The author's personal experience with Mahamudra training and experience over 30 years working with an authentic Tibetan lama.
Mahamudra: My Story, Michael Erlewine, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Paperback, 76 pp, $6.00

is an Internet pioneer and well-known archivist of popular culture, founding the largest music database in the world (AllMusic.com), one of the two largest film databases (AllMovie.com), the largest Rock n' Roll concert poster database (ClassicPosters.com), and many others. Erlewine has studied Buddhism since the 1950s, and practiced it for over 40 years, and is director of the Heart Center for meditation instruction since the 1980s. Trained in the Karma Kagyu system of Tibetan Buddhism, Erlewine has practiced Mahamudra Meditation for 29 years under the guidance of Karma Kagyu Teachers.

CONTENTS: Mahamudra: My Story
Mahamudra: My Story	1
Buddhism as Philosophy	1
Recognition	9
The 10-Day Mahamudra Intensives	12
Analytical Meditation	12
Look at the Mind	14
The Pointing Out Instructions	17
The Workable Mind	21
Putting the Technique to Work	23
On My Own Again	25
Suddenly Free	26
The Photographer	27
The Naturalist	29
Back to Nature	31
Photography and Mahamudra	33
And Lenses	34
Turning the Mind	36
Stabilization	40
Spring Surprise	43
The Turning Point	45
The Outside is Inside	48
Mixing the Mind	50
The Return of the Hermit	53
The Price of Effort--A Summary	54
PART TWO: The Lama of Appearances	61
Zen and the Art of Nature Photography	61
Tough Love	65
The Four Thoughts	66
No Being Wants to Suffer	70
Immersion in Nature	73