Description: Unknown to the Western world until its first publication in 1954, this great work speaks to the quintessence of the Supreme Path, or Mahayana, and fully reveals the yogic method of attaining Enlightenment. Authorship of this volume is attributed to the legendary Padma-Sambhava, who journeyed from India to Tibet in the 8th century, as the story goes, at the invitation of a Tibetan king. Useful supplementary material is found in the book's introductory remarks by Evans-Wentz and by the eminent psychoanalyst C. J. Jung. The former presents a 100-page General Introduction that explains several key names and notions (such as Nirvana) with the Lucidity, ease, and sagacity that are this scholar's hallmark; the latter offers a Psychological Commentary that weighs the differences between Eastern and Western modes of thought before equating the "collective unconscious" with the Enlightened Mind of the Buddhist. As well, this work includes an illuminating, critical foreword by Donald S. Lopez, Jr.

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