epub |eng | 2020-08-04 | Author:Khenchen Thrangu [Thrangu, Khenchen]

9 HOW THE MIDDLE WAY FITS WITH OTHER PATHS Above we discussed how to perceive emptiness directly by first engaging it through understanding, then developing certainty in it, coming to ...

epub |eng | 2020-07-28 | Author:Sam Van Schaik [van Schaik, Sam]

Star Water One of the most intriguing ingredients appearing in the Tibetan book of spells is something called “star water” (skar chu). This is used in a ritual to bring ...

epub |eng | 2014-03-18 | Author:Elizabeth Esther [Esther, Elizabeth]

“It’s more than okay.” We laugh, the sound of our voices echoing off the canyon walls. It’s the fall of my freshman year in college, and I’m attending the local ...

epub |eng | | Author:B. Alan Wallace

The Synthesis and Names of the Great Perfection Then he continued, “O Teacher, Bhagavān, even if one correctly knows the nature of the Great Perfection of saṃsāra and nirvāṇa — ...

epub |eng | 2019-03-18 | Author:Rabten

epub, pdf |eng | 2015-06-14 | Author:Chagdud Tulku

15 Wishing and Engaging Bodhicitta Bodhicitta has two frameworks: the welfare of others, or compassion; and enlightenment, or wisdom. We wish for enlightenment not just to escape samsara but also ...

epub |eng | 2019-02-16 | Author:Matthew Kapstein

mobi, epub |eng | 2015-04-21 | Author:Tulku Thondup

Meditating on the “four virtuous attitudes” (see chapter 4), and abandoning all thoughts and actions of harming others, is the discipline of the path of individual liberation (Skt. pratimoksha). This ...

epub |eng | 2020-04-14 | Author:The Dalai Lama [Lama, Dalai]

The terms ultimate and conventional are also found employed in the Sublime Continuum, in relation to taking refuge in the Three Jewels.22 Here, they denote ultimate and conventional refuge, ultimate ...

epub |eng | 2020-04-07 | Author:Tenzin Priyadarshi & Zara Houshmand [Priyadarshi, Tenzin & Houshmand, Zara]

* * * • While I was staying with Sasaki at the temple in Sarnath, my father came to visit. He said he had business in Varanasi but clearly he ...

epub |eng | | Author:Lama Zopa Rinpoche

CONCENTRATION ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH Many traditions have a practice of concentration; it is not just a Buddhist teaching. For instance, the Hindu religion places great emphasis on samadhi meditations, ...

epub |eng | 2013-03-11 | Author:Gray Tuttle

Chapter 22 EXPERIENCE, EMPIRICISM, AND THE FORTUNES OF AUTHORITY TIBETAN MEDICINE AND BUDDHISM ON THE EVE OF MODERNITY Janet Gyatso Where can one draw the line between the authority of ...

epub |eng | | Author:Mikel Dunham

WANGDU’S TEAM DESCENDED ON A HILLSIDE FORESTED WITH PINES. Thousands of Chinese were known to be in the area. The team hid their excess equipment and climbed to the top ...

epub |eng | 2014-09-22 | Author:Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, Padmasambhava Guru Rinpoche, Chokgyur Lingpa, Lama Pema Tashi Putsi

THE THREE PRINCIPLES OF VISUALIZATION The vital essence of development stage is summarized in three principles: vivid presence, pure recollection, and stable pride. Vivid presence means that your visualization is ...

epub |eng | 2013-11-29 | Author:Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche & Orgyen Topgyal Rinpoche & Lama Putsi [Urgyen Rinpoche, Tulku]

Samantabhadra and Consort Dissolving Duality CONFERRING EMPOWERMENT If you were to zoom in on the peaceful or wrathful deities, you would see that in each of their heart centers is ...