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Excerpted from Opening the Eye of New Awareness by His”Written for both Tibetan and Western readers, ‘Opening the Eye of New Awareness’ is the Dalai Lama’s first religious work. It is not an edited transcript of public lectures, but is His Holliness’ own summation of Buddhist doctrine and practice. Completed in 1963, just four years after his escape from Tibet and four years after completing his religious education, it is a work of consummate scholarship by a 27 year-old geshe, wise beyond his years. Nowhere in his many subsequent works does one find a more clear and concise exposition of the essentials of Buddhist thought. Indeed, all of His Holiness’ many publications are in some sense commentaries on this first book.”