In this exposition, Mipham Rinpoche explains the meditation techniques for developing compassion and expanding this state into aspiration of bodhicitta. Having reached the clarity of this vision prajna begins to manifest. This text gives a detailed explanation of how one meditates to develop this wisdom. While all three vehicles were practiced in Tibet, the Middle-Way Instructions are life the background of a tapestry that allows the integration and display of its parts into a whole.
Middle-Way Meditation Instructions of Mipham Rinpoche, Thrangu Rinpoche, Namo Buddha Publications, Paperback, 126 pages, $12.95
Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche is a renowned Tibetan Buddhist master known for his deep compassion and the clarity of his teachings. He was selected by His Holiness the Dalai Lama to serve as the principal tutor to His Holiness the 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje. Thrangu Rinpoche is a full holder and teacher of the Kagyu Vajrayana lineages. He founded the Namo Buddha retreat center in Nepal, has established two shedras (monastic universities) in Nepal and India, and serves as Abbot of Gampo Abbey in Nova Scotia. He also built Tara Abbey, where nuns receive a full dharma education qualifying them to become khenpos or teachers. Thrangu Rinpoche teaches extensively throughout Asia, Europe and the United States. He has centers in Maine and California, and is building the Vajra Vidya Retreat Center in Crestone, Colorado.
Mipham Rinpoche, a 19th century Tibetan scholar and practitioner, gives a definitive explanation of the Middle-Way Instructions. For a few years of his life, he stayed at the Tenth Thrangu Rinpoche's monastery where he was supplied with the materials for his prolific writing. One of Mipham Rinpoche's encyclopedic works on Buddhism was the Gateway to Knowledge and it is from this text that the Middle-Way Instructions come.
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Contents: Middle Way Meditation Instructions
of Mipham Rinpoche |
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Foreword |
1 |
1. |
How the Middle Way was Introduced |
5 |
I. |
Three Causal Conditions for Middle-way Meditation |
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2. |
Compassion in the Middle Way |
11 |
3. |
Bodhichitta in the Middle Way |
25 |
4. |
Prajna in the Middle Way |
33 |
II. |
Meditation of the Middle Way |
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5. |
The Nine Ways of Placing the Mind |
45 |
6. |
The Obstacles to Meditation and Their Remedies |
53 |
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Tranquility Meditation in the Middle Way |
61 |
III. |
Methods for Dealing with Thoughts |
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8. |
Cutting Through Thoughts |
69 |
9. |
Noninterference with Thoughts |
75 |
10. |
The Right Tension with Thoughts |
81 |
IV. |
Application of the middle Way to the Vajrayana |
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11. |
Insight Meditation in the Middle Way |
95 |
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Middle Way Practice in the Vajrayana
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99 |
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Notes |
107 |
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Glossary |
113 |
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Glossary of Tibetan Terms |
121 |
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Bibliography |
123 |
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Index |
125 |
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