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Written specially by IX Panchen Lama, Thubten Chökyi Nyima, for the reprinted of The Voice of the Silence from the original edition published by The Chinese Buddhist Research Society Peking, in 1927.

"ALL BEINGS DESIRE LIBERATION FROM MISERY. SEEK, THEREFORE, FOR THE CAUSES OF MISERY AND EXPUNGE THEM. BY ENTERING ON THE PATH LIBERATION FROM MISERY IS ATTAINED. EXHORT, THEN, ALL BEINGS TO ENTER THE PATH."

“Since its translation into English from the Tibetan by Madame H. P. Blavatsky, in 1889, this little book, the gem of Buddhist teachings, has enjoyed a wide circulation among Europeans and Americans interested in Buddhism. There is, therefore, little need for me to recommend it to foreign readers, except to point out that what is embodied in it comprises a part of the teachings of the Esoteric School... Madame Blavatsky had a profound knowledge of Buddhist philosophy, and the doctrines she promulgated were those of many great teachers. This book is like a call to men to forsake desire, dispel every evil thought, and enter the true Path... It has been suggested to me that, for the benefit of the Chinese Buddhists, this work should be translated into Chinese. I quite agree with this idea, but pressure of work has hitherto prevented me from writing more than these few lines. Although they form an inadequate recognition of the merit of the book, I offer them because of my great reverence for its teachings; and I hope to be able to undertake the translation at some future time.”

Foreword to the 1927 reissue of “The Voice of the Silence” by B. T. Chang, chinese secretary of the IX Panchen Lama.