Maya Yoga is the title of Keith Dowman's translation of "Finding Comfort and Ease in Enchantment" written by the inimitable Longchen Rabjampa. In the Nyingmapa School of Tibetan Buddhism, this text is considered second to none in its power to evoke the nature of the nondual reality of the Dzogchen view. With poetic mastery, Longchenpa provides the precepts that can instantly illuminate the buddha-reality that is our ordinary everyday experience. He asserts that we are presently under the spell of magical illusion and that by recognizing it we are instantaneously released from a conceptual cage into enchanting reality which is pure pleasure itself. That reality is maya, apparent yet absent, and the recognition of it in that state of natural relaxation is maya yoga. In this renowned atiyoga manual, we find the key to the natural mystical state that Dzogchen, the Great Perfection, constantly evokes.
Maya Yoga: Longchenpa's Finding Comfort and Ease in Enchantment, Keith Dowman, Paperback, 110 Pages, $15.99
Keith Dowman is a peripatetic scholar, translator, teacher and yogi in the Dzogchen tradition. He spent fourteen years in northern India and the Himalayas, engaged in meditation and study of the Tibetan tradition. His published translations include Calm and Clear, The Legend of the Great Stupa, and The Loom of Light.
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Contents: Maya Yoga - Longchenpa's Finding Comfort and Ease in Enchantment |
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Preface |
9 |
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Introduction |
13 |
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Finding Comfort and Ease in Enchantment |
55 |
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Dream: The First Analogy |
56 |
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Magic Show: The Second Analogy |
63 |
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Optical Illusion: The Third Analogy |
69 |
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Reflection of the Moon in Water: The Fifth
Analogy |
74 |
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Echo: The Sixth Analogy |
78 |
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The City of the Gandharvas: The Seventh
Analogy |
81 |
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Apparition: The Eighth Analogy |
84 |
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Appendix I: Analogies for the 21st Century |
95 |
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Appendix II: Cave Culture |
103 |
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Selected Glossary of Dzogchen Terms |
107 |
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Selected Bibliography |
111 |
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