The Seven-Line Prayer is the most majestic of all prayers to Guru Padmasambhava-the Buddha for our time. It has been cherished over the centuries as the most powerful way to invoke his blessings. How wonderful that we have this commentary, one of Mipham Rinpoche’s most inspiring works, to elucidate these sacred verses and reveal their profound meaning. -Sogyal Rinpoche, author of The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche’s Pema Karpo ...
Ner Mkhoi Chos Spyod Bzugs So = Daily Prayer Book: a Collection of Essential Daily Prayers
The Bodhicharyavatara, or Way of the Bodhisattva, composed by the eighth-century Indian master Shantideva, has occupied an important place in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition throughout its history. It is a guide to cultivating the mind of enlightenment through generating the qualities of love, compassion, generosity, and patience. In this commentary, Kunzang Pelden has compiled the pith instructions of his teacher Patrul Rinpoche, the celebrated author of The ...
Illuminating the Profound Path: The Liturgy for the Preliminary Practices of The Essence of Accomplishment, the Sadhana of the Guru’s Heart: Taken From the Rangjung Pema Nyingtik
Life is fragile, like a dewdrop poised on the tip of a blade of grass carried away by the first breath of the morning breeze. A sincere desire to practice the Dharma is not enough. Do not wait passively for the wind of death to carry away all your plans before you have got around to them. How to practice: we should be like a hungry yak, browsing one tuft of grass with its eyes already fixed on the next. Filled with joy, we ought to burn with enthusiasm for ...
The guru is like a wish-fulfilling jewel granting all the qualities of realization, a father and mother giving their love equally to all sentient beings, a great river of compassion, a mountain rising above worldly concerns unshaken by the winds of emotion, and a great cloud with rain to soothe the torments of the passions. In brief, he is the equal of all the buddhas. To make any connection with him, whether through seeing him, hearing his voice, remembering ...
Shabkar Tsogdruk Rangdrol (1781-1851) lived at a time in Tibetan history when many spiritual lineages were on the verge of extinction. Transcending sectarian differences, e exemplified religious tolerance, altruism and pure perception. In addition to his autobiography, Shabkar left numerous clear and inspiring teachings. The present catalogue offers a structured list and description of the 14 volume complete edition of the master’s Collected Writings prepared ...
The vow to perfect oneself in order to perfect others is called the thought of enlightenment, or bodhichitta. This implies that every single action, word or thought, even the most trivial, is dedicated to the good of all beings.To accomplish the good of others, we must first perfect ourselves, by purifying and transforming our minds. This is the aim of what we all the preliminary practices, which establish the foundations of all spiritual progress. In this book ...
The Great Medicine : A Remedy That Conquers Clinging to Reality, a moving text written in verse by Shechen Gyaltsap Gyurme Pema Namgyal. Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche's commentary explores the foundation of awakened mind, the inner workings of loving kindness and compassion, the view of emptiness, and the practical applications of this understanding on the path. Rinpoche's teaching style is refreshing and direct, using examples from his own experience and anecdotes ...
The Heart of Compassion: Instructions on Ngulchu Thogme’s Thirty-Sevenfold Practice of a Bodhisattva
True compassion is not limited or preferential, it is not bound by like and dislike, or by partiality of one over another. True compassion is all-encompassing, like the sky... Imagine that you are giving away to all beings whatever good things may happen to you, however small they may be--even a spoonful of good food; and at the same time, remember the unbearable sufferings that others are going through, and make up your mind to take all those sufferings upon ...
In this book, two great Tibetan Buddhist masters of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries challenge us to critically examine our materialistic preoccupations and think carefully about how we want to spend the rest of our lives. At the same time, they provide practical guidance in following the Buddhist path, starting from the most basic motivation and culminating in the direct experience of reality bey9nhd the reach of conceptual mind. The root text is a ...
