White Sail: Crossing the Waves of Ocean Mind to the Serene Continent of the Triple Gems

by Thinley Norbu

Buddhism teaches that enlightenment is our natural state; the problem is that we do not recognize this state, owing to the mind's confusion about its true nature. Thinley Norbu presents the Buddhist view in a way meant to clear up misconceptions and awaken the reader's innate wisdom. Thinley Norbu is a distinguished teacher of the Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism and the author of The Small Golden Key and Magic Dance.

Genres: Buddhism, Spirituality

225 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; more fully Jigme Tsewang Thinley Norbu Chogley Nampar Gyalway De), 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]

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]

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]

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