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The Short Vajradhara Prayer

Author : Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781934608630
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book The Short Vajradhara Prayer written by Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-14 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dorje Chang Tungma is probably the most well-known of the Kagyu prayers, traditionally recited before teaching sessions and often recited by practitioners as part of their daily practice. Nearly everyone knows this prayer by heart, but such familiarity can be dangerous. It is all too easy to recite the prayer mindlessly, like a parrot, without focusing on the words or reflecting on the meaning of what we are saying. By studying it, we should gain deeper understanding and be able to appreciate its profundity more fully. In so many ways, it is much more than an ordinary prayer. It includes all the important stages of the training in mahamudra: revulsion at samsara, renunciation, devotion to the guru, undistracted meditation, and so forth. As such, it is like a pith instruction. In the beginning, the prayer recalls all the lineage masters of the Kagyu. When we talk about lineage, we mean more than the one-to-one, physical transmission from teacher to student. Lineage is an unbroken spiritual line that begins with the source and continues uninterrupted from generation to generation. Not only that, as we recite the body of the prayer, we are reminded of the core practices of mahamudra: revulsion is the legs of the practice, uncontrived devotion is the head of the practice, non-distraction is the core of meditation practice, and so on. Originally, this teaching was part of the 29th Kagyu Monlam Chenmo and was given under the most auspicious circumstances. It happened at the perfect place, Dorje Den, the sacred site where Lord Buddha attained enlightenment; at the perfect time, just after Tibetan New Year during the Month of Miracles; and all four pillars of the sangha -- bhikshus, bhikshunis, upasikas and upasikis --were present, along with many rinpoches, tulkus and khenpos of the Karma Kamtsang.From the preface by The Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje

The Mahamudra Lineage Prayer

Author : Khenchen Thrangu
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 0834841819
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book The Mahamudra Lineage Prayer written by Khenchen Thrangu and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2018-09-25 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only book in English on a popular Tibetan Buddhist lineage prayer that explains how it can be used as a guide to practice. One of the most beloved and oft-recited prayers in the Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, The Mahamudra Lineage Prayer combines a supplication to the Mahamudra lineage with a concise guide to Mahamudra practice and the stages of the path to enlightenment. In this commentary on the prayer, Thrangu Rinpoche teaches in his down-to earth yet direct manner the importance of the Mahamudra lineage, how to develop renunciation and devotion through the common and uncommon preliminary practices, and how to practice calm abiding (Shamatha) and insight (Vipashyana) meditation in the Mahamudra tradition. He explains that Mahamudra teachings are easy to practice yet are very powerful, and are especially appropriate for serious Western Dharma students.

The Mahamudra Lineage Prayer

Author : Khenchen Thrangu
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 1559394811
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (593 download)

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The Kagyu Monlam Book

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781934608043
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book The Kagyu Monlam Book written by and published by . This book was released on 2014-04-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Kagyu Monlam Book was composed by H.H. 17th Karmapa, for the annual monlam in Bodhgaya, India and North America. A rich source of Tibetan Buddhist prayers, with the Tibetan, English, and transliteration, it consists of 438 pages and a 138-page supplement.

Transforming the Mind

Author : Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche
Publisher : Dharma Ebooks
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Transforming the Mind written by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche and published by Dharma Ebooks. This book was released on 2022-12-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This commentary on the Four Dharmas of Gampopa is based on teachings Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche gave at Karma Triyana Dharmachakra. The Tibetan edition, reviewed and revised by Rinpoche, was published by Thrangu Monastery in 2016. A Chinese edition was published soon afterwards, combining the commentary with another short teaching on consciousness and wisdom, given by Rinpoche in Germany in 1988. This eBook presents both these teachings in English.

Vivid Awareness

Author : Khenchen Thrangu
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 0834827352
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book Vivid Awareness written by Khenchen Thrangu and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2011-01-11 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Powerful guidance on how to work with strong emotions in overwhelming circumstances through Buddhist meditation—from a renowned Tibetan Buddhist master In the summer of 1957, the revered Buddhist teacher and scholar Khenpo Gangshar foresaw the difficulties that would soon fall upon Tibet and began teaching in a startling new way that enabled all those who heard him to use the coming difficulties as the path of Dharma practice. The teaching consisted of the essential points of mahamudra and dzogchen, both view and practice, presented in a way that made them easy for anyone to use, even in the most difficult of circumstances. Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche was one of the grateful recipients of these teachings, which he regards as among the most important he has ever been given. He transmits them here, for the benefit of all of us who strive to practice in challenging times. They include contemplations on the ephemeral nature of both joy and suffering, meditations for resting the mind, and guidance for cultivating equanimity in any situation. “These instructions are exceptionally concise and easy to follow . . . They could save your life too—giving you the tools to stabilize the mind even in the most terrifying and challenging of circumstances.” —Pema Chödrön, author of Taking the Leap

The Precious Treasury of Pith Instructions

Author : Kloṅ-chen-pa Dri-med-ʼod-zer
Publisher : Padma Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Precious Treasury of Pith Instructions written by Kloṅ-chen-pa Dri-med-ʼod-zer and published by Padma Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Life of Happiness

Author : Ninth Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche
Publisher : Dharma Ebooks
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Life of Happiness written by Ninth Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche and published by Dharma Ebooks. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Life of Happiness: A Practice Guide for Older Practitioners is the first Buddhist practice guide intended for older people. Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche is a highly regarded lama with many students and centres worldwide. He has dedicated his life to serving the Dharma and is one of the most revered teachers in the Karma Kagyu. Rinpoche draws on his own personal experiences of the problems encountered with ageing, declining health and end of life to give advice on the Dharma practices they should follow, the attitudes they should adopt, and the actions they should take. He includes advice to family members and care-givers and instructions about what they should do when someone dies. The methods of practice that Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche explains here are easy to understand, yet extremely important and pithy. Rinpoche’s lifetime of pure and genuine practice is distilled into concise words of advice; each word and sentence conveys Rinpoche’s warm wishes and deep blessings.

Chod: The Sacred Teachings on Severance

Author : Jamgon Kongtru Lodro Taye
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 0834840561
Total Pages : 673 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book Chod: The Sacred Teachings on Severance written by Jamgon Kongtru Lodro Taye and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2016-11-29 with total page 673 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Treasury of Precious Instructions by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Taye, one of Tibet’s greatest Buddhist masters, is a shining jewel of Tibetan literature, presenting essential teachings from the entire spectrum of practice lineages that existed in Tibet. In its eighteen volumes, Kongtrul brings together some of the most important texts on key topics of Buddhist thought and practice as well as authoring significant new sections of his own. In this, the fourteenth volume, Kongtrul compiles the teachings on Severance, or Chöd. It includes some of the tradition’s earliest source scriptures, such as the "grand poem" of Āryadeva, and numerous texts by the tradition’s renowned founder, Machik Lapdrön. Kongtrul also brings together the most significant texts on the rites of initiation, empowerments for practice, and wide-ranging instructions and guides for the support of practitioners. Altogether, this quintessential guide to Severance offers vast resources for scholars and practitioners alike to better understand this unique and remarkable tradition—the way of severing the ego through the profound realization of emptiness and compassion.

The Torch of Certainty

Author : Jamgon Kongtrul
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 0834829827
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book The Torch of Certainty written by Jamgon Kongtrul and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2017-02-21 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This translation of a fundamental Tantric text reveals the richness and profundity of the intellectual and contemplative traditions of Tibetan Buddhism. The text describes the Four Foundation Practices that all practitioners of Vajrayana Buddhism must complete. The nature of impermanence, the effects of karma, the development of an enlightened attitude, and devotion to the guru are among the subjects treated in this book. Three eminent contemporary Tibetan Buddhist masters—Kalu Rinpoche, Deshung Rinpoche, and Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche—explain the significance of The Torch of Certainty for modern-day students and practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism.

The Guru Puja

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Publisher : Library of Tibetan Works and Archives
ISBN 13 : 8186470794
Total Pages : 63 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book The Guru Puja written by and published by Library of Tibetan Works and Archives. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Within the Tantra tradition, reliance upon and devotion to one’s Guru are of paramount importance — without them progress on the path to Enlightenment cannot be made. Thus, Guru Yoga is the foundation of Mahayana tantric practice, and gives vitality to the serious practitioner’s meditation. This edition of The Guru Puja and The Hundred Deities of the Land of Joy provides the students with two essential prayers for such practice, and the juxtaposition of the Tibetan transliteration and English translation of these prayers is intended to facilitate their use by non-Tibetan Buddhist practitioners.

A Guide to the Bodhisattava's Way of Life

Author : Shantideva
Publisher : Library of Tibetan Works and Archives
ISBN 13 : 8185102597
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (851 download)

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Download or read book A Guide to the Bodhisattava's Way of Life written by Shantideva and published by Library of Tibetan Works and Archives. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shantideva’s Bodhisattvacharyavatara (A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life) holds a unique place in Mahayana Buddhism akin to that of the Dhammapada in Hinayana Buddhism and the Bhagavadgita in Hinduism. In combining those rare qualities of scholastic precision, spiritual depth and poetical beauty, its appeal extends to a wide audience of Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike. Composed in India during the 8th century of the Christian era, it has since been an inspiration to millions of people throughout the world. This present translation by Stephen Batchelor is based upon a 12th century Tibetan commentary as orally explained by Ven. Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey. The ninth chapter on wisdom has been expanded for this edition with relevant commentarial passages.

White Lotus

Author : Jamgon Mipham
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 0834825678
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book White Lotus written by Jamgon Mipham and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2007-12-11 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The commentary translated in these pages is unusual and rare. But if the commentary is a rarity, its subject matter—the seven-line invocation of Padmasambhava—is one of the best-known prayers in the Tibetan Buddhist world. The overall significance of the Seven-Line Prayer is perhaps best appreciated in relation to a practice called guru-yoga, or "union with the nature of the guru." The purpose of guru-yoga is to purify and deepen the student's relationship with his or her teacher. It is introduced as one of the preliminary practices, and it remains crucial—in fact, its importance increases—as one progresses through the more advanced levels of the tantric path. The cultivation of devotion to the guru and the blending of one's mind with his or her enlightened mind is, in the words of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, "the most vital and necessary of all practices and is in itself the surest and fastest way to reach the goal of enlightenment." Regarding the origin of this commentary, Mipham refers in the colophon to an event that triggered the abrupt appearance in his mind of the hidden meaning of the prayer. It is interesting to note that the language Mipham uses suggests that the commentary itself is not an ordinary composition but perhaps a treasure teaching, specifically a "mind-treasure" or gongter.

The Dorje Chang Thungma

Author : Pema Donyo Nyinche (Si-tu XII)
Publisher : Palpung Publications
ISBN 13 : 1877294365
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (772 download)

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Download or read book The Dorje Chang Thungma written by Pema Donyo Nyinche (Si-tu XII) and published by Palpung Publications. This book was released on 2009-12 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Teaching on the Tashi Prayer

Author : Rinpoche Bardor (Tulku)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780971455450
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (554 download)

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Book Synopsis A Teaching on the Tashi Prayer by : Rinpoche Bardor (Tulku)

Download or read book A Teaching on the Tashi Prayer written by Rinpoche Bardor (Tulku) and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Rinpoche is a resident lama at Karma Triyana Dharmachakra Monastery in Woodstock, NY ... The Tashi prayer is a short text written by Khenchen Mipham (1846-1912), a major figure in 19th Century Tibetan Buddhism. The purpose of the prayer is to pay homage to and supplicate four kinds of awakened beings ... so as to receive their blessings for both spiritual and worldly success. This in-depth teaching by Bardor Rinpoche, which is based on Mipham's own commentary to the prayer, will provide a very helpful explanation for those who do the Tashi Prayer, as well as an authentic glimpse into the role of prayer in Tibetan Buddhist practice."--Page 4 of cover.

Six-Session Guru Yoga Commentary eBook

Author : Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Publisher : FPMT
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Six-Session Guru Yoga Commentary eBook written by Lama Zopa Rinpoche and published by FPMT. This book was released on 2019-07-17 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practice is restricted to only those with the appropriate tantric initiation. If you are unsure whether you are qualified or not, please email us at [email protected]. By purchasing this text, you confirm you have received the appropriate initiation. You need to have received an initiation (wang) of the yoga tantra or highest yoga tantra class in order to read these commentaries of the six-session guru yoga. Within the Gelug tradition, practicing the six-session guru yoga is a daily commitment for anyone who has received a highest yoga tantra initiation. This text provides the commentary from Lama Zopa Rinpoche on the benefits of the practice, how to meditate on each verse of the sadhana, and the samayas of the five buddha families. The commentary uses the extension version of Phabongkha Dechen Nyingpo’s Six-Session Guru Yoga as its basis. Contents Include: - The Benefits of Six-Session Guru Yoga - How to Practice Six-Session Guru Yoga - The Samayas of the Five Buddha Families “Phabongkha Dechen Nyingpo said Six-Session Guru Yoga is much more precious than three galaxies filled with gold,” Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaches in Six-Session Guru Yoga Commentary. “Why? Because the practice of Six-Session Guru Yoga has unbelievable benefits. It gives incredible protection. This practice eliminates so much heavy negative karma and purifies all ten nonvirtuous actions. It purifies broken pratimoksha vows, bodhisattva vows, and tantric vows. It allows us to practice the general tantric vows, the samayas of the five buddha families, and the particular tantric root vows. By doing Six-Session Guru Yoga, we practice all the samayas and are reminded of the fourteen root downfalls and eight bompos of mother tantra samaya. We accumulate unbelievable merit by keeping the samayas and vows of tantra. According to the root tantra of Manjughosha, without practicing the pure morality of these vows, we have no basis for tantric realization and no way to achieve enlightenment. Even if we don’t do many other practices, living purely in the samaya vows is enough. Therefore, this practice gives incredible protection.” 76 pages, 2020 edition.

Vajradhara in Human Form: The Life and Times of Ngor chen Kun dga' bzang po

Author : Jörg Heimbel
Publisher : Jörg Heimbel
ISBN 13 : 9937028493
Total Pages : 708 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book Vajradhara in Human Form: The Life and Times of Ngor chen Kun dga' bzang po written by Jörg Heimbel and published by Jörg Heimbel. This book was released on 2017 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present book presents a detailed study of the life and times of the tantric expert Ngorchen Kunga Zangpo (Ngor chen Kun dga’ bzang po, 1382–1456), who was one of the most outstanding and influential Sakya masters of fifteenth-century Tibet. Among his many influential activities, Ngorchen is best remembered for his founding of the monastery of Ngor Ewam Choden (Ngor E waṃ chos ldan) in 1429. Withdrawing from the worldly distractions of the bustling town of Sakya (Sa skya) and sectarian conflicts, he left his traditional alma mater, the monastery of Sakya, and established his own monastic seat in the remote Ngor valley, some 30 kilometres southwest of modern Shigatse (gZhis ka rtse) in the central Tibetan province of Tsang (gTsang). There, based on the observance of a strict monastic discipline, Ngorchen hoped to return to traditional Sakya teaching and practice in a more supportive environment. Ngor immediately became a new centre for tantric training within the monastic circles of the Sakya school. As the leading tantric expert, Ngorchen trained a whole new generation of young students, producing some of the brightest minds of the Sakya school. At his monastic seat, Ngorchen and his abbatial successors established one of the most prominent subdivisions of the Sakya school, the Ngor tradition (ngor lugs), based on Ngorchen’s distinctive understanding of tantric ritual and practice. The religious influence of Ngor and its abbots extended to far-western Tibet (mNga’ ris), including Mustang (Glo bo), Purang (sPu hrang), Guge (Gu ge), Spiti (sPyi ti), and Ladakh (La dwags). In the following centuries, Ngor’s influence also extended eastwards to Khams, where the tradition became very influential in Derge (sDe dge), Lingtsang (Gling tshang), and Gapa (sGa pa). From the 17th century onward, the Ngorpa enjoyed the patronage of the ruling house of Derge, whose successive kings called upon retired abbots of Ngor to serve as their court chaplains (dbu bla).