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Way of the Realized Old Dogs (Paperback, 2nd ed.)
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Way of the Realized Old Dogs (Paperback, 2nd ed.)
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Loot Price R516
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Ju Mipham Namgyal is one of the best known authors of the Nyingma
tradition. He was a prolific writer with an extraordinary knowledge
of his own and others' dharma traditions. He wrote several texts on
the topics of innermost Great Completion (Dzogpa Chenpo). The one
here is one of his texts on Thorough Cut (Tregcho). The wording of
the title "Way of the Realized Old Dogs" is explained in the
introduction by the author. Briefly though, it means that this is a
text that lays out the way of practice of those who just practise
the essence of their own minds and who develop realization that
way. Through this, they eventually become realized in the system
and wise to it; they become "Realized Old Dogs." The text is a
favourite of tantrikas, or, in Tibetan, ngagpas. It is a favourite
for them because it is specifically for practitioners who do not
live in a monastery or other dharma institution and who do not
spend their lives developing a vast scholastic knowledge of
Buddhism. In modern, Western terms, it is a text written
specifically for the urban yogi. As the text says, "Without need of
vast training in hearing and contemplating The village tantrikas in
general who preserve the essence of mind Using the way of foremost
instruction will go with little hardship To the level of the
vidyadharas; it has the power of a profound path." The text is
short but has become one of the core texts used in Tibet to teach
Thorough Cut. Because it is so popular within the Tibetan tradition
and because it was specifically written for the urban yogi, we felt
that it was a worthy addition to our selection of texts on the
subject of Thorough Cut. Therefore, we have translated it and made
a book out of it. As with each of our texts on Thorough Cut, this
one has its own flavour and does emphasize certain aspects of the
path. As it lays out the approach of the urban yogi, it has to
present the introduction (often called pointing out) to the nature
of mind. It does this in using what are called "differentiations."
This is unusual because differentiations are usually transmitted
orally from the teacher to the student and mostly are not written
down. There are many differentiations; in this case Mipham sets out
the differentiation between alaya and dharmakaya. The presence of
this teaching is another reason for adding this to a library of
teachings on Thorough Cut.
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