Rain of Wisdom

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THE RAIN

OF WISDOM THE ESSENCE OF THE OCEAN OF TRUE MEANING

Bringing the Rain of Wisdom The Spontaneous Self-Liberation The Blazing Great Bliss The Quick Path to Realization of the Supreme Siddhi THE VAJRA SONGS OF THE KAGYii GURUS

Translated by the Nalanda Translation Committee under the direction of Chogyam Trungpa

1980

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© 1980 ChOgyam Trungpa All rights reserved.

98 76 54 32 Distn"buted in the l!ntied States by Random House and in CantldtJ by Random House of Canada Ltd. Printed in the· United States of America

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Main entry under title: The Rain of Wisdom. Translated from Tibetan. Includes index. 1. Spiritual life (Buddhism)-Bka'-rgyud-pa authors. I. Trungpa, ChOgyam, 1939. II. Nalanda Translation Committee. 294.3'443 85-2454 BQ7679.6.R3413 1985 ISBN 0-87773-345-7 (pbk.) ISBN 0-394-74199-4 (Random House : pbk.)

Nalanda Translation Committee

CHOGYAM TRUNGPA, DIRECTOR

LAMA UGYEN SHENPEN LOPPON LODRO DORJE HOLM LARRY MERMELSTEIN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DAVID Cox DANA DUDLEY CHRISTINE KEYSER SHERAP CHODZIN KOHN ROBIN KORNMAN

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