This book provides clear and deep explanations of how to uncover our inherent wisdom and compassion. The authors explain how our minds function and what our primordial nature is, they show us how to go about cultivating insight, bodhichitta, and devotion so that our true nature can manifest. It gives detailed instructions on how to meditate using the tantric techniques of visualization, mantra, and formless meditation. At the same time, it is simple and accessible, pointing out how we can see our fundamentally enlightened nature. This is a great introduction to Tibetan Buddhism by highly respected teachers from the Nyingmapa Vajrayana tradition.
Opening to Our Primordial Nature, Khenchen Palden Sherab, Snow Lion Publications, 2006, 136 Pages, $15.95
Khenchen Palden Sherab & Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche are founders and directors of Padmasambhava Buddhist Center, based at Padma Samye Ling in upstate New York. PBC includes over twenty local centers in the United States, Puerto Rico and Russia, as well as retreat centers and monastic institutions in the United States and India. The autors live at Padma Samye Ling in western upstate New York.
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Contents: Opening to Our Primordial Nature |
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Acknowledgments |
vii |
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Editor's Introduction |
ix |
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Taming the Mind
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1 |
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The Causes and Conditions of the Mind |
9 |
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The Primordial Nature |
19 |
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Taking Refuge |
27 |
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Training in Discipline, Concentration, and Wisdom |
31 |
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Cultivating Bodhichitta |
37 |
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Loving-kindness |
43 |
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The Power of Compassion |
47 |
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The Inseparability of Compassion and Emptiness |
51 |
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The Channels and Winds |
57 |
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Meditation Posture and Breath Purification |
63 |
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Meditating on the True Nature of the Mind |
69 |
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The Five Supports of Meditation |
73 |
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Shamatha and Vipashyana
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81 |
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Ngondro Practice |
87 |
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Vajrayana Meditation |
91 |
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The Tantric Tradition and Terma |
95 |
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Guru Padmasambhava |
99 |
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Guru Yoga Practice |
105 |
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Advice on Visualization |
111 |
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Questions and Answers |
117 |
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