Teachings of Tibetan yoga : an introduction to the spiritual, mental, and physical exercises of the Tibetan religion / Garma C. C. Chang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zhang, Zhenji, 1920- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Yoga--Buddhism.

Yoga.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (85 pages)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Pickle Partners Publishing, 2016.

Summary:

The author-translator of this book was born in China of aristocratic parentage some fifty years ago. In early youth he became the disciple of a Buddhist Guru in a part of China near Tibet. His Guru sent him to Tibet to further his training. After eight years in Tibetan monasteries, six of them under one Guru, he went to school in the West to study animal husbandry and bring his knowledge hack to Tibet. The Communist victory in China and the Communist invasion of Tibet cut him off from returning. His devotion to Tibetan Buddhism is now expressed by translating into English its hitherto unknown teachings.This Book is an extremely concentrated introduction to the mental, physical, and spiritual exercises of Tibetan Buddhism, emphasizing the practice of Yoga exercises. The key to its understanding is the learning of Dumo-the generating of internal heat in one's body.Dumo's special meaning for Tibetan Yoga flows from the profoundly anti-ascetic and anti-pessimistic doctrine of Tantric Buddhism. The author means precisely what he says when he explains that opposites are also inseparable unities and that the best example of this is that the human body-mind can be made into the body of Buddha. Sexual bliss can become divine bliss.This work will both introduce the reader to the tranquility of yoga and, at the same time, lead him to explorations in the field of erotic mysticism.Richly illustrated throughout.

Contents:

Intro

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION by John C. Wilson

FOREWORD by Garma C. C. Chang

GLOSSARY

PART I-THE TEACHING OF MAHAMUDRA

THE SONG OF MAHAMUDRA by Tilopa

THE VOW OF MAHAMUDRA by Garmapa Rangjang Dorje

THE ESSENTIALS OF MAHAMUDRA PRACTICE AS GIVEN by the Venerable Lama Kong Ka

THE FIVE SIMILES OF MAHAMUDRA EXPERIENCE

THE FIVE WAYS OF STRAYING FROM MAHAMUDRA

THE THREE MAJOR EXPERIENCES OF MAHAMUDRA

HOW TO CULTIVATE MAHAMUDRA THROUGH ADVERSE CONDITIONS

THE ERRORS IN MAHAMUDRA PRACTICE

PART II-THE EPITOME OF AN INTRODUCTION TO THE SIX YOGAS OF NAROPA

THE EPITOME OF AN INTRODUCTION TO THE PROFOUND PATH OF THE SIX YOGAS OF NAROPA by Drashi Namjhal

THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF TANTRIC PRACTICE

THE PRACTICE OF THE SIX YOGAS

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Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781787202153

1787202151