The Four Dharmas of Gampopa

The Four Dharmas of Gampopa
Author: Rinpoche Thrangu
Publisher:
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2003-02-01
Genre: Dharma (Buddhism)
ISBN: 9781877294174

Brief commentary by Thrangu Rinpoche on Gampopa's text. Gampopa was the main disciple of Milarepa and one of the founders of the Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. Besides writing the Jewel Ornament of Liberation, Gampopa distilled the essence of the path into these four short lines of truth, or Dharmas. This advice became well known as the Four Dharmas of Gampopa.

Four Dharmas of Gampopa

Four Dharmas of Gampopa
Author: Venerable Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781934608357

May my mind become one with the Dharma. May the Dharma make success on the path. May the path clarify confusion. May confusion dawn as wisdom. Gampopa's Four Dharmas is closely related to his Jewel Ornament of Liberation, a text that deals with the stages in our spiritual development. First you begin to discover the Dharma, then you make a good job of it, then the Dharma becomes applicable on the path so you begin to clarify confusion on the path, and finally you transmute that confusion into wisdom. Those are the four Dharmas and they really relate to the development of the individual on the path. "Traleg Kyabgon

A Life of Happiness

A Life of Happiness
Author: Ninth Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche
Publisher: Dharma Ebooks
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2022-03-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

A Life of Happiness: A Practice Guide for Older Practitioners is the first Buddhist practice guide intended for older people. Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche is a highly regarded lama with many students and centres worldwide. He has dedicated his life to serving the Dharma and is one of the most revered teachers in the Karma Kagyu. Rinpoche draws on his own personal experiences of the problems encountered with ageing, declining health and end of life to give advice on the Dharma practices they should follow, the attitudes they should adopt, and the actions they should take. He includes advice to family members and care-givers and instructions about what they should do when someone dies. The methods of practice that Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche explains here are easy to understand, yet extremely important and pithy. Rinpoche’s lifetime of pure and genuine practice is distilled into concise words of advice; each word and sentence conveys Rinpoche’s warm wishes and deep blessings.

Mahamudra and Related Instructions

Mahamudra and Related Instructions
Author:
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 796
Release: 2011-05-17
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 086171444X

Thupten Jinpa holds a Geshe Lharam degree from Ganden monastic university and a Ph.D. in religious studies from Cambridge University. The translator and editor of numerous books, he has been the principal English-language translator for His Holiness the Dalai Lama for over two decades, and he is the author of Self Reality and Reason in Tibetan Philosophy. He lives in Montreal with his wife and two daughters. --Book Jacket.

The Life of Gampopa

The Life of Gampopa
Author: Jampa Mackenzie Stewart
Publisher: Snow Lion
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2004-05-20
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

A concluding essay on mahamudra introduces Vajrayana buddhism to beginners, while simultaneously supporting advanced practitioners with fresh insights.

The Rain of Wisdom

The Rain of Wisdom
Author: Chögyam Trungpa
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Total Pages: 426
Release: 1980
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

"The art of composing spontaneous songs that express spiritual understanding has existed in Tibet for centuries. Over a hundred of these profound songs are found in this collection of the works of the great teachers of the Kagyü lineage, known as the Practice Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. Many readers are already familiar with the colorful life of the yogin Milarepa, an early figure in the Kagyü lineage, some of whose songs are included here. Songs by over thirty other Buddhist teachers are also presented, from those of Tilopa, the father of the lineage, to those of the Sixteenth Gyalwa Karmapa, as well as several songs by Chögyam Trungpa, the noted teacher of Buddhism in America who directed the translation of The Rain of Wisdom"--Publisher.

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.

Buddhism in a Nutshell

Buddhism in a Nutshell
Author: Narada Thera
Publisher: Pariyatti Publishing
Total Pages: 87
Release: 2017-09-01
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1681720647

This new Pariyatti Edition of the classic Buddhism in a Nutshell is an excellent introductory overview of the fundamental principles of Buddhist doctrine. Topics covered include: the life of the Buddha, the Dhamma (Is it a philosophy? A religion? An ethical system?), the Four Noble Truths, the Law of Kamma, Rebirth, Dependent Origination, Anatta, and Nibbana. Recommended for beginners.