"In this thorough and thoroughly clear book, one of the greatest meditation masters of the modern age offers meticulous explanations and practical instructions on calm abiding and mahåamudråa. Drawing from his vast learning and personal experience, His Eminence Chèoden Rinpochâe provides the reader with a gateway to remarkable states of lucidity and peace. The first part of this book contains instructions for developing calm abiding, an unshakable single-pointedness of mind. The second part, Rinpochâe's direct commentary on the the Fourth Paònchen Lama's foundational root text, offers advanced instructions on using calm abiding as a platform to develop mahåamudråa, a specialized meditation that uncovers subtle, hidden levels of mind and utilizes them to pierce into the ultimate nature of self and reality, leading finally to complete enlightenment"--