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Foreword

by HH the 17^th Karmapa Trinley Thaye Dorje

The 17^th Karmapa Trinley Thaye Dorje

Dear readers,

It is my pleasure to contribute a short foreword to Lama Jampa Thaye’s latest publication, Wisdom in Exile.

Lama Jampa Thaye is a meditation master and scholar of both the Sakya and Kagyu traditions of Tibetan Buddhism, and as such has undergone rigorous traditional training with his Tibetan teachers.

At the same time, he is a Westerner and has been brought up in a Western environment. As such, he understands the mentality and background of Western students of the Buddha dharma.

Over the past few decades, Buddhism – and particularly Tibetan Buddhism – has attracted a great many followers in the West. While the students are genuine in their devotion and dedication to their freshly discovered spiritual path, most of them are relatively new to the teachings of Buddhism. This may lead them to misguidedly believe that the tenets of their own cultural and spiritual traditions and the actual teachings of Buddhism are one and the same.

Therefore, I think that this book will be beneficial in helping Western practitioners to avoid some of the pitfalls of cultural and spiritual misunderstanding.

May it be of benefit to countless beings!

With prayers

The 17^th Karmapa Trinley Thaye Dorje

New Delhi

15^th February 2017