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Calm Abiding and Special Insight

Author : Geshe Gedun Lodro
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 1559391103
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (593 download)

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Download or read book Calm Abiding and Special Insight written by Geshe Gedun Lodro and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Calm Abiding and Special Insight presents an intimate and detailed picture of the intricacies of meditation so vividly that the reader is drawn into a Tibetan worldview of spiritual development. Geshe Gedün Lodrö, one of the foremost scholars of Tibet, reveals methods for overcoming afflictive states and disorders to create a mind which is stable, calm, and alertly clear. This book illustrates the mind's potential for profound transformation. The dangers of not recognizing states contrary to successful meditation are great, and the possibilities of implementing the wrong antidote, or of overextending an appropriate one until it becomes counterproductive, are many. Through such detail, Geshe Gedün Lodrö makes vividly clear a Tibetan approach to meditative transformation. This is a completely revised new edition of Walking Through Walls.

How to Meditate

Author : lama Samten
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9782924757208
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (572 download)

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Download or read book How to Meditate written by lama Samten and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "All the teachings of the Buddha concern the practice of two kinds of meditation: the meditation of concentration and analytical meditation. The first aims at attaining calm-abiding (samatha in Sanskrit) or the temporary cessation of mental afflictions. The aim of the second is to obtain special insight (vipassana) which allows to eliminate the very source of these afflictions. The present text is a brief presentation on how to develop these two qualities in accordance with the teachings of Buddha Shakyamuni and those of the great Indian and Tibetan Buddhist masters who commented on them. It is meant to be used by practitioners as a complementary manual to the verbal explanations and empowerments of the teacher."--

Mastering Meditation

Author : His Eminence Chöden Rinpoché
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1614296294
Total Pages : 559 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)

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Book Synopsis Mastering Meditation by : His Eminence Chöden Rinpoché

Download or read book Mastering Meditation written by His Eminence Chöden Rinpoché and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 559 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A legendary contemporary meditation master illuminates practices that are essential to Tibetan Buddhists everywhere. Tibetan Buddhism is estimated to have 18 million followers worldwide. Mastering Meditation gives you the experience of studying with one of the greatest meditation masters of the modern age. His Eminence Chöden Rinpoché was not only a celebrated scholar, honored by selection as a debate partner to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, but he was also an accomplished yogi who spent nineteen years in solitary meditation retreat. In this thorough and thoroughly clear book, Rinpoché offers meticulous explanations and profound practical instructions on two essential practices in Tibetan Buddhism: calm abiding and mahamudra. The first part of this book contains instructions for developing calm abiding, an unshakable single-pointedness of mind. The second part, Rinpoché’s direct commentary on the Fourth Panchen Lama’s foundational text, offers advanced instructions on using calm abiding as a platform to develop mahamudra. Rinpoché elucidates both sutra-system mahamudra—meditation on the emptiness of the mind—as well as mantra-system mahamudra, a specialized meditation that uncovers subtle, hidden levels of mind to pierce into the ultimate nature of self and reality, leading finally to complete enlightenment. Drawing from his vast learning and personal experience, Rinpoché provides readers with an open gateway to remarkable states of lucidity and peace.

Walking Through Walls

Author : Geshe Gedün Lodrö
Publisher : Snow Lion Publications, Incorporated
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Walking Through Walls by : Geshe Gedün Lodrö

Download or read book Walking Through Walls written by Geshe Gedün Lodrö and published by Snow Lion Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1992 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive meditation manual.

Immovable, Like a Mountain

Author : Geshé Gyalten
Publisher : Awakening Vajra Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780987209450
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (94 download)

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Book Synopsis Immovable, Like a Mountain by : Geshé Gyalten

Download or read book Immovable, Like a Mountain written by Geshé Gyalten and published by Awakening Vajra Publications. This book was released on 2013-01 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The three main aspects of the Buddhist path of practice are morality, concentration, and wisdom. Each of these aspects is dependent on the former. Therefore, wisdom is dependent on the mind's ability to be calm and concentrate. For the mind to be calm, a firm basis of morality must be present in the person's life. Calm abiding refers to techniques which calm of the mind. Through the meditative development of calm abiding the practitioner is able to overcome five faults. With the removal of these hindrances, the cultivation of insight results in liberating wisdom. "Calm Abiding is a fascinating practice. The newly gained clarity that results from it leads us to develop our buddha nature" --Geshe Gyalten

Stages of Meditation

Author : The Dalai Lama
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 0834842130
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book Stages of Meditation written by The Dalai Lama and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2019-02-19 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An accessible translation of the ancient classic handbook on Buddhist meditation by Kamalashila—with commentary from everyone’s favorite Buddhist teacher, the Dalai Lama Based upon the middle section of the Bhavanakrama by Kamalashila—a translation of which is included—this is the most extensive commentary given by the Dalai Lama on this concise but important meditation handbook. It is a favorite text of the Dalai Lama, and he often takes the opportunity to give teachings on it to audiences throughout the world. In his words, “This text can be like a key that opens the door to all other major Buddhist scriptures.” Topics include the nature of mind, how to develop compassion and loving-kindness, calm abiding wisdom, and how to establish a union of calm abiding and special insight.

Stillness, Insight, and Emptiness

Author : Lama Dudjom Dorjee
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 155939420X
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (593 download)

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Download or read book Stillness, Insight, and Emptiness written by Lama Dudjom Dorjee and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2013-12-03 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meditation is the key to meaningful Buddhist practice, but establishing a solid foundation requires skill and sustained effort. In simple and inviting language, this book shows how to develop a successful meditation practice. In Tibetan Buddhism, developing a consistent and sustained meditation practice is the first step toward discerning the true nature of reality as taught by the Buddha. Lama Dudjom Dorjee encapsulates the Buddha's teaching in terms that are accessible and encouraging for beginning meditators, covering topics from establishing a proper meditation posture to realizing the luminous and spacious qualities of the mind. Chapters discuss •The life of the Buddha •The first turning of the wheel of dharma •The four noble truths and the eightfold path •Proper meditation posture •The nine stages of shamatha, or resting the mind •Common obstacles to shamatha and their antidotes •Benefits of developing shamatha •The subsequent stages of practice, including insight/vipashyana meditation and mahamudra

Meditative States in Tibetan Buddhism

Author : Leah Zahler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Meditative States in Tibetan Buddhism written by Leah Zahler and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Meditative States" gives a vivid and detailed account of the meditative practices necessary to develop a calm, alert mind that is capable of penetrating the depths of reality. In this precise and lucid work, two prominent modern Tibetan lamas--Lati Rinbochay and Denma Locho Rinbochay--present comprehensive explanations of the mental states attained through meditation. Discussing step-by-step the practice of meditation itself, they provide us with practical antidotes to the various obstacles that may arise in meditation. At the same time, they intersperse their presentations with captivating descriptions of the sometimes fantastic, sometimes astonishing cosmology that provides the background and context for Buddhist practice. Their erudite and experienced expositions are enlivened as well by their compassion and humor, so typical of Tibetan scholastic and yogic traditions. Drawing on classic texts by Asanga, Maitreya, and Dzong-kha-ba on the topics of meditative states known as the concentrations and the formless absorptions, the two lamas bring alive the learning experience of the Buddhist culture of Tibet. This new edition of "Meditative States" also contains a revised translation of the great Pan-chen So-nam drak-ba's "Explanation of the Concentrations and Formless Absorptions" from his well-known treatise, the "General Meaning of (Maitreya's) "Ornamaent for Clear Realization.""

The Veil of Entanglement: Calm Abiding and Insight Practice - An Account of a Journey

Author : T. J. Nicholson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781777916107
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (161 download)

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Download or read book The Veil of Entanglement: Calm Abiding and Insight Practice - An Account of a Journey written by T. J. Nicholson and published by . This book was released on 2022-01-21 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everything you know, feel, think, dream, remember, fear, and hope for is made that way by your mind. Your entanglement in the subjective experience concocted by mind rules your conduct and obscures your true nature. Your being is subjugated to the reality imposed upon it by mind. In this condition, you are anything but free. Your liberation from this predicament, the freedom to live as who you truly are, depends upon coming face-to-face with the true nature of your mind. Ancient traditions of calm-abiding concentration practice prepare your mind for insight. The subsequent insight practices reveal to you in your own direct experience the qualities of mind that will first undo and then remake your world. As the veil of entanglement parts, everything will be just as it has always been, but you will be living at last from the ground of being. Your freedom will save your life and create the opportunity for you to become an agent of compassionate action in this broken world.

How to Meditate

Author : Samten
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780995226500
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (265 download)

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Download or read book How to Meditate written by Samten and published by . This book was released on 2016-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Advanced Scope

Author : Bhikshuni Thubten Chodron
Publisher : Sravasti Abbey Corporation
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1270 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Advanced Scope written by Bhikshuni Thubten Chodron and published by Sravasti Abbey Corporation. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 1270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early eleventh century the Indian Buddhist master Atisha condensed essential points from the sutras and ordered them into the text Lamp of the Path. These were then expanded upon in the fourteenth century by the Tibetan Buddhist master Lama Tsongkhapa into the text The Great Exposition on the Gradual Path to Enlightenment (Lamrim Chenmo). Venerable Thubten Chodron taught on this text over several years at Dharma Friendship Foundation, and related these practical teachings to our daily lives. These ebooks are lightly-edited transcripts of those teachings. They have been organized and formatted by Lai Wee Chiang. This fourth volume contains teachings on: - Training the Mind in the Stages of the Path for an Advanced Level Practitioner - Seven Points of Cause and Effect - Equalizing and Exchanging Self and Others - The Bodhisatta Vows - Introduction to the Six Far-Reaching Attitudes - Generosity - Ethics - Patience - Joyous Effort - Meditative Stabilization and Special Insight - Training in Calm Abiding - Wisdom - Ripening the Minds of Others - The Eightfold Noble Path

Study And Practice Of Meditation

Author : Leah Zahler
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 1559393254
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (593 download)

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Download or read book Study And Practice Of Meditation written by Leah Zahler and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2009-06-16 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Study and Practice of Meditation gives a vivid and detailed account of the meditative practices necessary to develop a calm, alert mind that is capable of penetrating the depths of reality. The Buddhist meditative states known as the concentrations and formless absorptions are best known in the West from Theravada scriptures and from Vasubandhu’s Treasury of Manifest Knowledge. In this book the reader is exposed to Tibetan Buddhist views on the mental states attained through meditation as described by three contemporary Tibetan lamas. The book discusses the ways in which certain meditative states act as bases of the spiritual path as well as the nature of meditative calm and the prerequisites for cultivating and attaining it. In addition to reviewing and translating Tibetan sources, the author considers their major Indian antecedents and draws comparisons with Theravadin presentations.

Stages of Meditation

Author : Dalai Lama XIV Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 1559391979
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (593 download)

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Download or read book Stages of Meditation written by Dalai Lama XIV Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2003 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the Dalai Lama's teachings on how to meditate. It is the most extensive explanation His Holiness has given on a classic meditation handbook by Kamalashila. Practice-oriented Westerners will find this favorite text of the Dalai Lama especially useful. In the Dalai Lama's own words, "This text can be like a key that opens the door to all other major Buddhist scriptures." Accordingly, His Holiness often teaches from it to diverse audiences throughout the world. (Back cover).

The Profound Reality of Interdependence

Author : Künzang Sönam
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190911921
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book The Profound Reality of Interdependence written by Künzang Sönam and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-03-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Way of the Bodhisattva, composed by the monk and scholar 'S=antideva in eighth-century India, is a Buddhist treatise in verse that beautifully and succinctly lays out the theory and practice of the Mahayana path of a bodhisattva. Over one thousand years after 'S=antideva's composition, Künzang Sönam (1823-1905) produced the most extensive commentary on the Way of the Bodhisattva ever written. This book is the first English translation of Künzang Sönam's overview of 'S=antideva's notoriously difficult ninth chapter on wisdom. The ninth chapter of the Way of the Bodhisattva is philosophically very rich but forbiddingly technical, and can only be read well with a good commentary. Künzang Sönam's commentary offers a unique and complete introduction to the view of Pr=asa:ngika-Madhyamaka, the summit of Buddhist philosophy in Tibet, as articulated by Tsongkhapa. It brings 'S=antideva's text, and Tsongkhapa's interpretation of Pr=asa:ngika-Madhyamaka, into conversation with a vast Buddhist literature from India and Tibet. By articulating the integral relationship between emptiness and interdependence, this text formulates a sustained and powerful argument for emptiness as a metaphysical basis of bodhisattva ethics. This volume makes the ninth chapter accessible to English-speaking teachers and students of the Way of the Bodhisattva.

Meditative States in Tibetan Buddhism

Author : Lati Rinbochay
Publisher : Wisdom Publications (MA)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Meditative States in Tibetan Buddhism written by Lati Rinbochay and published by Wisdom Publications (MA). This book was released on 1983 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ornament of the Great Vehicle Sutras

Author : Maitreya
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 1559394285
Total Pages : 1042 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (593 download)

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Book Synopsis Ornament of the Great Vehicle Sutras by : Maitreya

Download or read book Ornament of the Great Vehicle Sutras written by Maitreya and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2014-11-11 with total page 1042 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new translation of one of the most important texts of Mahayana Buddhism makes a clear case for why we should strive energetically to achieve the unsurpassable state of enlightenment for the sake of all sentient beings, and having formed that intention, how we should practice the bodhisattva path. The Buddhist masterpiece Ornament of the Great Vehicle Sūtras, often referred to by its Sanskrit title, Mahāyānasūtrālaṃkāra, is part of a collection known as the Five Maitreya Teachings, a set of philosophical works that have become classics of the Indian Buddhist tradition. Maitreya, the Buddha’s regent, is held to have entrusted these profound and vast instructions to the master Asaṅga in the heavenly realm of Tuṣita. The Ornament provides a comprehensive description of the bodhisattva’s view, meditation, and enlightened activities. Bodhisattvas are beings who, out of vast love for all sentient beings, have dedicated themselves to the task of becoming fully awakened buddhas, capable of helping all beings in innumerable and vast ways to become enlightened themselves. To fully awaken requires practicing great generosity, patience, energy, discipline, concentration, and wisdom, and Maitreya’s text explains what these enlightened qualities are and how to develop them. This volume includes commentaries by Khenpo Shenga and Ju Mipham, whose discussions illuminate the subtleties of the root text and provide valuable insight into how to practice the way of the bodhisattva. Drawing on the Indian masters Vasubandhu and, in particular, Sthiramati, Mipham explains the Ornament with eloquence and brilliant clarity. This commentary is among his most treasured works.

Tsong-kha-pa's Final Exposition of Wisdom

Author : Jeffrey Hopkins
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 1559398922
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (593 download)

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Download or read book Tsong-kha-pa's Final Exposition of Wisdom written by Jeffrey Hopkins and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2014-02-25 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In fourteenth- and fifteenth-century Tibet there was great ferment about what makes enlightenment possible, since systems of self-liberation must show what factors pre-exist in the mind that allow for transformation into a state of freedom from suffering. This controversy about the nature of mind, which persists to the present day, raises many questions. This book first presents the final exposition of special insight by Tsong-kha-pa, the founder of the Ge-luk-pa order of Tibetan Buddhism, in his medium-length Exposition of the Stages of the Path as well as the sections on the object of negation and on the two truths in his Illumination of the Thought: Extensive Explanation of Chandrakirti's Supplement to Nagarjuna's "Treatise on the Middle." It then details the views of his predecessor Dol-po-pa Shay-rap Gyel-tsen, the seminal author of philosophical treatises of the Jo-nang-pa order, as found in his Mountain Doctrine, followed by an analysis of Tsong-kha-pa's reactions. By contrasting the two systems—Dol-po-pa's doctrine of other-emptiness and Tsong-kha-pa's doctrine of self-emptiness—both views emerge more clearly, contributing to a fuller picture of reality as viewed in Tibetan Buddhism. Tsong-kha-pa's Final Exposition of Wisdom brilliantly explicates ignorance and wisdom, explains the relationship between dependent-arising and emptiness, shows how to meditate on emptiness, and explains what it means to view phenomena as like illusions.