TY  - BOOK
AU  - Köppl,Heidi I.
AU  - Rong-zom Chos-kyi-bzang-po,
AU  - Rong-zom Chos-kyi-bzang-po,
TI  - Establishing appearances as divine: Rongzom Chökyi Zangpo on reasoning, Madhyamaka, and purity 
SN  - 9781559392884
AV  - BQ7662.4 .K686 2013
U1  - 294.3/420423 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Boston
PB  - Snow Lion
KW  - Rong-zom Chos-kyi-bzang-po,
KW  - Rnying-ma-pa (Sect)
KW  - Doctrines
N1  - Includes Tibetan text and its English translation; Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-160)
N2  - "A highly esteemed Buddhist treatise on realizing your divine nature. This concise treatise by the eleventh-century Tibetan Buddhist philosopher Rongzom Chokyi Zangpo sets out to prove the provocative point that everything that appears is actually deity manifest. Many books on Tibetan Buddhism address the important themes of mind training, compassion, and proper conduct, but this book goes beyond that in its aim to bring the reader face to face with his or her divine and pure nature.  Transformation not only of one's identity but also of one's environment is an important principle in Tantric Buddhist philosophy. In Tantric scriptures one is instructed to visualize oneself as a deity, a divine identity who resides in a perfect sphere. By repeatedly training in this visualization, one perfects the transformation and ultimately becomes the deity itself. Establishing Appearances as Divine seeks to unravel the interplay between rationality, truth, and divinity, bringing to light the view that underlies Tantric Buddhist practices"--
ER  -