Full Description
• Introduces a new world of meditation
• How we can use our imagination as a powerful tool in our spiritual practice
• A practical manual for gaining deep experience of meditation and discovering the peace and happiness that lies within
Mahamudra is a Sanskrit term that means the union of great bliss and emptiness: the most subtle mind that experiences great bliss and realizes ultimate truth, or emptiness, the way things actually exist.
Based on his deep knowledge and practical experience, the author explains clearly and succinctly how to prepare our mind for Mahamudra meditation, how to remove obstacles to successful practice, and how we can experience progressively subtler states of mind. By revealing how to uncover and purify the deepest level of our mind, and then use this very subtle blissful mind to meditate on ultimate truth, he shows how we can destroy all our negative minds at their very root and quickly reach the state of full enlightenment.
Contents
Illustrations
Preface
PART ONE: Introduction to Tantra
Basic View
Basic Intention
What is Tantra?
The Tantra of Generation Stage
The Tantra of Completion Stage
What is Mahamudra?
PART TWO: How to Train in Mahamudra
The Preliminary Guide
The Six Stages of Training in Mahamudra
Identifying Our Own Mind
Realizing Our Mind Directly
Identifying Our Subtle Mind
Realizing Our Subtle Mind Directly
Identifying Our Very Subtle Mind
Realizing Our Very Subtle Mind Directly
PART THREE: What is Emptiness?
What is Emptiness?
The Purpose of Meditating on Emptiness
The Emptiness of Our Body
The Emptiness of Our Mind
The Emptiness of Our I
The Emptiness that is Empty of Eight Extremes
Conventional and Ultimate Truths
The Union of the Two Truths
The Practice of Emptiness in Our Daily Activities
A Simple Training in Ultimate Bodhichitta
Dedication
Appendix I - The Condensed Meaning of the Text
Appendix II - An Explanation of Channels
Appendix III - An Explanation of Inner Winds
Appendix IV - The Root Tantra of Heruka
and Vajrayogini
Appendix V - Liberating Prayer
Appendix VI - A Handbook for the Daily Practice
of Bodhisattva Vows and Tantric Vows
Appendix VII - Heart Jewel
Appendix VIII - The Yoga of Buddha Heruka
Glossary
Bibliography
Study Programmes of Kadampa Buddhism
Tharpa Offices Worldwide
Index
Further Reading
Finding Your Nearest Kadampa Meditation Centre
