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Avikalpapraveśa-dhāraṇī is considered an important scripture in Mahāyāna Buddhism, which offers guidance bridging the path of preparation to the path of insight and beyond. This text also encompasses both the gradual and the sudden schools, leading to commentaries by masters such as Vimalamitra, Sthiramati, Nupchen Sangye Yeshe, Tsongkhapa, and Mipham Gyamtso. Tam examines the teaching, comparing Yogacara and Nyingma traditions, offering a non-sectarian approach for practitioners and readers of Buddhism.

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Tam Shek-wing (Dorje Jigdral) was born in 1935 in Guangzhou, China. Born into a Buddhist family, he began practicing at a young age. He met H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche in 1972 and was ordained in 1984 as Vajra Archarya. He is the founder of Vajrayana Buddhism Association, withbranches in Toronto, Vancouver, Hawaii, and Hong Kong. He has authored over 80 books, with topics including The Beacon of Certainty, Ratnagotravibhāga, Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra, Ma�juśrī-nāma-saṃgīti, and more recently, the Beyond Words series, aiming to make Buddhism more accessible for practitioners East and West. Vivian Tsang has been apprenticing under Master Tam since 2006. She has a PhD in Computer Science. This is her second book of translation.

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