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MAPS OF THE PROFOUND Jam-yang-shay-ba's Great Exposition of Buddhist and Non-Buddhist Views on the Nature of Reality by Jeffrey Hopkins. 1136 pp. #MAPR   $34.95 Order Now! Maps of the Profound is a comprehensive, definitive explication of the tenet systems.

"Maps of the Profound is a monumental achievement. Drawing on a lifetime's experience with leading figures in Tibetan oral scholarly traditions, Jeffrey Hopkins presents the most comprehensive and at the same time most detailed exploration available of Tibetan tenet systems. No other single volume opens as wide a window onto the interlocking literature of Tibet's philosophical interlocutors over the last five centuries and more, including their expansive articulation of non-Buddhist Indian systems of thought."— Anne C. Klein, Professor, Rice University; author of Knowledge and Liberation and Meeting the Great Bliss Queen

"As with all of Jeffrey Hopkins' books, Maps of the Profound is a treasure trove of information and insight. An accurate and accessible translation of one of the most important texts of the "tenets" genre of Tibetan Buddhist literature, it provides the reader with a wealth of information on every aspect of classical Buddhist thought...an encyclopedia of Buddhist doctrine that should be on the shelf of every serious student of Tibetan Buddhism, seasoned scholar and beginner alike."— José Ignacio Cabezón, XIVth Dalai Lama Professor of Tibetan Buddhism and Cultural Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara; author of Answers: Discussions with Western Buddhists; Buddhism, Sexuality and Gender and A Dose of Emptiness

"Hopkins presents here a detailed and masterful translation and study of one of the most brilliant Tibetan minds' take on the Indian Buddhist tradition.  This text examines carefully the whole range of Buddhist philosophy and hence provides an invaluable source for its study.  By drawing from other texts and his own understanding, Hopkins makes available this important text and provides us with a brilliant and invaluable work, a real tour de force, that will be a must for any serious student of Buddhist philosophy."— Georges Dreyfus, Professor of Religion at Williams College; author of Recognizing Reality and The Sound of Two Hands Clapping, co-editor of The Svatantrika-Prasangika Distinction