Download or read book Ng ndro written by Ole Nydahl and published by Blue Dolphin Publishing. This book was released on 1990 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These preliminary practices of Tibetan Buddhism are methods which allow us, most efficiently, to purify negativity and accumulate merit. They bring forth our fullest potential, while removing the veils which keep us from experiencing and expressing our Enlightened nature.
Download or read book The Preliminary Practices of Tibetan Buddhism written by Rabten Geshe and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Preliminary Practices written by Geshe Rabten and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A verbally transmitted teaching elucidating the "ordinary" as well as the "extraordinary" practices which are prerequisites for anyone embarking on higher meditations. The explanation\on is based on a text by the Duk-pa Kagyud Lama, Padma Karpo.
Download or read book Not for Happiness written by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2012-10-16 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of What Makes You Not a Buddhist comes a fresh look at the foundations of Tibetan Buddhist practice, with practical advice and guidance for the modern practitioner Do you practice meditation because you want to feel good? Or to help you relax and be “happy”? Then frankly, according to Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse, you are far better off having a full-body massage than trying to practice the Dharma. Genuine spiritual practice, not least the Ngöndro preliminaries, will not bring the kind of comfort and ease most worldly people crave. Quite the opposite, in fact. But if your ultimate goal is enlightenment, Ngöndro practice is a must, and Not for Happiness your perfect guide, as it contains everything an aspiring practitioner needs to get started, including advice about: • Developing “renunciation mind” • Discipline, meditation and wisdom • Using your imagination in visualization practice • Why you need a guru
Download or read book Entrance to the Great Perfection written by and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2010-02-16 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blending contemporary and traditional perspectives, this groundbreaking work offers guidance on the profound foundational practices of the Great Perfection. It contains classic commentaries by the renowned Tibetan masters Jigme Lingpa and Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, alongside a lively contemporary discussion by filmmaker, author, and spiritual teacher Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse that discusses how to incorporate these ancient practices into the fast-paced lifestyle of the Western world. Also included are a lengthy introduction to the world of Tibetan Buddhism and its meditative practices, as well as the long and short preliminary practice liturgies and numerous appendices on the nine yanas and other topics. The ngöndro or preliminary practice is treasured in the Ancient School of Tibetan Buddhism as vital for effecting a profound inner transformation and as a foundation for the very highest teachings of the Great Perfection, or Dzogchen. In particular, the Longchen Nyingtik ngöndro—revealed by the great saint Jigme Lingpa following a series of visions in which he was blessed by the omniscient Longchen Rabjam and received the transmission of his wisdom mind—has long been cherished by followers of all traditions on account of its power, depth, and poetic beauty.
Download or read book A Torch Lighting the Way to Freedom written by Dudjom Rinpoche and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2016-12-06 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teachings on the foundational practices of Tibetan Buddhism by a renowned and beloved master--now in paperback. In this book, Dudjom Rinpoche explains a key text attributed to Padmasambhava, the great Indian meditation master credited with bringing the Buddha's teachings to Tibet. The instructions here are clear, direct, and personal, illuminating the heart of Vajrayana Buddhist practice and philosophy. Included is the root text ("The Heart Essence of the Dakini") by Padmasambhava and the commentary by Dudjom Rinpoche. Of interest to practitioners of all schools of Tibetan Buddhism.
Download or read book The Preliminary Practices of Tibetan Buddhism written by Rabten and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ng ndro written by Ole Nydahl and published by Blue Dolphin Publishing. This book was released on 1990 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These preliminary practices of Tibetan Buddhism are methods which allow us, most efficiently, to purify negativity and accumulate merit. They bring forth our fullest potential, while removing the veils which keep us from experiencing and expressing our Enlightened nature.
Download or read book The Preliminary Practice of Dorje Khadro eBook written by Lama Zopa Rinpoche and published by FPMT. This book was released on 2019-07-26 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Making burning offerings to Dorje Khadro (Vajradaka) is considered to be "a golden Dharma" passed directly from Manjushri to Lama Tsongkhapa. It was one of Lama Tsongkhapa's heart practices and, as such, has a special connection with the Gelug lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. The practice of Dorje Khadro comes highly praised for its power to purify negative karma in general, but especially for its ability to purify obstacles caused by broken vows and samaya related to highest yoga tantra. It also assists us in assembling the most conducive conditions for success in long retreats. This practice is encouraged as a powerful way to help those who are sick or dying and as a method to readily clear the mind of challenging disturbing emotions. The collection provides everything one needs to be able to do the complete ngöndro of Dorje Khadro, the recitation of the principal mantra 100,000 times coupled with extensive visualization and prayers. The book's practice section includes the Dorje Khadro practice text, Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga and lam-rim and dedication prayers. In addition, the book contains teachings that contribute to a student's understanding of how to best engage in this practice. A precise commentary from Geshe Lama Konchog, an inspiring teaching from Lama Zopa Rinpoche based on a commentary written by Panchen Losang Chökyi Gyältsen, and a unique teaching from Lama Yeshe comprise the commentary section. The book's advice section includes guidelines for how to use the materials to complete the preliminary practice, either as a full-time retreat or as a daily practice. "Offering the burning puja to Dorje Khadro is one of the very profound practices for purification, regarded as a golden Dharma, a precious one. It is Lama Tsongkhapa's heart practice, and his followers practice it knowing it to be extremely beneficial." – Lama Zopa Rinpoche 148 pages, 2012 edition.
Download or read book Awakening Wisdom written by Pema Wangyal and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2023-02-28 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A clear, short, and delightful guide to practicing Vajrayana Buddhism, covering everything a beginner needs to know to get started, including instructions on the Vajrayana preliminary practices. If you are new to Tibetan Buddhism, this short work will help you get started with your practice, and if you are well steeped in these teachings, it will remind you of the essentials points. Framed as a commentary on the Tersar Ngondro by Dudjom Rinpoche, Awakening Wisdom is geared toward connecting people with practice. Part I covers motivation, posture and breathing, mantra practice, and the four reflections that turn the mind toward Buddhist practice. Part II covers mantras and tonglen, the compassion practice that helps us connect to the suffering of others. Part III provides guidance about the preliminary practices themselves: the practice of the threefold refuge; generating the altruistic mind, or bodhichitta; purification practice; mandala offering; and Guru Yoga, explaining how each practice is the antidote to a particular cause of suffering, or “poison.” Part III also includes precious guidance about the Vajra Guru mantra and the transference of consciousness at the moment of death. While these may seem like technical subjects—and this is indeed a traditional presentation—Pema Wangyal’s writing is suffused with warmth and tenderness, making this book quite accessible and inviting to beginners.
Download or read book Tibetan Buddhism written by Khenpo Sodargye and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2024-01-16 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your genuine, go-to overview of Tibetan Buddhism from a leading contemporary teacher who has traversed the wisdom path This guide shares Tibetan Buddhist insight and tools that will benefit everyone in transforming their mind. Khenpo Sodargye, who has attracted hundreds of thousands of students worldwide with his concise, easy-to-follow teaching style, sketches the big picture of the Mahayana path in straightforward language with stories relevant to everyday life. He draws on authentic texts and teachings by renowned Buddhist masters to explain complex concepts like: The Four Dharma Seals Faith Bodhichitta The Three Supreme Methods The Two Truths Rebirth and karma Spiritual teachers The Great Perfection This book introduces a systematic approach to studying Mahayana Buddhism. Through proper listening, contemplating, and meditating, we can generate the wisdom that enables us to transform suffering and happiness into enlightenment and to cultivate the compassion that inspires us to bring enlightenment to everyone, which is the essence of Mahayana Buddhism. This book is the perfect companion for anyone wanting to learn more about the basics of Mahayana Buddhism or to strengthen the foundations of their spiritual practice.
Download or read book The Preliminary Practices written by Geshe Rabten and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Commentary on meditation practices of Padma-dkar-po, B̓rug-chen IV, 1527-1592, a polymath of the Drukpa Kargyudpa sect of Tibetan Lamaism, by a follower of Gelukpa tradition.
Download or read book Great Perfection written by Dzogchen Rinpoche and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2008-01-15 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism, the Great Perfection is considered the most profound and direct path to enlightenment. The instructions of this tradition present a spiritual shortcut—a radically direct approach that cuts through confusion and lays bare the mind's true nature of luminous purity. For centuries, these teachings have been taught and practiced in secret by some of the greatest adepts of the Buddhist tradition. Great Perfection: Outer and Inner Preliminaries contains detailed instructions on the foundational practices of this tradition, from "The Excellent Chariot," a practice manual compiled by the Third Dzogchen Rinpoche. Distilling the teachings of the Heart Essence of the Dakinis into an accessible, easy-to-practice format, The Excellent Chariot leads the reader through the entire Buddhist path, starting with basic Buddhist contemplations that work to dislodge deeply ingrained patterns of thinking and behaving, and continuing on to the most advanced and secret meditative practices of the Great Perfection. The teachings in this volume are drawn largely from the writings of the great Nyingma master Longchenpa and the root texts of the Heart Essence of the Dakinis itself. The Third Dzogchen Rinpoche begins by discussing the correct way to study and practice the Great Perfection teachings before presenting an overview of the Great Perfection lineage and an explanation on the meaning and importance of empowerment. In the chapters that follow, he presents practical instructions on the outer and inner preliminaries, the so-called "ngöndro" practices. These practices enable the practitioner to transform and purify the mind, preparing it for the advanced Great Perfection meditation of Trekchö and Tögal, the breakthrough and direct leap. In addition to the translation mentioned above, Great Perfection: Outer and Inner Preliminaries contains a beautiful introduction by the Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, a contemporary Great Perfection master, and an extensive glossary of key Great Perfection terminology.
Download or read book Ngondro Commentary written by Jane Tromge and published by . This book was released on 2004-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: he ngondro practices in Tibetan Buddhism establish the foundation for the entire Vajrayana path they are as fundamental to the practitioner’s development as the alphabet is to the written language. Among the preliminaries of the various lineages, the Dudjom Tersar Ngondro of the Nyingma tradition is possibly the most concise.
Download or read book The Preliminary Practice of the Dzogchen Longchen Nyingtik written by Longchen Ngondro and published by . This book was released on 2019-02-10 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the authentic teachings of the Hundred Thousand Doctrine of the Great Master Jigme Lingpa, Lama Jigme Rinpoche has brought this key practice to us. The Benefits of the Longchen Nyingtik Ngondro:- Before you do something in your Dharma Practice, it is of the most importance to practice the Ngondro. Before you can accomplish any form of the 4 activities [Pacifying, Increasing, Magnetization or Subjugation] you have to finish your daily Ngondro.- You will gain realization through the 4 Empowerments in Guru Yoga, though this you will have the strength to benefit others. However without it, it will be difficult.- The Ngondro is indispensable, without it you will have no foundation from which to hold your practice. A strong foundation is like having strong walls in a house, if you jump around from practice to practice and not focus on the Ngondro then your house will be weak and will eventually fall over.- Ngondro can help you realize emptiness or Dzogchenpo (The Great Perfection)- Gives you your daily empowerment to practice Ati Yoga (Dzogchen) practices.- Through the practice of the Ngondro, diligent and fortunate practitioners can achieve enlightenment after just six months of practice, the Ngondro covers all the fundamental yet essential preliminary practices that are necessary to enter the ultimate realization, etc.- Having a focused Ngondro practice will allow you to remember and see your past 3 lives.- You should treat this book as Dharma (the Buddha's teachings). And you should treat any form of Dharma with the most respect. Never touch it the ground, try to keep it in a high clean place, it is good to keep on your altar. After using it you can touch it to your 3rd eye to accumulate merit. To not treat Dharma with respect can create negative karma.- This marks the end of the daily practice of the Longchen Nyingtik Ngondro.- The following section in this book is the Dharmapala Hayagriva practice.- Lama Jigme Rinpoche comes from the Nyingma tradition in Tibetan Buddhism and under the Longchen Nyingtik teachings from Jigme Lingpa.[This specific book was compiled with the help of the Venerable Lama Jigme Rinpoche's students Tenzin Wangden from Switzerland and Jacob Ewers from Las Vegas for the highest benefits of all sentient beings]Explanation on Visualization [Consider that the whole area where you are sitting is a beautiful paradise. Upon the bejeweled ground stands a wish-fulfilling tree with five main branches, adorned with abundant leaves, flowers and fruit, garlands of jewels, and tiny bells. It pervades the whole of space. In its center, upon a jeweled throne supported by lions and seats of multi-colored lotus, sun and moon, is the embodiment of all the buddhas--your own root master--in the form of Padmasambhava, and holding vajra and bell. He is in union with his consort Yeshe Tsogyal, who is white and holding a hooked knife and skull-cup. They are adorned with silk and bone ornaments. Above his head are the masters of the Dzogchen lineage, seated one above the other. On the branch in front are Sakyamuni Buddha and all the other buddhas of the three times, in nirmanakaya form. On the branch to the right is the Mahayana sangha, including the Eight Close Sons. On the branch to the left are Sariputra and Maudgalyayana, and the assembly of the noble sangha of sravakas. On the branch at the back is the Jewel of the Dharma in the form of stacks of books, red in colour. In the space in between, there is a great ocean-like gathering of oath-bound and karmic guardians that fills the whole area. Consider how all these deities have immeasurable qualities of wisdom, love and power, and are actually present as great guides who care for you]
Download or read book The Foundations of Tibetan Buddhism written by Kun-khyab-phrin-las and published by Snow Lion Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 2004 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Foundations of Tibetan Buddhism presents the fundamental practices of this tradition in a clear and easily accessible manner. Beginning with an overview of the Buddhist path, Kalu Rinpoche goes on to explain the preliminary practices of taking refuge, prostrations, Dorje Sempa purification meditation, mandala practice, guru yoga and the guru-disciple relationship. He then discusses the vows of the lay person, the bodhisattva, and the tantric practitioner. The book closes with a explanation of meditation both with and without an object and the key points of mahamudra meditation."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Download or read book The Gnostic Bible The Pistis Sophia Unveiled written by Samael Aun Weor and published by Glorian Publishing. This book was released on 2011-02-24 with total page 703 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “It came to pass, when Jesus had risen from the dead, that he passed eleven years discoursing with his disciples, and instructing them.” The Apostles wrote down what Jesus taught them during those eleven years, resulting in The Pistis Sophia, the most important Gnostic scripture. Includes an extensive commentary by Samael Aun Weor.
