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Mahamudra and Related Instructions: Core Teachings of the Kagyu Schools Pdf, Epub, Ebook MAHAMUDRA AND RELATED INSTRUCTIONS: CORE TEACHINGS OF THE KAGYU SCHOOLS PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Peter Alan Roberts | 832 pages | 17 May 2011 | Wisdom Publications,U.S. | 9780861714445 | English | Somerville, United States Mahamudra and Related Instructions: Core Teachings of the Kagyu Schools by Peter Alan Roberts Home 1 Books 2. Read an excerpt of this book! Add to Wishlist. Sign in to Purchase Instantly. Members save with free shipping everyday! See details. Overview The Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism began in the eleventh century with such renowned figures as Marpa and Milarepa, and its seminal meditative traditions are Mahamudra and the six Dharmas of Naropa. Mahamudra teachings focus on the cultivation of profound insight into the nature of the mind. The volume also contains an inspirational work by Gampopa, the Drigung Kagyu root text, The Single Viewpoint , the Sixth Shamarpa's guide to the six Dharmas of Naropa, and finally an overview of tantric practice by Dakpo Tashi Namgyal, author of the famous Moonlight of Mahamudra. The texts in this volume were selected by the preeminent scholar of the Kagyu school, Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche. For more than thirty years he has been working as an interpreter for lamas and as a translator of Tibetan texts. He specializes in the literature of the Kagyu and Nyingma traditions with a focus on tantric practices, and he is the author of The Biographies of Rechungpa. Show More. Related Searches. Tsongkhapa's A Lamp to Illuminate the Five Stages is a comprehensive presentation of the highest yoga class of Buddhist tantra, especially the key practices - the so-called five stages pancakrama - of the advanced phase of Guhyasamaja tantra. View Product. Dialogues in a Dream: The Life and Zen. 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If you do, it's very explicit in the stages and growth potential you can achieve, all the way to buddahood. I really enjoyed how it was a compilation of various perspectives on the mahamudra, through different centuries even. I particularly found section 3, The Ultimate Supreme Path of.. Around page he goes through the various phases of one-pointed yoga, meditation, post-meditation, sleep, and h You definitely need prior context to get much out of this book. Around page he goes through the various phases of one-pointed yoga, meditation, post-meditation, sleep, and how to see the interplay of these evolve over the various stages Samadhi, one-pointed, non-elaboration, one-taste, non-meditation. Great, if difficult read, at times. Apr 09, Paul rated it it was amazing Shelves: religion-buddhism-tibetan. Way over my head, but so amazing to access such a detailed, old body of texts. Inspiration for meditation and further reading. 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The Mahamudra texts in this volume include a lucid work by the celebrated master The Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism began in the eleventh century with such renowned figures as Marpa and Milarepa, and its seminal meditative traditions are Mahamudra and the six Dharmas of Naropa. The volume also contains an inspirational work by Gampopa, the Drigung Kagyu root text, The Single Viewpoint , the Sixth Shamarpa's guide to the six Dharmas of Naropa, and finally an overview of tantric practice by Dakpo Tashi Namgyal, author of the famous Moonlight of Mahamudra. The texts in this volume were selected by the preeminent scholar of the Kagyu school, Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche. Get A Copy. Hardcover , pages. Published May 17th by Wisdom Publications first published May 10th More Details Other Editions 3. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Mahamudra and Related Instructions , please sign up. Be the first to ask a question about Mahamudra and Related Instructions. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. You definitely need prior context to get much out of this book. If you do, it's very explicit in the stages and growth potential you can achieve, all the way to buddahood. I really enjoyed how it was a compilation of various perspectives on the mahamudra, through different centuries even. I particularly found section 3, The Ultimate Supreme Path of.. Around page he goes through the various phases of one-pointed yoga, meditation, post-meditation, sleep, and h You definitely need prior context to get much out of this book. Around page he goes through the various phases of one-pointed yoga, meditation, post-meditation, sleep, and how to see the interplay of these evolve over the various stages Samadhi, one-pointed, non-elaboration, one-taste, non-meditation. Great, if difficult read, at times. Apr 09, Paul rated it it was amazing Shelves: religion-buddhism- tibetan. Way over my head, but so amazing to access such a detailed, old body of texts. Inspiration for meditation and further reading. Raja Kumar rated it it was amazing Oct 05, Jonah Koslen rated it really liked it Feb 05, Fred Rogers rated it it was amazing Feb 23, Bookhead rated it really liked it Mar 17, Ramo Boer rated it liked it Oct 06, Roger Klingman rated it it was amazing Nov 18, Gerzson rated it it was amazing Aug 13, Jacques rated it really liked it May 17, Tomasz Klaudel rated it it was amazing Feb 18, Drikung rated it really liked it Aug 17, Ludmirska rated it it was amazing Sep 04, Bart rated it it was amazing Apr 16, He lives in Montreal with his wife and two daughters. The Preliminaries. The Perfect Illumination of the True Meaning. Table of Tibetan Transliteration About the Contributors. He specializes in the literature of the Kagyu and Nyingma traditions with a focus on tantric practices, and he is the author of The Biographies of Rechungpa. Technical Notes. Mahamudra and Related Instructions: Core Teachings of the Kagyu Schools - Google книги The two stages in gmeral, Gmrration stage, Completion stage, 5 so. The illusory body, 56 s. Union, s Results ofpractice, s These teachings are intended to create experiences and realizations in the mind. They contain two kinds of instructions: those that engage with the essential points of the body and those that engage with the essential points of the mind. Engaging with the essential points of the body is accomplished through the stationary channels, the moving winds, and so on. These instructions for attaining buddhahood are the path ofmethods, which is comprised of the six Dharmas of Naropa, such as caQ. The actual practice [ 2. The practice for enhancing the result Practice s a. The actualpractice ofthe special training in the illusory body Rest the three doors as they naturally are, without alteration, in the natural, spontaneously present three solitudes. Holding the wind and mind causes the three visions to arise in their generative sequence. Through the process of their reversal, the illusory body arises. Thinking of this, sit with the legs in the vajra posture, the back as straight as an arrow, the eyes staring fixedly without the complication of opening and closing. The tongue not touching the lips is the natural, spontaneous presence of vajra repetition. In that state, there is the natural, spontaneously present solitude of the mind, where attention to the past, present, and future has come to rest in equanimity. If stupor and dullness occur, look upward and sharpen your cognition. If dispersal and agitation occur, look downward and relax your cognition. If there is no dullness or agitation, maintain equanimity. If the beginnings of sessions are bad and the ends of the sessions are good, or if the earlier sessions [of the day] are bad and the later sessions are good, this is caused by a lack of diligent application, like an irrigation channel that isn't bringing in water from a lake.
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