Deity, mantra, and wisdom : development stage meditation in Tibetan Buddhist tantra / by Jigme Lingpa, Patrul Rinpoche, and Getse Mahapandita ; translated by the Dharmachakra Translation Committee ; forewords by Trulshik Rinpoche and Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

ʼJigs-med-gling-pa Rang-byung-rdo-rje, 1729 or 1730-1798.

O-rgyan-ʼjigs-med-chos-kyi-dbang-po, Dpal-sprul, 1808-1887.

ʼGyur-med-tshe-dbang-mchog-grub, Dge-rtse Paṇḍita, 1764?-

Dharmachakra Translation Committee, translator.

Language:

English

Tibetan

Subjects (All):

Rnying-ma-pa (Sect).

Physical Description:

263 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boulder : Snow Lion, 2020.

Summary:

"Deity, Mantra, and Wisdom contains four of the most cherished Tibetan Buddhist commentaries on the practices of visualization, mantra recitation, and meditative absorption. These three elements form the core of development stage meditation, one of the most important practices of Buddhist Tantra. The authors of these timeless classics - Jigme Lingpa, Patrul Rinpoche, and Getse Mahapandita - have all profoundly shaped Tibetan Buddhism with their vast scholarship and deep spiritual realization. In these eloquent and inspiring writings, they explain the fundamental philosophy of the development stage, showing not only its profound insights into the nature of reality, but also how to make this view a living experience through the practice of meditation."--Jacket.

Contents:

The ladder to akaniṣṭha: instructions on the development stage and deity yoga / Jigme Lingpa

Clarifying the difficult points in the development stage and deity yoga / Patrul Chokyi Wangpo

The melody of Brahma reveling in the three realms: key points for meditating on the four stakes that bind the life-force / Patrul Chokyi Wangpo

The husks of unity: a clarification of the development stage rituals / Getse Mahāpaṇḍita Tsewang Chokdrub.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-243) and index.

ISBN:

9781559394970

1559394978

OCLC:

1142792110

Publisher Number:

99984134211