Includes 14 translations of short works by the Nyingma masters Longchenpa, Lama Mipham, and Paltrul Rinpoche,
along with 10 different essays by Tarthang Tulku that relate the teachings to modern life. From "The Four Demons," by Ma-Cig Lab-Dron-Ma: Listen my son, and I will teach you the nature of demons. What we call a
demon is very, very huge… Whoever sees one is truly terrified and trembles from head to foot. But demons don't really
exist! The truth of the matter is this: Anything whatsoever that obstructs the attainment of liberation is a demon. Even
loving and affectionate relatives can become demons if they hinder your practice. But the greatest demon of them all is the
belief in a self as a lasting and independent principle. If you don't destroy this clinging to self, the demons will just
keep lifting you up and dropping you down. So you must practice wisely and diligently - destroy this demon 'Belief in a
Self'!…Belief in a self is the root of all evil, the cause of all erring in the course of your life. As soon as we take as
self that which is not self, the mind becomes emotionally unstable…When there is no longer a subject running after an
