Light Comes Through: Buddhist Teachings on Awakening to Our Natural Intelligence

Buddhahood, says Dzigar Kongtrül, is nothing butan unobstructed experience of the nature of mind, boundlessly spacious andlimitlessly compassionate. The trick is that in order to see the mindaccurately, we must use the particular aspect of mind he calls naturalintelligence. Natural intelligence enables us to discriminate between whathelps or hinders us. But most of all, it’s the part of us that searches forhappiness and meaning. In Light Comes Through, he shows us how toskillfully use our wish for happiness as a tool in awakening to the joyouswisdom of mind.