"Relics of the Dharmakaya" by Ontrul Tenpa'i Wangchuk

Author: Tony Duff
Publisher:
Total Pages: 138
Release: 2010
Genre: Rdzogs-chen
ISBN: 9789937838627

English version of Tibetan text Tshig gsum gnad du brdeg paʼi zin bris dpal ldan bla ma dam pa gaṅ gi źal luṅ rnams gan zin phyogs gcig tu bsdus pa chos skuʼi riṅ bsrel bźugs; includes root text.

"Alchemy of Accomplishment"

Author: Bdud-ʼjoms ʼJigs-bral-ye-śes-rdo-rje
Publisher:
Total Pages: 84
Release: 2008
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9789937903134

English version of Tibetan text Ri chos bslab bya änams len dmar khrid go bder brjod pa grub pa i bcud len âzes bya ba bâzugs so; includes root text.

Natural Great Perfection

Natural Great Perfection
Author: Nyoshul Khenpo
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009-01-16
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1559393122

Dzogchen is the consummate practice of Tibetan Buddhism. A pure awareness practice applicable to any circumstance and readily integrated into modern life, Dzogchen directly introduces us to the inherent freedom, purity, and perfection of being that is our true nature. Natural Great Perfection is an inspiring collection of teachings providing the deepest possible insight into the practice of the Dzogchen path. The teachings are followed by a collection of spontaneous vajra songs composed in the tradition of Milarepa as the delightful play of wisdom consciousness.

A Marvelous Garland of Rare Gems

A Marvelous Garland of Rare Gems
Author: Jam-dbyans-rdo-Rje
Publisher: Padma Publishing
Total Pages: 746
Release: 2005
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Presents a comprehensive history of the Nyingtik lineage, which forms the core of the teachings known as Dzogchen.

Passionate Enlightenment

Passionate Enlightenment
Author: Miranda Shaw
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 320
Release: 1995-10-08
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780691010908

Anyone who reads a Tantric text or enters a Tantric temple immediately encounters a pantheon of female Buddhas and a host of female enlighteners known as "dakinis," who dance and leap in joyous poses that communicate a sense of mastery and spiritual power. This striking female imagery is fully compatible with Shaw's findings. Drawing on interviews and archival research conducted during two years of fieldwork in India and Nepal, including more than forty previously unnoticed works by women of the Pala period (eighth through twelfth centuries C.E.), she substantially reinterprets the history of Tantric Buddhism during its first four centuries. In her view, the Tantric theory of this period promotes an ideal of cooperative, mutually liberative relationships between women and men while encouraging a sense of reliance on women as a source of spiritual insight and power.

The Great Kagyu Masters

The Great Kagyu Masters
Author:
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Total Pages: 311
Release: 2006-03-06
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1559397721

For inspiration, Buddhists turn to the life stories of how the great masters of their lineage struggled with their circumstances and achieved enlightenment. This important and very readable volume tells the extraordinary tales of the greatest teachers of the Kagyu the lineage with the widest following in the U.S.

Maitreya's The Ornament of Clear Realization

Maitreya's The Ornament of Clear Realization
Author: Rinpoche Thrangu
Publisher:
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2003-02-01
Genre: Abhisamayālaṅkāra
ISBN: 9781877294341

These works, transmitted from Arya Maitreya - the fifth and future Buddha of this fortunate age - to Arya Asanga some time in the third century, comprise one of the major foundations of Mahayana Buddhism, the unbroken transmission and practice of which continues today. The focus of this text is the Prajnaparamita teachings. There are two main ways of approaching the meaning of the Prajnaparamita, the direct and indirect approach, with both approaches revealing the meaning of emptiness. Many students these days are familiar with the direct approach to understanding emptiness as shown in texts such as those by Nagarjuna. However, the indirect approach is perhaps less familiar and is what Maitreya is focussing on in this text. The indirect approach to emptiness reveals the hidden meaning of the Prajnaparamita sutras by examining the five paths and spiritual levels. Through this approach one understands how emptiness is realized, how this wisdom is developed and what is removed by this wisdom. Maitreya received the full transmission and meaning of these teachings directly from the Buddha and is therefore able to convey the meaning clearly and directly for us. This was his main motivation for composing this particular work and also that by understanding the Prajnaparamita teachings beings would be able to accomplish Buddhahood.

The Other Emptiness

The Other Emptiness
Author: Tony Duff
Publisher:
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2014-05-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9789937572675

Other Emptiness is the view of emptiness that goes with wisdom. It has long been thought amongst Westerners that the view of emptiness championed by the Gelug tradition following the views of Tsongkhapa is the one and only view of emptiness in the Buddhist teachings. However, that is not the case. The majority of Tibetan Buddhists accept two approaches to emptiness, a logical approach called empty of self and a non-conceptual approach called empty of other. This book clearly presents all of these views and shows how the empty of other type of emptiness is actually the ultimate teaching of the Buddha, the teaching on how to enter non-dual wisdom. Other emptiness has usually been thought of amongst Westerners who have heard of it as a very complicated and difficult philosophy. It is subtle, that is true, because it describes what it is like to be in wisdom. However, it was not taught as a difficult philosophy. Rather, it was taught as a practical teaching on how to enter non-dual wisdom. The book explores this point at length. The book was written to be useful for all levels of reader. It starts simply, giving a clear explanation of the Buddha's non-dual teaching and how the other emptiness teaching is part of that. Then it goes into details about the history and teaching other emptiness. Finally, it goes in to great technical detail concerning the other emptiness teaching, and supports that with extensive materials from various Tibetan teachers. Unlike many of the books on other emptiness that have appeared, this book does not only present the theory of other emptiness but keeps a proper balance between showing the theory of other emptiness and presenting the practice-based reality of the teaching. The book is divided into four parts, each one a set of presentations from someone knowledgeable of the subject. The first part is several chapters written by the author in plain English in order to get the reader under way. Following that, there are sections embodying the explanations of Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen, Khenpo Tsultrim Gyatso, and amgon Kongtrul the great. Ample introductions, glossaries and so on are provided.