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These teaching are drawn from a yearly session the Dalai Lama holds
each year with Western Buddhists, and addresses questions of
psychology, Christianity, tantra and more.
In this book, two great Tibetan Buddhist masters of the nineteenth
and twentieth centuries challenge us to critically examine our
materialistic preoccupations and think carefully about how we want
to spend the rest of our lives. At the same time, they provide
practical guidance in following the Buddhist path, starting from
the most basic motivation and culminating in the direct experience
of reality beyond the reach of conceptual mind. The root text is a
teaching in verse written in the nineteenth century by Patrul
Rinpoche, one of the outstanding teachers of his day. In the
accompanying commentary, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
(1910-1991)--lineage holder of the Nyingma school and one of the
great expounders of the Dharma in Europe and North America--expands
upon the text with his characteristic compassion and uncompromising
thoroughness. Patrul Rinpoche's fresh and piercing verses combined
with Khyentse Rinpoche's down-to-earth comments offer a concise yet
complete examination of the Buddhist path.
The Tibetan Buddhist practice of Nyungne (nyoong-nay) has been
gaining increased attention in Buddhist centers across North
America; participants say the practice purifies them both
physically and spiritually. This volume is one of the few
comprehensive treatments in English of these powerful teachings.
Nyungne is a profound two-and-a-half-day practice, whose length of
time is especially helpful for people whose schedules cannot
accommodate a long-term retreat. It involves the keeping of strict
vows; the second day is devoted to complete silence and fasting.
The meditation centers on the recitations, mantras, and guided
visualizations of the Thousand-Armed Chenrezig, the embodiment of
all the buddhas' loving-kindness and compassion. Translated as
abiding in the fast, Nyungne is said to be effective in the healing
of illness, the nurturing of compassion, and the purification of
negative karma.meditation
Mahamudra and Dzogchen are perhaps the most profound teachings
within all of Tibetan Buddhism. The experience of "Mahamudra, or
"great symbol," is an overwhelming sense of extraordinary clarity,
totally open and nondualistic. "Dzogchen, or "great perfection," is
the ultimate teaching according to the Nyingma tradition and also
represents the pinnacle of spiritual development. These are the two
paths that provide practitioners with the most skillful means to
experience the fully awakened state and directly taste the reality
of our mind and environment. And yet these concepts are notoriously
difficult to grasp and challenging to explain. In "Wild Awakening,
Tibetan Buddhist master Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche presents these
esoteric teachings in a style that reveals their surprising
simplicity and great practical value, emphasizing that we can all
experience our world more directly, with responsibility, freedom,
and confidence. With a straightforward approach and informal style,
he presents these essential teachings in a way that even those very
new to Tibetan Buddhism can understand.
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