Developing an effective meditation practice is the first step toward
discerning the true nature of mind and reality as taught by Buddha
Shakyamuni. In Stillness, Insight, and Emptiness, Lama Dudjom
Dorjee offers instructions that will help beginning meditators establish
a firm foundation in the practices that lead to direct realization.
Topics such as finding the best meditation posture, learning to direct
and focus the attention, expanding the minds scope, and realizing the
luminous and spacious qualities of the mind are explained in terms that
are both encouraging and easy to understand.
Stillness, Insight & Emptiness: Buddhist Meditation from the Ground Up, Lama Dudjom Dorjee, Snow Lion Publications, Paperback, 2013, 135 Pages, $19.95
The Venerable Lama Dudjom Dorjee curently resides in Dallas, Texas, USA, where he serves as the resident lama and spiritual advisor to Karma Thegsum Choling Dallas, an affiliate Tibetan Buddhist meditation and study center of Karma Triyana Dharmachakra (seat of His Holiness the Gyalwa Karmapa in Noth America). Among his many activities, Lama Dorjee holds an annual meditation retreat called them "Bluebonnet Retreat" (a.k.a. Bluebunny). He also regularly conducts an intense purification practice known as"nyung-ne" (or "1000-armed Chenrezik") several times each year, including a Saka Dawa triple Nyung-ne held during the auspicious period surrounding the Buddha's birth and enlightenment.
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