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Book Synopsis An Extensive Commentary on the Seven Point Mind Training by : Lobsang Gyatso
Download or read book An Extensive Commentary on the Seven Point Mind Training written by Lobsang Gyatso and published by Library of Tibetan Works and Archives. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mind training tradition that developed in Tibet has its source from the great iIndian masters Nagarjuna and Shantideva and it was brought into Tibet by Atisa in the eleventh century. The practice of Mind training is based on the essential Mahayana teachings of impermanence, compassion, and the exchange of self and other. The lojong teachings are a source of inspiration and guidance shared by masters of all Tibetan traditions. The Seven Point Mind Training is a popular Tibetan Buddhist text by a twelveth century Kadampa master Geshe Chekawa. An Extensive Commentary on the Seven Point Mind Training is a commentary on The Seven Point Mind Training by Gesge Lobsang Gyatsho. In this book he explains the practice of Mind Training as the synthesis of all the various trainings of Mahāyāna Buddhism into one practice with nothing omitted whatsoever. He constantly emphasizes the daily practice of the Mind Training teachings over mere study or memorization and enjoins us to place whatever intellectual understanding we may have into pure Dharma practice right now. Since the root text used here comprises pithy statements handed down by the great Kadampa masters of Tibet that require further elucidation, Gen Lobsang Gyatso explains them with the expertise of an individual who has lived these teachings for many years and has come to a personal, experiential mastery of them. He espouses them as the fundamental antidote to our samsaric suffering and afflictive emotions – the adamantine antidote that crushes our own worst enemy – our self-centered attitude. Among many text on Mind Training, Geshe Chekawa’s Seven Points for Training the Mind is widely used Chekhawa, was said to possess all the marks of a great being right from his birth. He received the Milarepa instructions from Rechungpa and had many other great teachers like Geshe Tsan, Jayulpa and so forth. It is said that he had memorized over one hundred scriptures, but always felt incomplete, thinking that there must be some other teaching for achieving enlightenment. Then at thirty he met the great teacher Sharawa who gave him experiential teaching for twelve years. Geshe Chekhawa was very satisfied as we see at the end of his text on the Seven Points of Mind Training where he says, “Now I have no regrets even if I die.” Sharawa gave this practice of exchanging oneself for the other as a secret teaching to Chekhawa. Thus the special focus of this text is how to eliminate self-cherishing attitudes which are the source of all the sufferings and problems that we face in our life.
Book Synopsis P'Howa Commentary by : Chagdud Khadro
Download or read book P'Howa Commentary written by Chagdud Khadro and published by Pilgrims. This book was released on 2004-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: P`Howa Is The International Transfer Of One`S Consciousness To A Pure Realm At The Moment Of Death. This Book Explains The Process Of Dying, The Steps Involved In P`Howa Training, Integrating P`Howa Into One`S Daily Meditation Practice Etc.
Download or read book Phowa written by Óscar Mateo Quintana and published by Kolima Books. This book was released on 2023-04-25 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces us to a visualization technique based on ancient traditions from Tibetan Buddhism, which is used to trans-fer consciousness to higher states. This is «phowa», a tool that Óscar Mateo grants us to help us recover the meaning of our existence. It is an exciting journey through transcendence, which completely reconsiders the meaning of life, facilitating numerous arguments and testimonies that allow us to suspect that death is nothing more than a threshold to another state of being. Accepting the idea that we are mere guests passing through this world raises very deep questions but lead us to understand life as a wonderful opportunity to accumulate experiences, learn and, above all, grow. There is no task more important than this. It is time to accept the fact that our existence is eternal. From there, what is dramatic is no longer death, but the loss of reminding our true spiritual identity and the purpose of the present life. This is a book for awakening, to raise one's consciousness, and also a message full of optimism with essential keys to understand reality and what happens to us.
Book Synopsis A Cascading Waterfall of Nectar by : Thinley Norbu
Download or read book A Cascading Waterfall of Nectar written by Thinley Norbu and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2009-07-21 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like a spontaneous cascade of wisdom nectar, the open and natural words of Thinley Norbu Rinpoche, uncomplicated by scholarly elaboration, flow here in the tradition of the direct transmissions of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of the past. Through commentary on the Preliminary Practices (Ngöndrö) prayer from the treasure text of the great master Tragtung Düdjom Lingpa, insights into many central practices emerge in order to deepen understanding of the foundations of Vajrayana Buddhism. Also included in the book is a commentary on Tsok Khang Dechen (Assembly Palace of Great Exaltation), the root text prayer of the second Kyabje Düdjom Rinpoche, Jigdrel Yeshe Dorje.
Book Synopsis Preparing to Die by : Andrew Holecek
Download or read book Preparing to Die written by Andrew Holecek and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2013-07-09 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We all face death, but how many of us are actually ready for it? Whether our own death or that of a loved one comes first, how prepared are we, spiritually or practically? In Preparing to Die, Andrew Holecek presents a wide array of resources to help the reader address this unfinished business. Part One shows how to prepare one's mind and how to help others, before, during, and after death. The author explains how spiritual preparation for death can completely transform our relationship to the end of life, dissolving our fear and helping us to feel open and receptive to letting go in the dying process. Daily meditation practices, the stages of dying and how to work with them, and after-death experiences are all detailed in ways that will be particularly helpful for those with an interest in Tibetan Buddhism and in Tibetan approaches to conscious dying. Part Two addresses the practical issues that surround death. Experts in grief, hospice, the funeral business, and the medical and legal issues of death contribute chapters to prepare the reader for every practical concern, including advance directives, green funerals, the signs of death, warnings about the funeral industry, the stages of grief, and practical care for the dying. Part Three contains heart-advice from twenty of the best-known Tibetan Buddhist masters now teaching in the West. These brief interviews provide words of solace and wisdom to guide the dying and their caregivers during this challenging time. Preparing to Die is for anyone interested in learning how to prepare for death from a Buddhist perspective, both spiritually and practically. It is also for those who want to learn how to help someone else who is dying, both during the time of illness and death as well as after death.
Author :Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey Publisher :Library of Tibetan Works and Archives ISBN 13 :8186470549 Total Pages :64 pages Book Rating :4.1/5 (864 download)
Book Synopsis Vajrayogini Sadhana & Commentary by : Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey
Download or read book Vajrayogini Sadhana & Commentary written by Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey and published by Library of Tibetan Works and Archives. This book was released on 2019-01-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vajrayogini Sadhana and Commentary, a translation of an oral explanation given by Geshe Ngawang Dhargey in Seattle, Washington, USA, in 1981. Traditionally, the practice of tantra is supposed to kept secret, and it is to be noted that this book is intended purely for those who have received the proper initiations. However, as His Holiness the Dalai Lama has advised, the great misunderstandings to which tantra is often subject to are more harmful than the partial lifting of such secrecy, so there is a necessity for books to be made available which contain authentic explanations. Venerable Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey was born in Kham Province of Tibet in 1928 and attended Sera Je Monastery. He escaped from Tibet in 1959 to India where he was able to continue teaching and meditating. He received his Geshe Lharampa degree in 1969. In 1971 His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama asked him to teach Dharma courses to westerners at the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in Dharamsala. In 1986 he left for Dunedin, New Zealand, where he was the resident Spiritual Director at the Thargye Dharma Center until his death in 1996.
Author :Panchen losang chögyan Publisher :Library of Tibetan Works and Archives ISBN 13 :9390752744 Total Pages :181 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (97 download)
Book Synopsis Den-ma Locho Rinpoche’s Commentary on the Simple Path Leading to the Omniscient State, Graphic Teachings on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment by : Panchen losang chögyan
Download or read book Den-ma Locho Rinpoche’s Commentary on the Simple Path Leading to the Omniscient State, Graphic Teachings on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment written by Panchen losang chögyan and published by Library of Tibetan Works and Archives. This book was released on 2022-03-16 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No matter how many friends and relative we have and how much they love us, when we die, either in the hospital or at home, although they hold our hands or grasp our feet, we can’t take them with us. We have to proceed completely alone, like a hair taken out of the butter. Therefore, regardless of the size of our entourage, and the numbers of servants, relatives and friends we may have, at the time of death none of them can help. We will have to leave behind even our body that we have cherished so much and even our body at the end will deceive us. Only the mind, with grief and sadness, will have to proceed to the bardo. We then come to the conclusion that the only thing that matters is our Dharma practice. The teaching contained in this booklet was given by Denma Lochö Rinpoche at his Dharamsala’s residence between July 20 and July 26, 2009 at the request of a small group of Italian disciples who travelled purposely to Dharamsala. It is a commentary on the Lamrim text composed by Panchen Losang Chögyan (pan chen blo bzang chos rgyan 1567-1662) and called De-lam (The Simple Path).
Download or read book Dying with Confidence written by Anyen and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-09-21 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spiritual preparations for the time of death : an evolving meditation on life and death -- Spiritual practices as the time of death nears -- Medical considerations for the Buddhist practitioner -- Buddhist practitioners as caregivers -- Appendices.
Book Synopsis The Chöd Practice by : Tsering Wangdu Rinpoche
Download or read book The Chöd Practice written by Tsering Wangdu Rinpoche and published by . This book was released on 2018-07-25 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chöd Practice InsIntructions and CoInmmentaries by Tsering Wangdu Rinpoche with Swami Chetanananda. Text translations of Longchen Nyingtik, The Resonance Laughter of the Dakini Chod Practice and The Powa Practice. Translated by Lama Sherab. Includes lineage prayers and English Lyrics.
Book Synopsis The Tibetan Book Of Living And Dying by : Sogyal Rinpoche
Download or read book The Tibetan Book Of Living And Dying written by Sogyal Rinpoche and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-02-29 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 25th Anniversary Edition Over 3 Million Copies Sold 'I couldn't give this book a higher recommendation' BILLY CONNOLLY Written by the Buddhist meditation master and popular international speaker Sogyal Rinpoche, this highly acclaimed book clarifies the majestic vision of life and death that underlies the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. It includes not only a lucid, inspiring and complete introduction to the practice of meditation, but also advice on how to care for the dying with love and compassion, and how to bring them help of a spiritual kind. But there is much more besides in this classic work, which was written to inspire all who read it to begin the journey to enlightenment and so become 'servants of peace'.
Download or read book Dakini Power written by Michaela Haas and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2013-04-09 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pema Chödrön, Joan Halifax, and ten other female Tibetan Buddhist teachers share inspiring personal stories, revealing how we can embody Buddhist wisdom and overcome everyday challenges What drives a young London librarian to board a ship to India, meditate in a remote cave by herself for twelve years, and then build a flourishing nunnery in the Himalayas? How does a surfer girl from Malibu become the head of the main international organization for Buddhist women? Why does the daughter of a music executive in Santa Monica dream so vividly of peacocks one night that she chases these images to Nepal, where she finds the love of her life in an unconventional young Tibetan master? The women featured in Dakini Power—contemporary teachers of Tibetan Buddhism, both Asians and Westerners, who teach in the West—have been universally recognized as accomplished practitioners and brilliant teachers whose life stories demonstrate their immense determination and bravery. Meeting them in this book, readers will be inspired to let go of old fears, explore new paths, and lead the lives they envision. Featured here are: Jetsun Khandro Rinpoche (This Precious Life) Dagmola Sakya (Princess in the Land of Snows) Jetsun Tenzin Palmo/Diane Perry (Into the Heart of Life) Pema Chödrön/Deirdre Blomfield-Brown (When Things Fall Apart; Start Where You Are) Khandro Tsering Chödron (late aunt of Sogyal Rinpoche, author of The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying) Thubten Chodron/Cherry Greene (Buddhism for Beginners; Taming the Mind) Karma Lekshe Tsomo/Patricia Zenn (Buddhism Through American Women ’s Eyes) Chagdud Khadro/Jane Dedman (P ’howa Commentary; Life in Relation to Death) Sangye Khandro/Nanci Gay Gustafson (Meditation, Transformation, and Dream Yoga) Roshi Joan Halifax (Being with Dying) Lama Tsultrim Allione/Joan Rousmanière Ewing (Women of Wisdom; Feeding Your Demons) Elizabeth Mattis-Namgyel (The Power of an Open Question)
Book Synopsis Heart Drops of Dharmakaya by : Bkra-śis-rgyal-mtshan (Śar-rdza)
Download or read book Heart Drops of Dharmakaya written by Bkra-śis-rgyal-mtshan (Śar-rdza) and published by Snow Lion. This book was released on 2002-01-29 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete Dzogchen meditation manual from the oldest Tibetan tradition.
Book Synopsis A Torch Lighting the Way to Freedom by : Dudjom Rinpoche
Download or read book A Torch Lighting the Way to Freedom written by Dudjom Rinpoche and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2016-12-06 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teachings on the foundational practices of Tibetan Buddhism by a renowned and beloved master--now in paperback. In this book, Dudjom Rinpoche explains a key text attributed to Padmasambhava, the great Indian meditation master credited with bringing the Buddha's teachings to Tibet. The instructions here are clear, direct, and personal, illuminating the heart of Vajrayana Buddhist practice and philosophy. Included is the root text ("The Heart Essence of the Dakini") by Padmasambhava and the commentary by Dudjom Rinpoche. Of interest to practitioners of all schools of Tibetan Buddhism.
Book Synopsis Dudjom Lingpa's Chod by : Pema Lungtok Gyatso
Download or read book Dudjom Lingpa's Chod written by Pema Lungtok Gyatso and published by Berotsana Publications. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 565 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Commentary on Dudjom Lingpa's Heart Essence of Saraha and second edition translation of Heart Essence of Saraha
Book Synopsis Love on Every Breath by : Lama Palden Drolma
Download or read book Love on Every Breath written by Lama Palden Drolma and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2019 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, when our human family is facing so many challenges, it is more important than ever that we find peace and sustenance in our hearts. Love on Every Breath, or Tonglen, is a seven-step meditation for anyone who wants to nourish and open their heart. An ancient and profound meditation that has been practiced in isolated mountain retreats in the Himalayas for centuries, it is now available to us in the modern world. Lama Palden Drolma, a Western teacher trained by Tibetan Buddhist masters and also schooled in contemporary psychotherapy, introduces readers to the meditation in this powerful, user-friendly book. She walks readers step-by-step through the meditation, from beginning issues of sitting with awareness and focusing on the breath to taking in and extending love. Real-life challenges of sadness, anger, and overwhelm are addressed with "On-the-Spot" versions of the meditation. Love on Every Breath is a meditation that changes our experience in the moment — and changes our lives.
Book Synopsis Mind Beyond Death by : Dzogchen Ponlop
Download or read book Mind Beyond Death written by Dzogchen Ponlop and published by Shambhala. This book was released on 2008-08-29 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An indispensable guidebook through the journey of life and death, Mind Beyond Death weaves a synthesis of wisdom remarkable in its scope. With warm informality and profound understanding of the Western mind, the Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche makes the mysterious Tibetan teachings on the bardos—the intervals of life, death, and beyond—completely available to the modern reader. Drawing on a breathtaking range of material, Mind Beyond Death shows us how the bardos can be used to conquer death. Working with the bardos means taking hold of life and learning how to live with fearless abandon. Exploring all six bardos—not just the three bardos of death—Mind Beyond Death demonstrates that the secret to a good journey through and beyond death lies in how we live. Walking skillfully through the bardos of dream meditation and daily life, the Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche takes us deep into the mysterious death intervals, introducing us to their dazzling mindscape. This tour de force gives us the knowledge to transform death, the greatest obstacle, into the most powerful opportunity for enlightenment. With both nuts-and-bolts meditation techniques and brilliant illumination, Mind Beyond Death offers a clear map and a sturdy vehicle that will safely transport the reader through the challenging transitions of this life and the perilous bardos beyond death.
Book Synopsis Luminous Bliss by : Georgios T. Halkias
Download or read book Luminous Bliss written by Georgios T. Halkias and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2012-09-30 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With an annotated English translation and critical analysis of the Orgyan-gling gold manuscript of the short Sukhāvativyūha-sūtra Pure Land Buddhism as a whole has received comparatively little attention in Western studies on Buddhism despite the importance of “buddha-fields” (pure lands) for the growth and expression of Mahāyāna Buddhism. In this first religious history of Tibetan Pure Land literature, Georgios Halkias delves into a rich collection of literary, historical, and archaeological sources to highlight important aspects of this neglected pan-Asian Buddhist tradition. He clarifies many of the misconceptions concerning the interpretation of “other-world” soteriology in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism and provides translations of original Tibetan sources from the ninth century to the present that represent exoteric and esoteric doctrines that continue to be cherished by Tibetan Buddhists for their joyful descriptions of the Buddhist path. The book is informed by interviews with Tibetan scholars and Buddhist practitioners and by Halkias’ own participant-observation in Tibetan Pure Land rituals and teachings conducted in Europe and the Indian subcontinent. Divided into three sections, Luminous Bliss shows that Tibetan Pure Land literature exemplifies a synthesis of Mahāyāna sutra-based conceptions with a Vajrayana world-view that fits progressive and sudden approaches to the realization of Pure Land teachings. Part I covers the origins and development of Pure Land in India and the historical circumstances of its adaptation in Tibet and Central Asia. Part II offers an English translation of the short Sukhāvatīvyūha-sūtra (imported from India during the Tibetan Empire) and contains a survey of original Tibetan Pure Land scriptures and meditative techniques from the dGe-lugs-pa, bKa’-brgyud, rNying-ma, and Sa-skya schools of Tibetan Buddhism. Part III introduces some of the most innovative and popular mortuary cycles and practices related to the Tantric cult of Buddha Amitābha and his Pure Land from the Treasure traditions in the bKa’-brgyud and rNying-ma schools. Luminous Bliss locates Pure Land Buddhism at the core of Tibet’s religious heritage and demonstrates how this tradition constitutes an integral part of both Tibetan and East Asian Buddhism.
