- Paperback: 168 pages
- Publisher: North Atlantic Books; 2 edition (Aug 7 2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 9627341592
- ISBN-13: 978-9627341598
- Product Dimensions: 12.7 x 1.2 x 17.9 cm
- Shipping Weight: 159 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #453,512 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche spent many years in retreat, assimilating the teachings within his experience. He spoke with humor and true understanding, expressing plainly and simply what he himself had undergone. Consequently, his teachings are uniquely accessible, with a powerfully beneficial impact on those who hear or read his words. This book, a selection of his oral and written teachings, spells out the essential points of spiritual practice and leads readers along the same path they would follow in the presence of a master. Through direct, pithy instructions, students are encouraged to question the master repeatedly, while at the same time processing their own experiences. Representing the heart of Rinpoche’s teachings, Repeating the Words of the Buddha shows that the enlightened essence is present within the mind of any sentient being, and that it can be recognized by all who seek it.
About the Author
Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche was born in eastern Tibet on the tenth day of the fourth Tibetan month in 1920 and passed away in Nepal on February 13, 1996. H.H. Khakyab Dorje, the fifteenth Gyalwang Karmapa, recognized him as an incarnate lama. He studied and practiced the teachings of both the Kagyu and Nyingma orders of Tibetan Buddhism.In the Nyingma tradition, Tulku Urgyen held the complete teachings of the last century’s three great masters: Terchen Chokgyur Lingpa, Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, and Kongtrul Lodro Thaye. He had an especially close transmission for the Chokling Tersar, a compilation of all the empowerments, textual authorizations, and oral instructions of Padmasambhava’s teachings, which were rediscovered by Terchen Chokgyur Lingpa, his great-grandfather. Tulku Urgyen established several monasteries and retreat centers in Nepal. The most important ones in the Kathmandu region are at Boudhanath, the site of the Great Stupa; at the Asura Cave, where Padmasambhava manifested the Mahamudra Vidyadhara level; and at the Swayambhu stupa. He primarily lived at the Nagi Gompa Hermitage above the Kathmandu Valley. He is the father of tulkus Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche, Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche, Drubwang Tsoknyi Rinpoche, and Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche. Rinpoche instructed a growing number of Dharma students in essential mediation practice. He was famed for his profound meditative realization and for the concise, lucid, and humorous style with which he imparted the essence of the Buddhist teachings. His method of teaching was “instruction through one’s own experience.” Using few words, this way of teaching pointed out the nature of mind, revealing a natural simplicity of wakefulness that enabled the student to actually touch the heart of awakened mind.
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The heart of Buddhist teaching is the method on how "to let confusion dawn as wisdom," recognizing the awakened state that is already present in oneself. In "Repeating the Words of the Buddha," Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche unfolds the path to enlightenment, which is simply the gradual uncovering if this awakened state. With the benevolence and brilliance of a realized being, Rinpoche illustrates in a lucid, humorous fashion the essential points of spiritual practice, inseparable from everyday life."Buddhahood is not outside. It is not some 'thing' that magically descends upon you and transforms you into a buddha. The basis for awakening to enlightenment is to experience the buddha in yourself. The qualities of an enlightened buddha are not his qualities, they are the qualities of the buddha-nature fully manifest. We also possess that same potential but it is hidden, lying dormant."
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Some fine insights, but not his greatest work,
By Neal J. Pollock - Published on Amazon.com
This book appears to be a compilation of short lectures by a great, recently departed, master of Dzogchen & Mahamudra. As a traditional teacher, however, his works include many references to standard Tibetan Buddhist mythology--interspersed with profound insights. As with other lengthy contemporary "commentaries" on medieval Buddhist works, the author interjects Eastern & archaic cultural & religious views--not easily integrated with contemporary Western perspectives or way of life. Tulku Urgyen, unlike many others, does make an attempt to adapt hoary teachings to modern life--the life of a Western householder vs. an Eastern monastic. He even courageously addresses Eastern parallels with God: pp. 53-6: "Certain concepts in Buddhism are similar to the Western concept of an omniscient, omnipotent god. The closest thing to this `divinity' is the 3 kayas, dharmakaya, Sambhogakaya, & Nirmanakaya...The equivalent of `god' or a supreme being in Buddhism is called Samantabhadra, meaning the Ever-excellent. He is the primordial dharmakaya."But, compared to his other works, this is a rather elementary text--though it has the virtue of very concisely summarizing/presenting the basic Vajrayana Buddhist approach. It does include some discussion of specific Mahamudra & Dzogchen points--but not to a great degree. Rather, there is more emphasis on development & completion stages. He provides an insightful description of their basic difference, reminiscent of Frederick Herzberg's 2-factor theory, in which development stage eliminates negatives while completion stage generates positives. For example, p. 21: "The main purpose of development stage is to destroy our clinging to a solid reality. It is our fixation on concreteness that makes us continue in Samsaric experience." For a better IMHO feel for the author's greatness & contributions to Western Buddhism, see his brilliant Rainbow Painting: A Collection of Miscellaneous Aspects of Development and Completion, more comprehensive As It Is Vol. 1 (As It Is) & As It Is, Vol. 2, & Vajra Speech: A Commentary on The Quintessence of Spiritual Practice, The Direct Instructions of the Great Compassionate One--a compilation of his greatest sayings. For a biographical sketch, see: Blazing Splendor: The Memoirs of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche.
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This was a very positive book. I had not read the words of Buddha and started as an interest. I enjoyed it very much.
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The author on the website is wrong, should be;Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche instead of Just Tulku Rinpoche so pleaase web-Master correct the mistake on your we-page Regard |
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