Light Comes Through: Buddhist Teachings on Awakening to Our Natural Intelligence Hardcover - 2008

“This slender book has wisdom for practitioners of all levels. . . . There is a comforting bravery in [Kongtrül's] thinking that clarifies the differences between ‘trying to arrange the world according to our preferences’ and ‘delighting in the way our experience naturally unfolds.’ This is a suitably calm and graceful pathway illuminated by a Buddhist master.”—Publishers Weekly

“Light Comes Through shimmers with frank advice on becoming more intelligent about our emotions. Dzigar Kongtrül offers a practical path to clarity and peace.”—Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence

"This is a wonderful fresh look at the amazing potential of our human mind. In the innovative and accessible style he is famous for, Dzigar Kongtrül continues to challenge and encourage us."—Pema Chödrön, author of When Things Fall Apart and Practicing Peace in Times of War 

"Light Comes Through is an inspired, well-written, and creative examination of topics such as faith, romance, developing happiness for others, and facing our own suffering with perspective and compassion. It is a wonderful guidebook for living a very different kind of life."—Sharon Salzberg, author of Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness

“Kongtrul writes with clarity and humor, as a teacher who wishes to communicate rather than a guru who wants to confound with the difficulty of his wisdom. The brilliance of his approach lies in the way he makes key ideas seem familiar.”—Sun Sentinel

Dzigar Kongtrul grew up in a monastic environment and received extensive training in all aspects of Buddhist doctrine. In 1989, he moved to the United States with his family and in 1990, he began a five-year tenure as a professor of Buddhist philosophy at Naropa University. He also founded Mangala Shri Bhuti, his own teaching organization, during this period. He has established a mountain retreat center, Longchen Jigme Samten Ling, in southern Colorado. When not guiding students in long-term retreats and not in retreat himself, Rinpoche travels widely throughout the world teaching and furthering his own education.