Sangyes Nyenpa

Tilopa's Mahamudra Upadesha (eBook, ePUB)

The Gangama Instructions with Commentary
Übersetzer: Molk, David

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

All lineages of Mahamudra meditation have their source in a verse teaching—a "song of realization"—sung by the Mahasiddha Tilopa to his disciple Naropa on the banks of the Ganges River more than a thousand years ago. Since that time, the meaning of Tilopa's instructions has been passed directly from master to disciple in a continuous stream that exists unbroken to this day. This book offers the reader a rare glimpse into the Mahamudra oral transmission, given in a traditional Tibetan context by one of the lineage's most learned and accomplished contemporary masters. Mahamudra meditation, while highly advanced, is yet simple, practical, and accessible for anyone, because what is identified and meditated upon is the very nature of one's own mind. In Sangyes Nyenpa Rinpoche's words, "The distinction between deception and liberation lies in whether we understand the ever-present nature of our own mind or not. Knowing our own face is liberation; not knowing our own face is samsara. This is not something far distant from us." The instructions are ideal for Westerners because the root text is manageable and Rinpoche has provided an outline of his own composition that makes it easily understandable. He explains terminology with frequent comparisons between Dzogchen and Mahamudra, quotes prolifically from scripture, gives clear examples, and generally cajoles, admonishes, and encourages his listeners to be true to their own spiritual path.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Shambhala
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780834829749
• Artikelnr.: 46168163

Autorenporträt

The Tenth SANGYES NYENPA RINPOCHE was born into a family of practitioners at the temple of Paro Taktsang in Bhutan. Recognized by His Holiness the Sixteenth Karmapa and educated at Rumtek, Sikkim, Sangyes Nyenpa Rinpoche is one of the Kagyu lineage's most accomplished and respected reincarnated teachers (tulkus). He is based in Kathmandu, Nepal, directs centers in Europe and Asia, and teaches worldwide. DAVID MOLK studied Tibetan language at Venerable Geshe Rabten's Institute for Higher Tibetan Studies in Mont-Pèlerin, Switzerland. Since 1987 he has interpreted and translated for many Tibetan lamas. He lives in Big Sur, California.

Inhaltsangabe

Blessing by His Holiness the Seventeenth Karmapa
Preface by Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche
Introduction by David Molk
The Ganga Mahamudra of Tilopa: The Root Text in Tibetan and English
1. The Meaning of the Name
2. Translator's Homage
3. The Promise to Impart the Essence Instructions
4. The Actual Instructions: Mahamudra Transcends Terms and Concepts
5. Meditation within the Unfabricated State
6. How to Settle in the Original State without Modification
7. How the Movement of Thought Is Purified on the Spot
8. The Essential Mode of Existence Is Not Something or Nothing
9. Samsaric Phenomena Do Not Stain the Essence of the Mind
10. Expanding upon That Meaning
11. Showing How to Practice with Body, Speech, and Mind
12. Summary of the Previous Points
13. This Essential Meaning Cannot Be Seen through View, Meditation, and
Action That Make Assertions
14. The Realization of Reality Without Mental Activity and the Capacity to
Transcend Samsara and Nirvana
15. Urging of Compassion for Beings Who Have Not Realized It Thus
16. The Essential Meaning of This
17. How to Practice This
18. How It Transcends Intellect
19. View, Meditation, Action, and Results
20. The Result Abides in Spontaneity without Hope and Fear
21. How Experience Arises from Correct Practice
22. How to Dispel Obstacles
23. Revealing the Path to That
Notes
Selected Bibliography