Mahasiddha Practice: From Mitrayogin and Other Masters, Jamgon Kongtrul

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Mahasiddha Practice: From Mitrayogin and Other Masters, Volume 16 (The Treasury of Precious Instructions)
By: Jamgon Kongtrul

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Author: Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye
Translator: The Padmakara Translation Group
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781611808933
Publication Date: Febr. 2022

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In this volume of The Treasury of Precious Instructions, Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye compiles teachings and practices by and about the renowned Indian Buddhist masters known as mahasiddhas, recognized in all eight practice lineages of Tibetan Buddhism.

The Treasury of Precious Instructions by Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye, one of Tibet's greatest Buddhist masters, is a shining jewel of Tibetan literature, presenting essential teachings from the entire spectrum of practice lineages that existed in Tibet. In its eighteen volumes, Kongtrul brings together some of the most important texts on key topics of Buddhist thought and practice while also authoring significant new sections of his own.

This volume presents a selection of teachings and practices centered on the mahasiddhas, Indian masters of tantric Buddhism, some of whom were of vital importance in transmitting the Vajrayana teachings to Tibet. The mahasiddha Mitrayogin, whose work forms the majority of this volume, visited Tibet in the late twelfth century. His ritual texts and instructions are translated from Tibetan, including sadhanas, empowerments, guru yogas, authorization rituals for protector deities, and detailed compositions on Mahamudra practice, or resting in the nature of mind.

In addition to instructions given by mahasiddhas, this volume includes ritual practices to visualize them and transmit their blessings, including a devotional text composed by Jamgon Kongtrul himself. This translation, which may be engaged as a practice manual, preserves ancient teachings significant to the literature and history of world religions.

Mahasiddha Practice: From Mitrayogin and Other Masters, Volume 16 (The Treasury of Precious Instructions); Jamgon Kongtrul; Snow Lion Publications; Hardcover; 832 pp; $39.95

CONTENTS: Mahasiddha Practice
Foreword by the Seventeenth Karmapa		ix
Series Introduction		xi
Translator's Introduction		xv
Technical Note		xxi

*Part One: The Eight Great Chariots of the Practice Lineage*
1.	The Source of All Blessings, Accomplishments, and Qualities	3

*Part Two: The Eighty-Four Mahasiddhas*
2.	The Stream of Accomplishment	49
3.	The Source of Accomplishments	99
4.	Collecting the Essence Drops of Accomplishment	145
5.	A Precious Necklace	165

*Part Three: Mitrayogin's Empowerments and Authorization Rituals for the Six Deities*
6.	A River of Great Compassion	213
7.	An Offering Arrangement for the Empowerment Ritual of Noble Avalokiteshvara, "The Glowing Jewel," together with the Revelation of the Mandala	249
8.	Authorization Ritual for Lord Majughosha	257
9.	A Mine of Blessings: Authorization Ritual for Lord Vajrapani	269
10.	Authorization Ritual for Lord Amitayus	279
11.	Authorization Ritual for Tara	289
12.	Authorization Ritual for Noble Jambhala	295
13.	Routing the Hordes of Obstacle Makers	305

*Part Four: Mitrayogin's Instructions on the Practices of the Six Deities*
14.	Vajra Verses on the Graded Path of Avalokiteshvara	315
15.	A Stream of Nectar	319
16.	A Banquet of Nectar	351
17.	The Luminous Golden Wand of Pith Instructions	389
18.	The Wheel of Ornaments of Gnosis That Makes Wisdom Grow	401
19.	The Spreading Rays of Light That Vanquish the Hordes of Demons	417
20.	Accomplishing the Immortal Vajra Body	439
21.	Liberation from the Perilous Path of Samsara	455
22.	A Shower of Accomplishments	471
23.	Ocean of Blessings	485
24.	Sadhana of the Dharma Protector Draklha Gonpo	589

*Part Five: Mitrayogin's Mahamudra Instructions*
25.	Resting in the Nature of One's Own Mind	499
26.	The Quintessence	505
27.	Correlations between the Root Verses of the Great Seal Text Resting in the Nature of Mind and the Scriptural Sources in the Sutras and Tantras	535
28.	Notes on Resting in the Nature of Mind	551
29.	Nectarous Moonbeams	569
30.	The Nectarous Light of the Words of the Teacher	573
31.	A Prayer to the Lineage Teachers of Resting in the Nature of Mind in the Places Associated with Them	589
32.	A Supplement for the [Visualization of the] Lineage Teachers in the Guru Yoga	595
33.	Thirty Verses Expressing Realization	599
34.	An Explanation of the Words of the Vajra Song Thirty Verses Expressing Realization	605
35.	Three Essential Introductions: A Pith Instruction That Is Like Distilled Ambrosia	623
36.	Cherished Essence: The Most Precious Pith Instruction, Also Called The Three-by-Three Pith Instruction	627
37.	The Root Vajra Verses of the Pith Instructions on the Three Quintessential Points	635
38.	Bestowal of the Supreme Blessings	639
39.	The Chariot of Supreme Accomplishment	643
40.	An Essential Recitation Text for the Daily practice of Mitrayogin's Tradition of the Great Compassionate One's Direct Instructions	651

Appendix		655
Abbreviations		661
Notes		663
Bibliography		689
Index		697

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