- Paperback: 327 pages
- Publisher: Ktd Publications (February 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1934608025
- ISBN-13: 978-1934608029
- Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 567 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #732,074 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"The Quintessence of the Union of Mahamudra and Dzokchen" presents, in a very concise and inclusive way, all that an individual actually needs to practice in order to attain awakening. This style of presentation, in its brevity and directness, is appropriate for the present time because our mental afflictions are strong and life is short. We do not have time to waste. The text, which is composed of eight songs, presents the quintessence of both Mahamudra and Dzokchen while celebrating their fundamental unity. Written in Karma Chakme's unique style of extreme simplicity and great profundity, it makes what is normally difficult to understand very easy and straightforward.
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This review is from: The Quintessence of the Union of Mahamudra and Dzokchen: The Practical Instructions of the Noble Great Compassionate One, Chenrezik (Paperback)
"The Quintessence of the Union of Mahamudra and Dzokchen presents in a very concise and inclusive way all that an individual actually needs to practice in order to attain awakening. This style of presentation, in its brevity and directness, is appropriate for the present time because our mental afflictions are strong and life is short. We do not have time to waste." Khenpo Karthar RinpocheThe text, which is composed of eight songs, presents the quintessence of both mahamudra and dzokchen while celebrating their fundamental unity. Written in Karma Chakme's unique style of extreme simplicity and great profundity, it makes what is normally difficult to understand very easy and straightforward.
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This review is from: The Quintessence of the Union of Mahamudra and Dzokchen: The Practical Instructions of the Noble Great Compassionate One, Chenrezik (Paperback)
The cover of this handsome book by Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche depicts the mythological garuda, an outrageous creature half-bird and half-man. The garuda represents primordial wisdom in both gods and humans. The great Tibetan teacher Karma Chakme was author of the eight songs that are the root text of The Quintessence of the Union of Mahamudra and Dzokchen. He often compared his teachings to the garuda because they are both mahamudra and dzokchen. The teachings contain both the simplicity of wisdom and explicit instructions for practice. They are clear and easy to understand, yet simultaneously comprehensive and thorough. These qualities also describe the teaching style of Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche, abbot of KTD Monastery and a contemporary Tibetan master. His commentary on the root text is, like the style of Karma Chakme itself, as familiar as common sense, yet as scholarly as a treatise.The book contains concise instructions for the array of practices in vajrayana Buddhism -- from tranquillity meditation, to visualization techniques, to transference of consciousness at the time of death. In the very first song in the original text, Karma Chakme says, "Even though you know much, if you do not practice, it will be the same as dying of thirst on the shore of a vast lake." Yet interspersed with these practical instructions is always the advice to simply recognize the nature of mind, also described as "ground clear light." At one point, Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche comments, "The mind has always been what it is and of itself, but it has not been recognized." |
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