions of deep wisdom and understanding that reveal the nature of realityhave been treasured since the dawn of Buddhism in India. In Opening the Treasure of the Profound, Khenchen Konchog Gyaltshen translates nine such songs, by Milarepa and Jigten Sumgn, and then explains them in contemporary terms. His insights take the Buddhas ancient wisdom out of the realm of the intellectual and directly into our hearts. Here, we are invited into the world of transmission from master to disciple in order to discover truth for ourselvesto open the treasure of profound wisdom that fully realizes the nature of reality.