This book is a translation of a teaching text and commentary by the Nyingma master Khetsun Sangpo Rinpoche (1920-2009). It's also the latest offering from well-known Tibetan translator and scholar Anne Carolyn Klein, professor of religious studies at Rice University in Houston, Texas.

     For anyone interested in Tibetan Buddhist practice and philosophy, particularly the Dzogchen teachings of the Nyingma lineage, this book gives detailed instruction and friendly and inspiring advice, offering guidance on how to approach the path and giving instruction for specific meditation and contemplation techniques. "This book is a rare gift. These teachings, so generously and clearly presented, are not only beautiful, but we can use them day to day. Strand of Jewels offers a vehicle for true transformation in our lives." —Sharon Salzberg, author of Real Happiness at Work