The Rigdzin Dupa, of Gathering of the Vidyadharas, is one of the most important practice texts in the Nyingma, or ancient, school of Tibetan Buddhism and is practiced by many tens of thousands of practitioners around the world. One of the most important sadhana cycles in the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism, the Rigdzin Dupa, or Gathering of the Vidyadharas, is practiced by tens of thousands of practitioners around the world. This inner guru practice focuses on Padmasambhava as the central figure and is one of the three root sadhanas of the Longchen Nyingtik treasure cycle revealed by the great Jigme Lingpa. This book will help readers mature their practice with invaluable instructions and commentary from some of the greatest Tibetan masters to have ever lived, including Patrul Rinpoche, Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye, and more.
This book is for those who have received the reading transmission for the Rigdzin Dupa. Until such time as you receive the transmission, you can keep it on your shrine. Gathering of Vidyadharas: Text and Commentaries on the Rigdzin Dupa, Jigme Lingpa, Patrul Rinpoche, Khenpo Chemchok, Snow Lion Publications, 2017, 288 pp, $34.95
JIGME LINGPA (1729-1798) was one of the greatest scholars and practiioners of the last 500 years, reinvigorating the Nyingma tradition. PATRUL RINPOCHE (1808-1887) was a prominent lineage master from eastern Tibet whose teachings and writings remain widely influential in the Nyingma lineage.
KHENPO CHEMCHOK was one of the great teachers of the early twentieth century whose students include Tulku Thondup.
GUILLAUME AVERTIN is a France-based translator with the Rigpa Sangha.
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| Contents: Gathering of Vidyadharas:
Text and Commentaries on the Rigdzin Dupa |
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| Foreward |
vii
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| Acknowledgments |
xiii
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| Introduction |
xv
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| Prayer to Rigdzen Jigme Lingpa
Invoking His Previous Incarnations by Jigme Lingpa |
1
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| The casket of siddhis: a recitation
manual for the Rigdzin Dupa by Jigme Lingpa |
3
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| The
crucial points of visualization for the Rigdzin Dupa long life practice
by Jigme Lingpa |
11
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| The words of the vidyadhara that
bestow the majesty of great bliss: notations on the Rigdzin Dupa, the
inner sadhana for the Longchen Nyingtik cycle by Khenpo Chemdok |
13
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| The
light of the sun and the moon--generation and perfection stages: notes
explaining the words of the Rigdzin Dupa, the inner sadhana for the
Longchen Nyingtik Cycle by Khangsar Tenpe Wangchuk |
95 |
| A clearly reflecting mirror: Chopon
activities for the Rigdzin Dupa the inner sadhana of the Longchen
Nyingtik Cycle by Patrul Rinpoche |
169 |
| The lotus garland adornment: a
practice arrangement easy to implement that links the different
elements of the "empowerment conferring majesty" the root empowerment
of the Rigdzen Dupa from the Longchen Nyingtik cycle by Jamgon Kongtrul
Lodro Taye |
177 |
| Appendix 1: The
thirty seven factors of enlightment |
191 |
| Appendix
2: A short Gyalto Practice for the altars of the
four kings by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo |
197 |
| Appendix 3:
Book outline by chapters |
201 |
| Glossary |
211 |
| Notes |
223 |
| Bibliography |
240 |
| Index |
247 |
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