Ju Mipham Rinpoche (1846-1912) was a great Nyingma master of the last century. A student of Jamgön Kongtrul, Jamyang Khyentsé Wangpo and Patrul Rinpoche, he became one of the greatest scholars of his time and his collected works fill more than thirty volumes. 

Mipham Rinpoche was born in the region of Derge in eastern Tibet. At the age of fifteen he undertook eighteen months of intensive retreat on Manjushri. He later confided to some of his students that from then on he had always been able to understand any text he read. Patrul Rinpoche taught him on the famous ninth chapter of the Bodhicharyavatara, ‘Wisdom’, and himself confirmed that after just five days’ teaching, Mipham Rinpoche had completely mastered both the words and meaning of the text. 

In this important philosophical text, Gateway to Knowledge, Ju Mipham gives a condensation of the Tripitaka and its accompanying commentaries. Consolidating the intent of Buddha Shakyamuni’s teachings into a unified body, Mipham explores the different tenet systems in Tibetan Buddhism,  culminating in the ultimate and highest view of Zhentong (Empty-of-Other)