Ringu Tulku Rinpoche's commentary on the shortest and most popular Chenrezig sadhana that was composed by Thangtong Gyalpo.

"Chenrezig - or Avalokiteshvara in Sanskrit - is the name of the bodhisattva who is regarded as the Lord of Compassion or the embodiment of compassion. Chenrezig practice is done in order to develop our own compassion. From the Buddhist point of view, we can try to generate compassion through changing or re-thinking our attitude and working on our way of perceiving things. Then there's another way, which is the one I will mainly explain here, and that is through feeling; it's an experiential, emotional approach."

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Chenrezig: The Practice of Compassion, Ringu Tulku Rinpoche, Rigul Trust, Paperback (6.5" x 6.5"), 162 pages, $22.95

Ringu Tulku Rinpoche is a Tibetan Buddhist Master of the Kagyu Order. He was trained in all schools of Tibetan Buddhism under many great masters including HH the 16th Gyalwang Karmapa and HH Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. He took his formal education at Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, Sikkim and Sampurnananda Sanskrit University, Varanasi, India. He served as Tibetan Textbook Writer and Professor of Studies in Sikkim for 25 years.

Since 1990, he has been travelling and teaching Buddhism and meditation in Europe, America, Canada, Australia and Asia. He participates in various interfaith and 'Science and Buddhism' dialogues and is the author of several books on Buddhist topics. These include Path to Buddhahood, Daring Steps, The Ri-me Philosophy of Jamgon Kongtrul the Great, Great Confusion Arises as Wisdom, the Lazy Lama series and the Heart Wisdom series, as well as several children's books, available in Tibetan and European languages.

Ringu Tulku founded Bodhicharya -- visit: www.bodhicharya.org
and also founded Rigul Trust in 2008 -- visit: www.rigultrust.org

CONTENTS: Chenrezig
INTRODUCTION		1
THE COMMENTARY		7
	Refuge	7
	Bodhichitta	8
	Visualisation of Chenrezig	14
	Praise	17
	The Seven Branch Prayer	27
	Prayer for Liberating Beings from the Six Realms	33
	Self-Visualisation as Chenrezig	39
	Mantra Recitation	43
	Pure Appearances	54
	The Dissolution	61
	Re-emergence and Dedication	62
	Additional Prayers and Phowa	64
	Conclusion: The Devotional Approach	67
DISCUSSION		73
	Dedication	101
ALL-PERVADING BENEFIT OF BEINGS		103
	The Meditation and Recitation of the Great Compassionate One
GLOSSARY		139
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS		144
COMMEMORATING RINGU TULKU'S HOMELAND IN TIBET		147