The power-places of Central Tibet: The pilgrim's guide

Keith Dowman

Routledge& Kegan Paul

In Tibetan Buddhism, Mahamudra represents a perfected level of meditative realization: it is the inseparable union of wisdom and compassion, of emptiness and skillful means. These eighty-four masters, some historical, some archetypal, accomplished this practice in India where they lived between the eighth and twelfth centuries. Leading unconventional lives, the siddhas include some of the greatest Buddhist teachers; Tilopa, Naropa, and Marpa among them. Through many years of study, Keith Dowman has collected and translated their songs of realization and the legends about them. In consultation with contemporary teachers, he gives a commentary on each of the Great Adepts and culls from available resources what we can know of their history. Dowman's extensive Introduction traces the development of tantra and discusses the key concepts of the Mahamudra. In a lively and illuminating style, he unfolds the deeper understandings of mind that the texts encode. His treatment of the many parallels to contemporary psychology and experience makes a valualbe contribution to our understanding of human nature.

Masters of Mahamudra: Songs and Histories of the Eighty-Four Buddhist Siddhas (Suny Series in Buddhist Studies)

Abhayadatta

Biographies & Memoirs

State University of New York Press

Mahamudra lA m&#7897;t thu&#7853;t ng&#7919; &#273;&#7875; ch&#7881; phAp tu t&#7889;i th&#432;&#7907;ng c&#7911;a M&#7853;t tOng nh&#7857;m &#273;&#7841;t t&#7899;i &#273;&#7841;o qu&#7843; vO th&#432;&#7907;ng, t&#7913;c Ph&#7853;t tInh; t&#7921; thAn ph&#7843;p mOn nAy lA c&#7913;u cAnh r&#7889;t rAo. Theo ngh&#297;a c&#7911;a t&#7915; nguyEn, Maha lA to l&#7899;n, Mudra lA d&#7845;u &#7845;n. Nh&#432; v&#7853;y, Mahamudra t&#7913;c &#272;&#7841;i th&#7911; &#7845;n. &#272;&#7841;i th&#7911; &#7845;n v&#7915;a lA ph&#432;&#417;ng ti&#7879;n thi&#7879;n x&#7843;o, v&#7915;a lA c&#7913;u cAnh r&#7889;t rAo. TAm m&#432;&#417;i t&#432; v&#7883; &#273;&#7841;i s&#432; trong tAc ph&#7849;m nAy lA nh&#7919;ng v&#7883; t&#7893; s&#432; c&#7911;a phAi &#272;&#7841;i th&#7911; &#7845;n truy&#7873;n th&#7889;ng, s&#7889;ng trong th&#7901;i k&#7923; t&#7915; th&#7871; k&#7927; th&#7913; 8 &#273;&#7871;n th&#7871; k&#7927; 12. Nh&#7919;ng thi&#7873;n s&#432; nAy &#273;A hInh thAnh vA sAng t&#7841;o nh&#7919;ng ph&#432;&#417;ng cAch thi&#7873;n &#273;&#7883;nh &#273;&#7863;c thU &#273;&#7875; t&#7921; tu t&#7853;p vA giAc ng&#7897;. V&#7873; sau, cAc mOn &#273;&#7891; c&#7911;a h&#7885; c&#361;ng &#273;A thAnh cOng khi Ap d&#7909;ng nh&#7919;ng ph&#432;&#417;ng cAch thi&#7873;n &#273;&#7883;nh nAy. CAc b&#7853;c thi&#7873;n s&#432; &#272;&#7841;i th&#7911; &#7845;n khi ng&#7897; &#273;&#432;&#7907;c chAn tInh thI &#273;&#432;&#7907;c g&#7885;i lA &#272;&#7841;i thAnh t&#7921;u gi&#7843; (Mahasiddha). TAc ph&#7849;m nAy &#273;&#432;&#7907;c rUt t&#7881;a t&#7915; kinh v&#259;n TAy T&#7841;ng, g&#7885;i lA Truy&#7873;n thuy&#7871;t v&#7873; tAm m&#432;&#417;i t&#432; v&#7883; thAnh t&#259;ng (Grub thob brgyad bcu tsa bzhi'i lo rgyus) &#273;&#432;&#7907;c &#273;Anh giA r&#7845;t cao vI tInh s&#7917; li&#7879;u vA c&#7909; th&#7875; c&#7911;a cAc ph&#432;&#417;ng phAp tu t&#7853;p mA nh&#7919;ng &#273;&#7841;i thi&#7873;n s&#432; nAy &#273;A Ap d&#7909;ng vA thAnh t&#7921;u. Tr&#432;&#7899;c h&#7871;t, v&#7873; m&#7863;t l&#7883;ch s&#7917; cO m&#7897;t s&#7889; m&#7849;u chuy&#7879;n k&#7875; v&#7873; cAc thi&#7873;n s&#432; ki&#7879;t xu&#7845;t vA cO th&#7853;t trong l&#7883;ch s&#7917; Ph&#7853;t giAo nh&#432; cAc ngAi Nagarjuna, Sahara, Luipa, Virupa... v&#7899;i phAp l&#7921;c, th&#7847;n thOng vA trI tu&#7879; xu&#7845;t chUng c&#7911;a cAc ngAi. Nh&#7919;ng m&#7849;u chuy&#7879;n thU v&#7883; cO tInh cAch gi&#7843;i trI nAy l&#7841;i lA m&#7897;t ki&#7875;u sAch giAo khoa c&#7911;a cAc dOng tu M&#7853;t tOng &#7844;n &#272;&#7897;, &#273;&#432;&#7907;c b&#7853;c th&#7847;y truy&#7873;n l&#7841;i cho cAc mOn &#273;&#7891; t&#7915; th&#7871; k&#7927; nAy sang th&#7871; k&#7927; khAc. Th&#7913; hai, thOng qua nh&#7919;ng truy&#7873;n thuy&#7871;t v&#7873; cAc &#273;&#7841;o s&#432; nAy, chUng ta cO th&#7875; lAnh h&#7897;i cAc m&#7849;u chuy&#7879;n &#273;O nh&#432; nh&#7919;ng phUng d&#7909; (allegory) mA trong &#273;O cAc giai tho&#7841;i (anectote) cO nh&#7919;ng nEt t&#432;&#417;ng &#273;&#7891;ng vA tInh &#7849;n d&#7909; dUng lAm ph&#432;&#417;ng ti&#7879;n khai tAm cho mOn &#273;&#7891; thu&#7897;c cAc dOng tu m&#7853;t. M&#7897;t s&#7889; truy&#7873;n thuy&#7871;t &#273;&#432;&#7907;c thu g&#7885;n l&#7841;i ch&#7881; bao g&#7891;m cAc chi ti&#7871;t v&#7873; ti&#7875;u s&#7917; vA cAc phAp thi&#7873;n &#273;&#7883;nh. Th&#7913; ba, b&#7903;i vI cAc truy&#7873;n thuy&#7871;t nAy &#273;&#432;&#7907;c vi&#7871;t l&#7841;i sau cAi ch&#7871;t c&#7911;a v&#7883; &#273;&#7841;o s&#432; cu&#7889;i cUng trong s&#7889; 84 v&#7883; nEn cO nh&#7919;ng sai sOt v&#7873; l&#7895;i chInh t&#7843; trong cAc b&#7843;n sao l&#7909;c vA &#7903; cAc di b&#7843;n kh&#7855;c g&#7895;. DU v&#7853;y, chUng ta v&#7851;n cO m&#7897;t l&#7883;ch s&#7917; t&#432;&#417;ng &#273;&#7889;i tr&#7885;n v&#7865;n v&#7873; tAm m&#432;&#417;i t&#432; v&#7883; thAnh t&#259;ng ki&#7879;t xu&#7845;t nAy.

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Buddhist Guide to the Power Places of the Kathmandu Valley

Vajra Publications

Maya Yoga is the title of Keith Dowman's translation of "finding Comfort and Ease in Enchantment" written by the inimitable Longchen Rabjampa. In the Nyingmapa School of Tibetan Buddhism, this text is considered second to none in its power to evoke the nature of the nondual reality of the Dzogchen view. With poetic mastery, Longchenpa provides the precepts that can instantly illuminate the buddha-reality that is our ordinary everyday experience. He asserts that we are presently under the spell of magical illusion and that by recognizing it we are instantaneously released from a conceptual cage into enchanting reality which is pure pleasure itself. That reality is maya, apparent yet absent, and the recognition of it in that state of natural relaxation is maya yoga. In this renowned atiyoga manual, we find the key to the natural mystical state that Dzogchen, the Great Perfection, constantly evokes.

Maya Yoga: Longchenpa’s Finding Comfort and Ease in Enchantment

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Exercise & Fitness

This famous seminal text of radical Dzogchen provides a profound yet simple poetic statement of how it is to immerse oneself in the matrix of the now and recognize buddha. It is the personal statement of a peerless yogin-adept. Certainly the magic of his poetry impresses us that way and surely this Treasury of the Dharmadhatu, the Choyingdzo, reveals the consummation of Dzogchen.In it we are assured that over and above all the yogas and dhyanas of Hindustan, all the ritual and magic of Tibet and all the quasi-religious new-age therapies of the West there exists a simple,timeless manner of being, easy of access, requiring no onerous technique or renunciate lifestyle, that can give us some constant satisfaction in this vale of laughter and tears between birth and dying.(From the Introduction by Keith Dowman)With Longchenpa, Dzogchen Ati reaches its most complete revelation; the Choyingdzo is?Longchenpa's most lucid and revealing statement of the vajra-heart;and Keith Dowman has made a fine translation.The pathless path of Dzogchen comes alive in this poetic exposition of the apex of Tibetan mysticism.(Bhakha Tulku Pema Rigdzin)As one who has grappled with this challenging, inspiring, wonderful text, I am delighted to see another attempt at conveying the great Longchenpa's definitive exposition on the Dzogchen approach of original purity.(Richard Barron,Lotsawa) The form of language, the translation, the use of poetic invention creates an atmosphere of understanding, as if a mahasiddha were writing in Oxford English with a touch of American slang. This is radical Dzogchen?not only in the actual teaching itself, but also in the quality of the translation that strikes the flint of idiom to create sparks of wisdom that reveal the whole hologram.(John Tischer,Poet)

Spaciousness: The Radical Dzogchen of the Vajra-Heart (Longchenpa's Treasury of the Dharmadhatu)

Vajra Books

Nepal Mandal : A Pilgrims guide to the Kathmandu Valley

(Foreword by Bhakha Tulku Pema Rigdzin) 'The five texts translated from Tibetan into English in this book are considered the first transmission of Dzogchen Ati to Tibet (Snga 'gyur lnga). They constitute the root and essence of Dzogchen in Tibet -- basic, raw Dzogchen precepts, appropriately styled 'radical Dzogchen'. This is the special, extraordinary teaching of our Nyingma lineage. The great masters have all attained realization through Dzogchen, contemporary masters all owe their status to Dzogchen, and any attainment in the future will be based on the precepts of Dzogchen Ati.'

Eye of the Storm: Bairotsana's Original Transmissions

Dzogchen is the apotheosis of Tibetan Buddhism and Longchenpa is the pre-eminent master of Dzogchen and one of Tibet's greatest mystical poets. The verses of his Treasury of Natural Perfection (Gnas lugs mdzod) written in the fourteenth century encompass and epitomize the radical precepts of Dzogchen while his auto-commentary elaborates their meaning through a concise prose paraphrase and with illustrative quotations from the Collection of Tantras of the Ancients (Rnying ma rgyud 'bum). Transcending the Tibetan context, Longchenpa delivers a manual of wisdom for all people at all times and shows why the western world has turned to Tibet for its mystical inspiration during the last half century. This transmission of timeless wisdom of the Ancients of Tibet should take its place amongst the world's religious classics. Through the precept 'nonaction' - which is savoured like 'an old man basking in the sun' - Dzogchen teaches the natural perfection of all our experience, and all our lives, just as it is, without need of any alteration. This discipline provides the key not only to our inner enlightenment but to the health and survival of our planet.

Old Man Basking in the Sun: Longchenpa's Treasury of Natural Perfection

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