Vivid Awareness: The Mind Instructions of Khenpo Gangshar
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| Rating | : | 4.26 (831 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1590308166 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche received this distillation of the essential points of Mahamudra from the renowned master Khenpo Gangshar, and he credits them with saving his life. "These instructions are exceptionally concise and easy to follow. They could save your life too—giving you the tools to stabilize the mind even in the most terrifying and challenging of circumstances."—Pema Chödrön, author of Taking the Leap"We are fortunate to have an actual disciple of Khenpo Gangshar who has mastered these teachings to both explain and demonstrate how enlightenment can manifest in our mind and in our life."—Sakyong Mipham, author of Ruling Your World
this book is a gem Massachusetts this book provides a useful and interesting description of Buddhist meditation practice at its highest levels. no doubt, the book is written first and foremost for the serious meditator, providing wise and useful instructions for looking into and resting in the mind essence. (there are other, significant parts of the book, but I believe the most important contribution lies in the author's extensive discussion of how to make the mind the object of one's awareness.) this is another example of the profound offerings coming from the meditation masters in the Tibetan Buddhist traditio. A Book Among Books This is a most remarkable book, a book among books. Thrangu Rinpoche is a very direct and pragmatic teacher but in this book he reaches new levels. Not sure how to get your attention on this. Perhaps this will make it clear:In the 1950s, Khenpo Gangshar was invited by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche to head up teaching at Trungpa's monastery Dutsi-Til, part of the Surmang monasteries in Kham, Tibet. During his stay there, Khenpo Gangshar became ill and died. Trungpa Rinpoche himself stood vigil over the corpse to determine when Khenpo Ganshar came out of Samadhi and his body could be pr. Deceptively powerful At first glance, Vivid Awareness feels a little bit simplistic and repetitive, but by book's end you find that you have been given a full outline of philosophy and practice in the entire Buddhist canon--from lesser vehicle Hinayana to tantric Dogchen. I've been studying various schools of Buddhism for thirty years as a serious amateur, but rarely have I seen a presentation that so clearly differentiates the various types of Buddhism and makes them understandable. Dogchen, one version of Tibetan tantric philosophy, is no easy thing to comprehend and practice, but this book is bril
He has founded numerous monasteries and nunneries, schools for Tibetan children, and medical clinics. . He has taught extensively throughout Europe, Asia, and the United States, and is the abbot of Gampo Abbey. Khenchen Thrangu was born in Tibet in 1933. He was appointed by the Dalai Lama to be the personal tutor for the Seventeenth Karmapa
They include contemplations on the ephemeral nature of both joy and suffering, meditations for resting the mind, and guidance for cultivating equanimity in any situation.. Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche was one of the grateful recipients of these teachings, which he regards as among the most important he has ever been given. The teaching consisted of the essential points of mahamudra and dzogchen, both view and practice, presented in a way that made them easy for anyone to use, even in the most difficult of circumstances. He transmits them here, for the benefit of all of us who strive to practice in challenging times. In the summer of 1957, the revered Buddhist teacher and scholar Khenpo Gangshar foresaw the difficulties that would soon fall upon Tibet and began teaching in a startling new way that enabled all those who heard him to use the coming difficulties as the path of Dharma practice