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Practicing the Great Perfection

Instructions on the Crucial Points

By: Shechen Gyaltsap IV

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Practicing the Great Perfection

Instructions on the Crucial Points

By: Shechen Gyaltsap IV

A collection of essential instructions on the practice of Dzogchen, or The Great Perfection, from one of the great early 20th century Buddhist masters. Shechen Gyaltsap (1871-1926) was widely recognized as one of the greatest meditation masters and most compassionate bodhisattvas in the history of Tibetan Buddhism. He lived a life of complete devotion and commitment to monastic discipline and study, and became the root teacher of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, who said of Shechen Gyaltsap's teachings that they were "worth more than all the gold in the entire world." This collection, intended for the advanced Buddhist practitioner who has received initiation from a qualified master, provides the essential instructions of Dzogchen, or Great Perfection, practice. Written with a clear simplicity that belies their profundity, the teachings give practical and pointed advice on how students should meditate and behave in ordinary life. The work begins with an extensive reflection on the problem of self-clinging and the analytical meditation designed to uproot it, and proceeds to more specific instructions for the mind practice itself.

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A Chariot to Freedom

Guidance from the Great Masters on the Vajrayana Preliminary Practices

By: Shechen Gyaltsap IV,Shechen Gyaltsap Gyurme Pema Namgyal

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A Chariot to Freedom

Guidance from the Great Masters on the Vajrayana Preliminary Practices

By: Shechen Gyaltsap IV,Shechen Gyaltsap Gyurme Pema Namgyal

A unique commentary on the preliminary practices of Vajrayāna Buddhism, from a beloved Nyingma master. A Chariot to Freedom is one of the most beloved presentations of the preliminary practices, or ngöndro, that form the foundation of the Vajrayāna Buddhist path. This set of practices, common to all schools of Himalayan Buddhism, is what nearly every practitioner begins with, yet it also constitutes a complete method in and of itself. Although ngöndro are considered a prerequisite for further teachings and initiations into other practices, many of even the most accomplished masters continue to engage in them every day. Most of the other excellent works on these foundational techniques are specific to a particular tradition, but this text is widely considered to be exemplary, in part, because it is applicable to all traditions of ngöndro. Drawing from the original words of the Buddha in the sūtras and from later treatises by such masters as Nāgārjuna, Shāntideva, and Guru Padmasambhava, Shechen Gyaltsap’s commentary is a wonderfully curated anthology of Buddhist teachings on the preliminary practices of Vajrayāna Buddhism. It covers the thoughts that turn one’s mind away from ordinary pursuits and toward enlightenment, taking refuge, arousing the mind set on enlightenment (bodhichitta), purification, maṇḍala offering, and Guru Yoga. Shechen Gyaltsap explains why each practice is beneficial and provides profound and eminently useful guidance for practitioners, while simultaneously transmitting the wisdom of generations of Buddhist masters.

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1611804582

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Vajra Wisdom

Deity Practice in Tibetan Buddhism

By: Kunkyen Tenpe Nyima,Shechen Gyaltsap IV,Shechen Gyaltsap Gyurme Pema Namgyal

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Vajra Wisdom

Deity Practice in Tibetan Buddhism

By: Kunkyen Tenpe Nyima,Shechen Gyaltsap IV,Shechen Gyaltsap Gyurme Pema Namgyal

Vajra Wisdom contains two of the most important explanations of the "development stage" of meditation, relevant for most practitioners in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Now available in paperback for the first time. The practices of deity, mantra, and wisdom are also known within the Tibetan system as the “development stage," because the practitioner is said to attain spiritual insight by developing meditative visualizations that bring the experience of awakening directly into one's present life, without having to wait for later spiritual fulfillment. Vajra Wisdom presents the commentaries of two great nineteenth-century Nyingma masters, Kunkyen Tenpe Nyima and Shechen Gyaltsap IV, which guide practitioners engaged in development stage practice through a series of straightforward instructions. The rarity of this kind of material in English makes it indispensable for practitioners and scholars alike. The goal of the development stage of meditation in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition is to realize the inseparability of phenomena and great emptiness. Using the methods of deity visualization, mantra recitation, and meditative absorption, the practitioner arrives at this nonconceptual view.

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1559394404

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Zurchungpa's Testament

By: Dilgo Khyentse,Zurchung Sherab Trakpa,Shechen Gyaltsap IV,Shechen Gyaltsap Gyurme Pema Namgyal

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Zurchungpa's Testament

By: Dilgo Khyentse,Zurchung Sherab Trakpa,Shechen Gyaltsap IV,Shechen Gyaltsap Gyurme Pema Namgyal

Zurchungpa's Eighty Chapters of Personal Advice was the final teaching given by the great Nyingma master Zurchung Sherab Trakpa before he passed away. His counsels are the distillation of a lifetime's experience and comprise the practical instructions of a master who had made the teachings of the Great Perfection truly part of himself. The original text consists of almost 580 maxims, organized into eighty chapters covering the entire path of Dzogchen, from fundamental teachings on devotion and renunciation, through to a whole series of pith instructions that bring the Dzogchen view to life. Much of the meaning of these pithy, often cryptic, instructions could be lost on the reader without the help of the notes Shechen Gyaltsap Rinpoche provided in his annotated edition, which he based on the explanations he received from his own teacher, Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo. This book contains a complete detailed teaching on Zurchungpa's text by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, based on Shechen Gyaltsap's notes. Originally intended as essential instructions for a group of practitioners in three-year retreat, it will undoubtedly serve as an indispensable guide to anyone who seriously wishes to practice the Great Perfection. Zurchung Sherab Trakpa (1014-1074) was a key teacher in the Zur tradition, one of the handful of kama lineages through which the teachings of the Ancient Tradition were transmitted from master to disciple, beginning with Guru Padmasambhava and Vimalamitra, right down to the Nyingma masters of the present day. He was a learned scholar and accomplished meditation master who spent many years in retreat, practicing the teachings of the Great Perfection. Shechen Gyaltsap Rinpoche (1871-1926) was an important disciple of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo the Great and one of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche's root teachers. An accomplished meditator, he was also one of the most respected scholars of his day, whose writings fill thirteen volumes.

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Practicing the Great Perfection

Instructions on the Crucial Points

By: Shechen Gyaltsap IV

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Vajra Wisdom

Deity Practice in Tibetan Buddhism

By: Kunkyen Tenpe Nyima,Shechen Gyaltsap IV,Shechen Gyaltsap Gyurme Pema Namgyal

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Deity Practice in Tibetan Buddhism

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A Chariot to Freedom

Guidance from the Great Masters on the Vajrayana Preliminary Practices

By: Shechen Gyaltsap IV,Shechen Gyaltsap Gyurme Pema Namgyal

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A Chariot to Freedom

Guidance from the Great Masters on the Vajrayana Preliminary Practices

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A Practice of Padmasambhava

Essential Instructions on the Path to Awakening

By: Shechen Gyaltsap IV,Rinchen Dargye,Shechen Gyaltsap Gyurme Pema Namgyal

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A Practice of Padmasambhava

Essential Instructions on the Path to Awakening

By: Shechen Gyaltsap IV,Rinchen Dargye,Shechen Gyaltsap Gyurme Pema Namgyal

The Indian master Padmasambhava occupies a special place in the hearts of practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism. By bringing tantric Buddhism to Tibet from India, he inspired a movement of awakening that for centuries has brought countless practitioners to spiritual fulfillment. A Practice of Padmasambhava presents two practical and compelling works related to a visualization and mantra practice of Padmasambhava. This practice is based on the most important revelation of the renowned nineteenth-century treasure revealer Chokgyur Lingpa, Accomplishing the Guru's Mind: Dispeller of All Obstacles. These two works give an introduction to the preliminary trainings, outline the primary elements of visualization practice and mantra recitation, and supply a detailed explanation of the practice of Padmasambhava's wisdom aspect, Guru Vadisimha. Through practical step-by-step instructions on this deity, the reader is guided into the general world of tantric practice common to all of Tibetan Buddhism.

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Zurchungpa's Testament

By: Dilgo Khyentse,Zurchung Sherab Trakpa,Shechen Gyaltsap IV,Shechen Gyaltsap Gyurme Pema Namgyal

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Zurchungpa's Testament

By: Dilgo Khyentse,Zurchung Sherab Trakpa,Shechen Gyaltsap IV,Shechen Gyaltsap Gyurme Pema Namgyal

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