Paths of Pure Vision consolidates the multiple facets of spirituality in Tibet through elaborating three themes: historical developments, philosophical views and meditative practices. Narrating the historical processes of Buddhism developing in India and its transmission Tibet, this book gives us a rare glimpse into the major figures, thoughts and that comprise the spiritual heritage of Tibet. In this book, Khentrul Jamphal Lordo Rinpoche explains the indigenous Bon religion of Tibet, the four most widely known Tibetan Buddhism traditions, Nyingma, Sakya, Kagyu and Gelung, and the fifth Jonang Buddhist Tradition.
Khentrul Rinpoch� is a nonsectarian master of Tibetan Buddhism. He has devoted his life to a wide variety of spiritual practices, studying with more than twenty-five masters from all of the major Tibetan traditions. While he has genuine respect and appreciation for all spiritual systems, he has the greatest confidence and experience with his personal path of the Kalachakra tantra as taught in the Jonang-Shambhala tradition.
Shar Khentrul Jamphel Lodr� Rinpoch� spent the first 20 years of his life herding yak and chanting mantras on the plateaus of Tibet. Inspired by the bodhisattvas, he left his family to study in a variety of monasteries under the guidance of over twenty-five masters in all the Tibetan buddhist traditions. Due to his non-sectarian approach, he earned himself the title of Rim� (unbiased) Master identified as the reincarnation of the famous Kalachakra Master Ngawang Ch�zin Gyatso. Khentrul Rinpoche is considered the 7th emanation of Bodhisattva Akasagarbha.
When he was chosen to be a teacher (khenpo) of the prestigious Tsangwa Monastery in Dzamthang, Rinpoche chose to renounce his position though in favor of dedicating himself to strict practice.
While at the core of his teachings is the recognition that there is great value in the diversity of all spiritual traditions found in this world; he focuses on the Jonang-Shambhala tradition. The Jonang lineage, thought to be extinct until recently by many Western scholars, he found held the most advanced teachings of Kalachakra (wheel of time) containing profound methods to harmonize our external environment with the inner world of body and enlightened mind.
Since 2014, he has travelled to more than thirty countries guiding students to realize their own sacred truth of limitless potential through a clear, systematic step-by-step presentation of the Kalachakra Path to enlightenment. By teaching people how to cultivate a flexible mind and remove bias, Khentrul Rinpoch� aspires to create compassion-based communities, transforming this world into a golden age of global peace and harmony.
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