There are other forums where people are proud of their ignorance. It is only among lay people in the West that there is this fancy that one will reach anywhere on the path of Dharma while despising texts and teachings. I would add to this that ignorance comes from not recognizing one's state but it is maintained, developed and intensified by the absence of study. The Dharma is one of the three Jewels, it does not cause obscurations.
I don't buy a single minute the legends of brainless yogis reaching Rainbow Body as a paradigm to follow for westerners without a proper buddhist/bon complete education. I don't think this has caused them any obscurations. All the main masters of the past and recent times that one venerates from Longchenpa to Jigme Lingpa, from Dru Gyelwa to Kundrol Rinpoche, from Khyentse Wangpo to Shardza, from Khenpo Gangshar to Sakya Tridzin, from HH the Dalai Lama to Yongdzin Rinpoche (too many names to list), all of them have spent a gazillion sessions of their practice in formal study. And, it is being used as the textbook during meditation retreats around.There is never enough reading. Heart Lamp is unique in that its translator worked closely with several of the most respected meditation masters of recent times and was able to receive knowledge from the "lifeblood" of the living tradition.Heart Lamp is unique in its brevity without losing the depth of a true spiritual lineage the training in which can bring about enlightenment in a single lifetime. Like the waves on an ocean, the ups and downs, joys and sorrows, we meet in our lives can be seen as movements in the ocean, giving true peace and room for caring for others.I will be hard to find another book which is as concise as Heart Lamp.The audience is the steadily increasing followers of Buddhism in the Americas, Europe and Asia, which is grown in the wake of Tibetan masters' teaching outside of Tibet. The timeless truth it conveys is as meaningful for a Westerner today as it was in India and Tibet.During the centuries this system of effortless training has been applied by people from all any occupation - tailers and kings, monks and business men - and provided them with a simple method to not only withstand the changes of life but also to transcend them. The focus of this book is the method of how to implement that through a system of training which is of timeless value, and not bound by cultural limitations. This realization makes any man or woman a Buddha. This book main idea is that intrinsic to the heart, mind and spirit in every human being is an identical essence which can be realized.
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