“I am delighted by the publication of this thoughtfully compiled collection of classic Mahamudra literature. It is wonderful that these ancient songs of realization, in all their profundity and beauty, are now accessible to modern English readers everywhere.”

– —His Eminence the Twelfth Zurmang Gharwang Rinpoche

“It’s said that by knowing the one thing, one knows all things. Mahamudra, the one Great Seal, has led to infinite expressions. It’s a wondrous thing that the Buddha spoke at all, that the Indian mahasiddhas sang, that the Tibetan masters commented, and that Karl Brunnhölzl understands. If you read this book, you may find that one expression that brings it all home to you.”

– —Sarah Harding, author of Four Tibetan Lineages

“The Seventh Karmapa of Tibet’s Indian Texts of Mahamudra is the largest anthology ever compiled of the foundational works on the Great Seal, which is the quintessential Indian and Tibetan approach to contemplating, realizing, and expressing the true nature of the mind. Composed by the charismatic Buddhist tantric adepts of medieval India, these songs, treatises, and commentaries have profoundly shaped Buddhism in Tibet for the past thousand years, and Mahamudra nowadays is taught and practiced throughout the world. Sounds of Innate Freedom, Karl Brunnhölzl’s six-volume translation of the Karmapa's collection is, quite simply, one of the great Buddhist scholarly projects of our time. Informed by Brunnhölzl’s extraordinary erudition and linguistic gifts, these volumes promise to be the definitive sourcebook of South Asian works on the Great Seal, and will be required reading for scholars and practitioners of Buddhism everywhere.”

– —Roger R. Jackson, author of Mind Seeing Mind: Mahamudra and the Geluk Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism