SEM

by Gelek Rimpoche

Mind by nature is clear, lucid and knowing. All events in the mind are temporary and do not belong to its true nature. Habitually, however, we are drawn to identity with the contents of the mind, with our emotions, ideas and neuroses. This transcript guides us on the journey to the primordial nature of our mind itself. Gelek Rimpoche talks about the nature of the mind, its continuation, its capacity and its relation to the energies within our body. He shows us how to approach the mind and meditate on it, so that we may thoroughly know it and ‘come home’, freed from the pre-occu¬pations that keep us alienated from our true nature. As a result we may get a better outlook on life and on the world.

157 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 26, 2005

About the author

Kyabjé Gelek Rimpoche (Tibetan: དགེ་ལེགས་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་, Wylie: Skyabs-rje Dge-legs Rin-po-che) is tulku (incarnate lama) of Drepung Monastic University, where he received the scholastic degree of Geshe Lharampa, the highest degree given within the Gelug tradition.

Gelek is a nephew of the 13th Dalai Lama, Thubten Gyatso. He was tutored by many of the same masters as the current Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso.

In 1959, Gelek fled to India from Tibet and gave up monastic life. He is the founder and president of Jewel Heart, "a spiritual, cultural, and humanitarian organization that translates the ancient wisdom of Tibetan Buddhism into contemporary life." Beat-poet Allen Ginsberg was among the more prominent of Jewel Heart's members.

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A Revolutionary Approach to the Science of Mind. SEM: The Nature of Mind, is compiled from teachings delivered by Gelek Rimpoche on the nature of mind. This lightly edited transcript addresses the relationship between energy and mind, the mind's capactity for liberation and wisdom, and continuity of consciousness.