Self-liberation Through Seeing with Naked Awareness

Author: Karma-gliṅ-pa
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 200

Book Description
A spiritual classic along the lines of The Tibetan Book of the Dead, this text is a clear and accessible guide to the essence of Dzogchen and the attainment of Buddhahood. A text belonging to the same cycle as The Tibetan Book of the Dead, this instruction on the method of self-liberation presents the essence of Dzogchen, The Great Perfection, regarded in Tibet as the highest and most esoteric teaching of the Buddha. Teaching the attainment of Buddhahood in a single lifetime, this text was written and concealed by Guru Padmasambhava in the eighth century and rediscovered six centuries later by Karma Lingpa. The commentary by the translator is based on the oral teachings of Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche and Lama Tharchin Rinpoche.

Self-liberation

Author: Karma-gliṅ-pa
Publisher: Snow Lion Publications, Incorporated
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 206

Book Description
Self-Liberation presents the essence of Dzogchen, the Great Perfection, regarded in Tibet as the highest and most esoteric teaching of the Buddha.

Natural Liberation

Author: Padmasambhava
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0861717244
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 368

Book Description
A perfect companion to the well-known Tibetan Book of the Dead. In life and in death, in meditation and in sleep, every transitional stage of consciousness, or bardo, provides an opportunity to overcome limitations, frustrations, and fears. The profound teachings in this book provide the under- standing and instruction necessary to turn every phase of life into an opportunity for uncontrived, natural liberation. Like the Tibetan Book of the Dead, Natural Liberation is a terma, a "hidden treasure" attributed to the eighth-century master Padmasambhava. Gyatrul Rinpoche's lucid commentary accompanies the text, illuminating the path of awakening to the point of full enlightenment. Natural Liberation is an essential contribution to the library of both scholars and practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism.

Krug dnâ i noči

Author: Namkhai Norbu
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 146

Book Description
The Cycle Of Day And Night by Namkhai Norbu is a practical guide to a fundamental practice of the Dzogchen system of Tibetan Buddhism, presented in a clear and direct manner, written by an acknowledged contemporary master of this ancient tradition. Central to Dzogchen, the Great Perfection, is contemplation-the immediate experience of the primordial state of the individual, the unconditioned nature of the mind. This nature of the mind transcends the specific contents of mind, the incessant flow of thoughts reflecting our social, cultural, and psychological conditioning. Based on the teaching by Garab Dorje, the first human master of the Dzogchen lineage, The Cycle Of Day And Night gives a translation of the author's Tibetan Text, together with a commentary drawn from the author's extensive oral explanations. Actual methods are given for entering into contemplation and integrating it with our activities during the 24 hour cycle of day and night. Midwest Book Review

Secret Teachings of Padmasambhava

Author: Padmasambhava
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
ISBN: 0834822903
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 146

Book Description
These Tibetan Buddhist teachings provide instructions for gathering and harnessing basic life energy. According to the tradition, a very effective way to do this is to arouse sexual energy and to direct the essence of that energy toward spiritual realization. According to the philosophy, sexual energy brings one naturally and effortlessly into flow with creativity and awareness in both mind and body—when used skillfully by committed practitioners with appropriate training. These ancient texts, attributed to the great Tibetan meditation master Padmasambhava (who practiced sexual union with the famous Tibetan queen Yeshe Tsogyal), offer traditional Buddhist teachings on the nature of the elements that all beings and our world are made of. They show us a practical view of how to use life-energy for personal development. The teachings are for experienced Buddhist practitioners.

Gurus for Hire, Enlightenment for Sale

Author: Rinpoche Tsem Tulku
Publisher: Tsem Tulku Rinpoche
ISBN: 9834188781
Category : Buddhism
Languages : en
Pages : 206

Book Description

Golden Letters

Author: Garab Dorje
Publisher: Snow Lion
ISBN:
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 398

Book Description
In many ways the best guide to Dzogchen teachings. Includes explanations that were previously thought too secret to publish.' Tricycle: The Buddhist Review

The Private Sea

Author: William Braden
Publisher: Bantam Books
ISBN:
Category : Hallucinogenic drugs and religious experience
Languages : en
Pages : 232

Book Description
Examines the religious implications of LSD: the connection between LSD experience and some of the main currents of the New Theology, especially in the ultra-radical Death of God theology.

Yogacara Texts: Indo-Tibetan Sources of Dzogchen Mahamudra

Author: Rodney Devenish
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1304481921
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 212

Book Description
The Yogacara Doctrine teaches one fundamental truth, namely that all beings are Buddha-'sattva Buddha evam'-or, in other words, all beings are aspects of one all-embracing absolute awareness, were they but to know it. This book sets a context for the study and meditation on ten pivotal texts of Yogacara. The source texts, translated from a practice perspective, derive from the Indo-Tibetan mahasiddha tradition and are presented with an ecumenical approach. As this collection of pithy Yogacara works will readily prove to the reader, the ancient 'Practice Tradition of the Yogin' (rnal-bhyor-pa'i sgrub-brgyud) is based on a clearly active realization of the essential nature of mind and consciousness gained through years of intensive examination and reflection. Yogacara approach advocates a dynamic form of meditation that is neither suppressive nor lethargic. The guide to this attainment, the mechanism that sharpens the mind's penetrative and illuminative qualities, is metaphysical inquiry.

A Garland of Views

Author: Padmasambhava
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
ISBN: 0834840065
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 153

Book Description
A Garland of Views presents both a concise commentary by the eighth-century Indian Buddhist master Padmasambhava on a chapter from the Guhyagarbha Tantra on the different Buddhist and non-Buddhist philosophical views, including the Great Perfection (Dzogchen), and an explicative commentary on Padmasambhava’s text by the nineteenth-century scholar Jamgön Mipham (1846–1912). Padmasambhava’s text is a core text of the Nyingma tradition because it provides the basis for the system of nine vehicles (three sutra vehicles and six tantra vehicles) that subsequently became the accepted way of classifying the different Buddhist paths in the Nyingma tradition. Mipham’s commentary is the one most commonly used to explain Padmasambhava’s teaching. Mipham is well known for his prolific, lucid, and original writings on many subjects, including science, medicine, and philosophy, in addition to Tibetan Buddhist practice and theory.