Dzongsar Khyentse is one of the most creative and innovative young Tibetan Buddhist lamas teaching today. The director of two feature films with Buddhist themes (the international sensation The Cup and Travelers and Magicians), this provocative teacher, artist, and poet is widely known and admired by Western Buddhists. Moving away from conventional presentations of Buddhist teachings, Khyentse challenges readers to make sure they know what they’re talking about before they claim to be Buddhist. With wit and irony, Khyentse urges readers to move beyond the superficial trappings of Buddhism—beyond a romance with beads, incense, and exotic people in robes—straight to the heart of what the Buddha taught. In essence, this book explains what a Buddhist really is, namely, someone who deeply understands the truth of impermanence and how our emotions can trap us in cycles of suffering. Khyentse presents the fundamental tenets of Buddhism in simple language, using examples we can all relate to.

宗薩蔣揚欽哲仁波切，不論在佛教徒或非佛教徒的眼中，宗薩蔣揚欽哲仁波切都是一個響亮的名字。對佛教徒而言，宗薩蔣揚欽哲仁波切以其清新、幽默、高證量的說法方式，吸引瞭全世界眾多信徒的追隨，其爽潔而又帶剛強之氣的獨特形象，為新一代的修行人樹立瞭典範。對非佛教徒而言，他是全世界唯一的「喇嘛導演」。他曾隨貝托魯奇學習電影，並且協助拍攝「小活佛」；他所拍攝的第一部電影「高山上的世界杯」，曾經是票房黑馬，因此取得拍攝「旅行者與魔術師」的資金，在金馬影展掀起一陣鏇風。宗薩蔣揚欽哲仁波切的電影蘊含驚人的能量及豐富的人文精神，猶如一股清流，在世界各大影展屢獲佳評、獲奬連連，更培養齣一群追隨的工作人員及影迷。同時身為佛教上師與電影導演，二者角色看似衝突，但仁波切以一句：「電影可以視為現代的唐卡（傳統西藏佛教繪畫）。」說明瞭他的理念，也充分錶現瞭仁波切不為傳統及名相所縛的風格。