Innate Happiness: A Buddhist Guidance Manual for Householder Yogis and Yoginis

Yogi Khenpo Drimed Dawa's book is a practice manual and commentary on the complete path of Tibetan Buddhism for non-monastic practitioners. Innate Happiness guides busy Westerners on the Buddhist path of liberation from "suffering" and "afflictive emotions" that obscure our Innate Happiness - our deep inner peace. Concise weekly meditation practices are based on the yogi tradition of Tibetan Buddhism as described by Padmasambhava or Guru Rinpoche, considered to be the Second Buddha by Tibetans. The book includes a brief history of Buddhism in India and Tibet, as well as its major principles. This is followed by clear, concise steps on the Paths of Individual Liberation, Altruism, Tantra, and the Great Perfection. Each path takes the reader through the relevant "Three Trainings" ethics, meditation, and wisdom. It provides a complete cycle of for study, contemplation, meditation and liberation. One advanced student called it "the best book on the practice of Tibetan Buddhism available!" May ALL beings be happy!