Essence of Clear Light

Essence of Clear Light
Author: 'Jam-Mgon 'Ju Mi-Pham-Rgya-Mtsho
Publisher: Snow Lion Publications, Incorporated
Total Pages: 395
Release: 2010-01-01
Genre: Tripiṭaka
ISBN: 9781559393645

Luminous Essence

Luminous Essence
Author: Jamgon Mipham
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2009-06-16
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1559393270

Luminous Essence is a complete introduction to the world of tantric thought and practice. Composed by the renowned Tibetan master Jamgön Mipham (1846–1912), the text provides an overview of the theory and experiential assimilation of a seminal tantric scripture, the Tantra of the Secret Essence (Guhyagarbha Tantra). Embodying the essence of tantric practice, this text has been a central scripture in Tibetan Buddhism for well over a thousand years. Mipham's explanation of this text, here translated for the first time, is one of the most celebrated commentaries on the Tantra of the Secret Essence, which today occupies an important place in the tantric curriculum of Tibetan monastic colleges. Luminous Essence is a specialized guide meant for initiated tantric practitioners. To fully appreciate and assimilate its message, it should be studied under the guidance of a qualified teacher by those who have received the appropriate empowerments, reading transmissions, and oral instructions.

Essence of Ambrosia

Essence of Ambrosia
Author: Taranatha
Publisher: Library of Tibetan Works and Archives
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2005-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 8186470379

Essence of Ambrosia is a guide to Buddhist meditation, composed by the prolific and eclectic Tibetan scholar and practitioner Taranatha (1575-1634). Following the lead of Atisha, Taranatha expounds a graduated approach (known as lam rim) to cognitive and meditative development designed to address the needs of three types of person: the person of lesser, average and greater capacity. Taranatha's innovative contribution to this genre is to instruct the student in "contemplation sessions", that specifically guide a beginning Buddhist practitioner through the traditional practices of meditation, beginning with devotional reflection up to the apex of Buddhist meditation, insight (vipassana) meditation. The result is a remarkably accessible and concise insider's guide to the Mahayana Buddhist path.

Essence of Vajrayana

Essence of Vajrayana
Author: Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
Publisher: Tharpa Publications US
Total Pages: 649
Release: 2017-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1910368679

With this book, Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche explains with clarity and precision how we can practice the sublime meditations of Heruka body mandala, and thereby gradually transform our ordinary world and experiences into those of a Buddha, a fully enlightened being. He follows this with definitive instructions on the completion stage practices that can lead directly to the supreme bliss of full enlightenment in this one lifetime. This is a treasury of practical instructions for those seriously interested in following the Tantric path. • The first complete explanation in English of the Highest Yoga Tantra practice of Heruka body mandala • Sublime methods for transforming our ordinary minds and attaining pure selfless joy • The actual method to accomplish the supreme bliss of full enlightenment in this lifetime

Dzogchen

Dzogchen
Author: Dalai Lama XIV Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho
Publisher: Snow Lion Publications, Incorporated
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2004
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN:

These teachings on Dzogchen, the heart essence of the ancient Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, were given by His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Western students in Europe and North America. He offers the reader an unprecedented glimpse into one of Buddhism's most profound systems of meditation.

Dudjom Lingpa's Chod

Dudjom Lingpa's Chod
Author: Pema Lungtok Gyatso
Publisher: Berotsana Publications
Total Pages: 565
Release: 2014-08-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9780988864528

Commentary on Dudjom Lingpa's Heart Essence of Saraha and second edition translation of Heart Essence of Saraha

The Guhyagarbha Tantra

The Guhyagarbha Tantra
Author: Lama Chonam
Publisher: Snow Lion Publications, Incorporated
Total Pages: 744
Release: 2011
Genre: Tripiṭaka
ISBN: 9781559394000

Essence of Reality

Essence of Reality
Author: Thomas Nehrer
Publisher: O-Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 9781846940835

The Essence of Reality is the most perceptive, exacting look at the flow of Reality ever. Rarely has a human glimpsed beyond the confines of the self-aware mind to see the interactive flow of mind-value into Reality. Thomas Nehrer here goes beyond a glimpse to specify that flow, depicting Consciousness explicitly. The Essence of Reality illustrates that all of one's life - health, success, authority, abundance - reflect one's inner nature, leading the reader to see exactly how that works. It gives explicit tools for delving into limiting mindsets to accomplish real change.

The Vajra Essence

The Vajra Essence
Author: Dudjom Lingpa
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 361
Release: 2017-07-25
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1614292760

A systematic presentation of the path of Dzogchen, the Great Perfection, by one of its most renowned proponents and rendered by a master translator. Düdjom Lingpa (1835–1904) was one of the foremost tantric masters of nineteenth-century Tibet, and his powerful voice resonates strongly among Buddhist practitioners today. The Vajra Essence is Düdjom Lingpa’s most extended meditation on the path of Great Perfection, in many senses a commentary on all his other Dzogchen works. Dzogchen, the pinnacle of practice in the Nyingma school, is a radical revelation of the pure nature of consciousness that is delivered from master to disciple and perfected in a meditation that permeates every moment of our experience. Revealed to Düdjom Lingpa as a visionary “treasure” text in 1862, the Vajra Essence takes the reader through seven stages of progressively deeper practice, from “taking the impure mind as the path” up to the practice of “direct crossing over” (tögal). The longest of Düdjom Lingpa’s five visionary works on Dzogchen, readers will find this a rich and masterful evocation of the enlightened experience. This is the first translation of this seminal work in any Western language, and B. Alan Wallace, with his forty-five-plus years of extensive learning and deep meditative experience, is one of the most accomplished translators of Tibetan texts into English.