White Sail

by Thinley Norbu

A well-known Tibetan teacher discourses on the Buddhist view of reality and the nature of enlightenment. Buddhism teaches that enlightenment is our natural state. The problem is that we do not experience this state, owing to the mind's confusion about the true nature of reality. Norbu clears up misconceptions and awakens the reader's innate wisdom.

Genres: Buddhism, Spirituality

224 pages, Paperback

First published April 10, 1992

About the author

Kyabjé Dungsé Thinley Norbu Rinpoche (Tib. གདུང་སྲས་ཕྲིན་ལས་ནོར་བུ་, Wyl. gdung sras phrin las nor bu), eldest son of Dudjom Rinpoche and father of Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche, was a prominent teacher within the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism, and considered to be an emanation of Longchenpa.

Reviews

[Keith]

I still haven't gotten around to reading this myself, But I'd have a difficult time providing a better review than Steven Goodman already wrote for Tricycle Magazine:
https://tricycle.org/magazine/white-s...

[dp · Rating 5 out of 5]

Truly the epitome of a hidden gem. The synopsis doesn't even begin to do justice to how profound this book is. Absolutely phenomenal.

[Sam · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some beautiful elaborate and poetic explanations of the workings of Karma. Some of the language, especially early in the book, is a little over burdened by technical buddhist phraseology, but an overwhelmingly positive book overall. This was the second time I have read this book, remembering it differently and finding it less inspiring second time around. Gives some conceptual structure to areas of Buddhist philosophy that had before, remained murky - some definition to 'fissures' in doctrine between different schools of buddhist thought. I was a little better able to analyse it critically. My skepticism is waxing again as the whole disjunction between Mahayana and 'Hinayana' looms - a controversy I find myself poorly positioned to wrestle with. It always seems to degenerate into a 'He said, She said' of who really holds the most sacred point of view. *Groan*, still a valuable contribution to the growth of maturity in my 'right' buddhist views.

[Dan · Rating 5 out of 5]

An awesome book Thinley Norbu's vision of our condition is precise and laden with wisdom.