Niguma Lady Of Illusion

Author : Sarah Harding
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 1559397403
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Niguma, Lady of Illusion written by Sarah Harding and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2011-01-16 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing a rare glimpse of feminine Buddhist history, Niguma, Lady of Illusion brings to the forefront the life and teachings of a mysterious eleventh-century Kashmiri woman who became the source of a major Tibetan Buddhist practice lineage. The circumstances of her life and extraordinary qualities ascribed to her are analyzed in the greater context of spiritual biography and Buddhist doctrine. More than a historical presentation, Niguma's story raises the question of women as real spiritual leaders versus male images of feminine principle and other related contemporary issues. This volume includes the thirteen works that have been attributed to Niguma in the Tibetan Buddhist canon. These collected works form the basis of an ancient lineage Shangpa, which continues to be actively studied and practiced today. These works include the source verses for such esoteric practices as the Six Yogas, the Great Seal, and the Chakrasamvara and Hevajra tantric practices that are widespread in Tibetan traditions. Also included is the only extant biography, which is enhanced by the few other sources of information on her life and work.

Author : Sarah Harding
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 0834829088
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Machik's Complete Explanation written by Sarah Harding and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2013-05-14 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fear, anger, and negativity are states that each of us have to contend with. Machik's Complete Explanation, the most famous book of the teachings of Machik Lapdrön, the great female saint and yogini of eleventh- to twelfth-century Tibet, addresses these issues in a practical, direct way. Machik developed a system, the Mahamudra Chöd, that takes the Buddha's teachings as a basis and applies them to the immediate experiences of negative mind states and malignant forces. Her unique feminine approach is to invoke and nurture the very "demons" that we fear and hate, transforming those reactive emotions into love. It is the tantric version of developing compassion and fearlessness, a radical method of cutting through ego-fixation. This expanded edition includes Machik Lapdrön's earliest known teaching, the original source text for the tradition, The Great Bundle of Precepts on Severance (Chöd). This pithy set of instructions reveals that the teachings of the perfection of wisdom are the true inspiration for Chöd. It is beautifully clarified in a short commentary by Rangjung Dorje, the Third Karmapa.

Author : Jamgon Kongtrul
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0861718208
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Creation and Completion written by Jamgon Kongtrul and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creation and Completion represents some of the most profound teachings of Jamgon Kongtrul (1813-99), one of the true spiritual and literary giants of Tibetan history. Though brief, it offers a lifetime of advice for all who wish to engage in-and deepen-the practice of tantric Buddhist meditation. The original text, beautifully translated and introduced by Sara Harding, is further brought to life by an in-depth commentary by the contemporary master Thrangu Rinpoche. Key Tibetan Buddhist fundamentals are quickly made clear, so that the reader may confidently enter into tantra's oft-misunderstood "creation" and "completion" stages. In the creation stage, practitioners visualize themselves in the form of buddhas and other enlightened beings in order to break down their ordinary concepts of themselves and the world around them. This meditation practice prepares the mind for engaging in the completion stage, where one has a direct encounter with the ultimate nature of mind and reality.

Author : Sanje Elliott
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 086171699X
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tibetan Calligraphy written by Sanje Elliott and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-01-03 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Tibetan Calligraphy, Sanje Elliott shows us how to capture the elegance and grace of Tibetan calligraphy without prior knowledge of either Tibetan language or calligraphy. This beautiful book includes many prayers, mantras, and seed syllables to copy and study. Perfect for practitioners, artists, and anyone interested in the Tibetan language.

Author : Namtrul Jigme Phuntsok
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 0834841789
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Inseparable across Lifetimes written by Namtrul Jigme Phuntsok and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2019-02-26 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A true story of love, separation, and rediscovery in a time of cultural and spiritual upheaval in Tibet. An inspiring and intimate tale set against the turmoil of recent Tibetan history, Inseparable across Lifetimes offers for the first time the translations of love letters between two modern Buddhist visionaries. The letters are poetic, affectionate, and prophetic, articulating a hopeful vision of renewal that drew on their past lives together and led to their twenty-year partnership. This couple played a significant role in restoring Buddhism in the region of Golok once China’s revolutionary fervor gave way to reform. Holly Gayley, who was given their correspondence by Namtrul Rinpoche himself, has translated their lives and letters in order to share their remarkable story with the world.

Author : Sarah H. Jacoby
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231147686
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Love and Liberation written by Sarah H. Jacoby and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2014-09-16 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love and Liberation reads the autobiographical and biographical writings of one of the few Tibetan Buddhist women to record the story of her life. Sera Khandro DewŽ DorjŽ (1892Ð1940) was extraordinary not only for achieving religious mastery as a Tibetan Buddhist visionary and guru to many lamas, monastics, and laity in the Golok region of eastern Tibet, but also for her candor. This book listens to Sera KhandroÕs conversations with deities, dakinis, bodhisattvas, lamas, and fellow religious community members and investigates the concerns and sentiments relevant to the author and to those for whom she wrote. Sarah H. JacobyÕs analysis focuses on the status of the female body in Sera KhandroÕs texts, the virtue of celibacy versus the expediency of sexuality for religious purposes, and the difference between profane lust and sacred love between male and female Tantric partners. Her findings add new dimensions to our understanding of Tibetan Buddhist consort practice, complicating standard scriptural presentations of a male subject and a female aide. Sera Khandro depicts herself and her guru and consort, DrimŽ zer, as inseparable embodiments of insight and method that together form the Vajrayana Buddhist vision of complete buddhahood. By advancing this complementary sacred partnership, Sera Khandro carved a place for herself as a female virtuoso in the male-dominated sphere of early twentieth-century Tibetan religion.

Author : Glenn H. Mullin
Publisher : Snow Lion
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Practice of the Six Yogas of Naropa written by Glenn H. Mullin and published by Snow Lion. This book was released on 2006-07-10 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revised edition of: Readings on the Six Yogas of Naropa, 1997.

Author : E. Gene Smith
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0861711793
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Among Tibetan Texts written by E. Gene Smith and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2001-06-15 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For three decades, E. Gene Smith ran the Library of Congress's Tibetan Text Publication Project of the United States Public Law 480 (PL480) - an effort to salvage and reprint the Tibetan literature that had been collected by the exile community or by members of the Bhotia communities of Sikkim, Bhutan, India, and Nepal. Smith wrote prefaces to these reprinted books to help clarify and contextualize the particular Tibetan texts: the prefaces served as rough orientations to a poorly understood body of foreign literature. Originally produced in print quantities of twenty, these prefaces quickly became legendary, and soon photocopied collections were handed from scholar to scholar, achieving an almost cult status. These essays are collected here for the first time. The impact of Smith's research on the academic study of Tibetan literature has been tremendous, both for his remarkable ability to synthesize diverse materials into coherent accounts of Tibetan literature, history, and religious thought, and for the exemplary critical scholarship he brought to this field.

Author : Raṅ-byuṅ-rdo-rje (Karma-pa III)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781559394161
Total Pages : 704 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Profound Inner Principles written by Raṅ-byuṅ-rdo-rje (Karma-pa III) and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Nicole Riggs
Publisher : Charma Cloud
ISBN 13 : 9780970563903
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Like an Illusion written by Nicole Riggs and published by Charma Cloud. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: