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Abhidharmasamuccaya
By: Traleg Rinpoche
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We will be exploring the Abhidharmasamuccaya, a text that belongs to the later development of Buddhism. Early Buddhism is known as Theravadin or Hinayana Buddhism. Later Buddhism is known as Mahayana Buddhism. It has two schools: Madhyamika, the school of the middle way, and Yogacara, the practitioners of yoga. Yoga, in this case, has very little to do with physical dexterity, with how you can twist your arms or fiddle your toes. It is very much related with learning how to meditate properly and relate to one's own mind, with trying to understand the sort of mental states we go through in meditation and so on. The Abhidharmasamuccaya presents that kind of overall structure, in the fullest sense.
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Benevolent Mind; A Manual in Mind Training
By: Traleg Rinpoche
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A Commentary on the Seven Points of Mind Training
The Seven Points of Mind Training is one of the most popular and widely practiced trainings in all traditions of Tibetan Buddhism. This practice comes from the Indian tradition of Kadampa monks. In the Kagyu lineage it was transmitted through Gampopa, who was a Kadampa monk before becoming the principal disciple of Milarepa and who then went on to found the Kagyu School in Tibet.
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Essence of Buddhism: An Introduction to Its Philosophy and Practice
By: Traleg Rinpoche
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Here is a comprehensive overview of the Buddhist path from the perspective of the three vehicles of Tibetan Buddhism - the Hinayana, Mahayana, and Vajrayana. While these vehicles are usually presented as a historical development, they are equated here with the attitudes that individuals bring to their Buddhist practice. Basic to them all, however, is the need to understand our own immediate condition. The primary tool for achieving this is meditation, and The Essence of Buddhism serves as a handbook for the various meditative approaches of Buddhist practice.
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Influence of Yogacara on Mahamudra
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A unique and interesting look at how Yogacara philosophy influenced the development of tantra and Mahamudra. Developed by Asanga and Vasubandhu as a reaction to over theorization, Yogacara emphasizes individual experience and practice.
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We are going to be talking about Yogacara philosophy's relationship to Buddhist tantra. People have generally ignored how Yogacara philosophy influenced Buddhist tantra and its development. It is not discussed explicitly, even though it's quite patent in the writings of Buddhist tantra. You could trace different notions discussed in the tantric literatures back to Yogacara philosophy. Yogacara philosophy itself developed as a reaction against too much theorisation and came to emphasise individual experience and practice, hence the name "Yogacara", meaning practitioners of yoga. Yoga here doesn't mean twiddling with your toes, but meditation. So Yogacara, practitioners of yoga, meaning meditators. Yogacara as a system was developed by two brothers known as Asanga and Vasubandhu. They developed the philosophy in such a way that everything came back to one's practice. one's experience. You could not theorise about Yogacara philosophy without meditating. In fact, you could not be a Yogacara philosopher unless you meditate. When you look at the writings of Yogacara philosophy, you discover many tantric concepts mentioned either implicitly or explicitly. There are certain crucial concepts that both Yogacara philosophy and Buddhist tantra share, concepts such as transforming unhealthy or unwholesome psychological aspects of oneself into something higher. In other words, all our negativities - emotions such as passion, aggression, ignorance, stupidity, confusion, whatever they may be - are not perceived as being something that should be dispensed with, as much as transformed or mutated. The nature of one's psychological makeup is not altered, but the way the negativities manifest becomes totally different. That is a very important tantric concept, as many of you might know. Transforming one's neuroses and emotional instabilities are very much part of the tantric concept. Not to reject what is bothering you, but to learn to accept and transform it. In fact, you could trace those ideas in the original Yogacarin writings.
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Mahamudra Meditation
By: Traleg Rinpoche & Bokar Rinpoche
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Teachings on Mahamudra and the Mahamudra Attitude Towards Meditation
This volume contains several teachings focusing on the mahamudra approach to meditation.
The first section provides an overview of mahamudra. The section is a transcript of teaching given by the Venerable Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche at the annual Buddhist Summer School held at Melbourne University in January 1993.
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Meditation Through the Three Yanas
By: Traleg Rinpoche
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The three yanas are known as Hinayana, Mahayana and Vajrayana. They are not discrete and independent schools, as much as individual phases of spiritual growth in each person. It is a general understanding of some people that yanas are confined to geographical situations, that the Mahayana and Vajrayana are practiced by Thais and Singhalese, or something of that nature. This is not true of Tibetan Buddhism, which consists of all three yanas.
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Mind at Ease: Self-Liberation Through Mahamudra Meditation
By: Traleg Rinpoche
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In this uniquely insightful overview and practice guide, Traleg Rinpoche presents a thorough introduction to the Kagyu Lineage's Mahamudra tradition . The author's approach is straightforward - he presents the Mahamudra teachings as a means of seeing things in, as he says, "a positive open light. Even things we might normally regard as bad and undesirable can be interpreted in a more uplifting way due to the expansiveness of the Mahamudra vision." Mahamudra - which means "great seal" or "great symbol," referring to the symbol or mark of ultimate reality, or emptiness - points to the true nature of mind as well as the ultimate insubstantiality of all things.
The book includes an exploration of Mahamudra fundamentals and thorough explanation of Ground , Path, and Fruition Mahamudra, including meditation techniques for investigating, experiencing, and contemplating these teachings.
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Ninth Karmapa, Wangchuk Dorje's Ocean of Certainty
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The realization of impermanence and the inevitability of death have acted as the motivating factor for one to realize the depth of suffering of samsara. Therefore, one has abandoned all concerns with temporal matters, but has given one's thoughts to the welfare of all sentient beings who are one's own mother and father. For their benefit, one would like to attain enlightenment. Furthermore, such an individual may want to achieve enlightenment in one lifetime with one body through use of the effective methods of Vajrayana." from Transcript
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Nyima Tashi: The Songs and Instructions of the First Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche
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Foreword by the Ninth Kyabgon Traleg Rinpoche:
Gampopa, the peerless physician from Dakpo, who was repeatedly predicted
and praised by the Buddha, caused the teachings of the lineage of accomplishment
to become widespread in the Himalayan land of Tibet. All his disciples
gave rise to the sudden realization of Mahamudra. Among them were five hundred
great meditators, of whom the
greatest and most famous were the three Khampas.
One of these three was the Khampa
Saltong Shogom, who achieved the
greatest mastery of the channels and
winds through the practice of chandali.
His rebirth was Nyima Tashi the Birth-
Recollector, who devoted his life to silent
practice in sealed retreat. He saw the
faces of yidams, realized Mahamudra,and thereafter recounted his previous
births and prophesied his future ones. He
sang vajra songs that are still warm with his blessing.This brief account of his recollections,
prophecies of future births, and songs
has now been translated into English and
published. It is certain that disciples who
study it will plant the seed of liberation
in their continuums. I therefore rejoice in
and am grateful for its publication.
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Practice of Lojong: Cultivating Compassion through Training the Mind
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This book presents commentary, stories, and historical background on the lojong slogans of Tibetan Buddhism. Used by meditators through the ages to cultivate awareness and compassion—and made popular by successful books by Pema Chödrön and Chögyam Trungpa—this contemplation practice offers guidance for remaining receptive and wakeful amid the ups and downs of daily life. These meditations have long been considered the quintessence of Buddhist teachings for cultivating an awakened heart and a compassionate mind.
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Theory and Practice of Meditation
By: Traleg Rinpoche
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Table of contents:
Talk One: The Six Obstacles and Eight Antidotes to Shamata
Talk Two: The Nine Categories of Shamata
Talk Three: Lojong I: Training in Bodhicitta
Talk Four: Lojong II: Ethics of Mind Training
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