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by B. Alan Wallace (Translator); Foreword by Dalai Lama; Eva Natanya (Editor)


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Study the Great Perfection with the celebrated Lerab Lingpa, who imparted teachings to the Thirteenth Dalai Lama, and discover the common ground of Tibetan Buddhism's many schools in essays by his disciples. Lerab Lingpa (1856-1926), also known as Tertn Sogyal, was one of the great Dzogchen (Great Perfection) masters of the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries and a close confidant and guru of the Thirteenth Dalai Lama. This volume contains translations by B. Alan Wallace of two works that are representative of the lineage of this great "treasure revealer," or tertn. The first work, composed by Lerab Lingpa himself, is The Vital Essence of Primordial Consciousness. It presents pith instructions on all the stages of the Great Perfection, which is the highest form of meditation and practice in the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. In this practice, the meditator comes to see directly the ultimate nature of consciousness itself. The work guides the reader from the common preliminaries through to the highest practices of the Great Perfection--the direct crossing over and the achievement of the rainbow body. The second work, Selected Essays on Old and New Views of the Secret Mantrayana, is a collection of seven essays by two of Lerab Lingpa's close disciples, Dharmasara and J Tsultrim Zangpo. Dharmasara wrote six of the essays, providing detailed, erudite explanations of the compatibility among the theories and practices of Great Perfection, Mahamudra (a parallel practice tradition found in other schools), and the Madhyamaka view, especially as these are interpreted by the Indian pandita Candrakirti, the Nyingma master Longchen Rabjam, and Tsongkhapa, founder of the Geluk school of Tibetan Buddhism. The one essay by J Tsultrim Zangpo (a.k.a. Tulku Tsullo), "An Ornament of the Enlightened View of Samantabhadra," contextualizes the Great Perfection within the broader framework of Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism and then elucidates all the stages of practice of the Great Perfection, unifying the profound path of cutting through and the vast path of the spontaneous actualization of the direct crossing over. This volume will be of great interest for all those interested in the theory and practice of the Great Perfection and the way it relates to the wisdom teachings of Tsongkhapa and others in the new translation schools of Tibetan Buddhism. Edited by Eva Natanya.

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  • Title Open Mind: View and Meditation in the Lineage of Lerab Lingpa
  • Author B. Alan Wallace (Translator); Foreword by Dalai Lama; Eva Natanya (Editor)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 424
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Wisdom Publications
  • Date 2018
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • ISBN 9781614293880 / 1614293880
  • Weight 1.25 lbs (0.57 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.8 x 5.9 x 1.1 in (22.35 x 14.99 x 2.79 cm)
  • Themes
    • Religious Orientation: Buddhist
  • Library of Congress subjects Rdzogs-chen, Las-rab-gling-pa
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2017018059
  • Dewey Decimal Code 294.342

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His Holiness the Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people, a Nobel Peace Prize recipient, and a beacon of inspiration for Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike. He has persistently reached out across religious and political lines and has engaged in dialogue with scientists in his mission to advance peace and understanding in the world. In doing so, he embodies his motto: "My religion is kindness."
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