Download or read book Luminous Heart written by and published by Snow Lion Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 2009 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Widely renowned as one of the major proponents of the Tibetan shentong tradition, the Third Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje (1284-1339), propounded a unique synthesis of Yogacara, Madhyamaka, and the classical teachings on Buddha nature. This book is a collection of some of his main writings on Buddha nature, the transition of ordinary deluded consciousness to enlightened wisdom, and the characteristics of buddhahood.