Light of Wisdom, Volume II: A Collection of Padmasambhava's Advice to the Dakini Yeshe Togyal and Other Close Disciples

by Padmasambhava (Text by), Jamgon Kongtrul (Commentaries by), Marcia Binder Schmidt (Editor), Erik Pema Kunsang (Translator)

Overview

Padmasambhava, the Indian mystic and tantric Buddhist master, is second only to Buddha Shakyamuni as the most famous personage in the Tibetan tradition of Buddhism. In the ninth century, he made the journey across the Himalayan Mountains to establish Buddhism for the people in that country. He also concealed timeless instructions and practices to benefit future generations. The volume presents in-depth explanations of the Tibetan Buddhist perspective. The Light of Wisdom, Vol. II will be of special interest to students of Buddhism for its clear overview from a Vajrayana perspective of teachings particular to Hinayana and Mahayana Buddhism. Included is an extensive commentary by Jamgon Kongtrul the Great, one of the most prominent Buddhist masters of nineteenth-century Tibet.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789627341338
Publisher:	Rangjung Yeshe Publications
Publication date:	06/29/2004
Pages:	176
Sales rank:	637,763
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

	Foreword	ix
	Translator's Introduction	xi
	Essay on the Three Great Masters	xxxv
	The Root Text
	Lamrim Yeshe Nyingpo	1
	The Commentary
Section 1	Prologue and Teachings on the Title, the Sign Script, and the Homage
1.	Homage and Prologue	21
2.	Teaching on the Title	25
3.	Explaining the Sign Script and Homage	36
Section 2	The Explanation of the Actual Body of the Text
4.	The Setting	43
5.	The Circumstances	53
6.	The Four Vajra Syllables	54
7.	The Five Perfections and Instruction to Retain the Teaching	63
8.	The Meaning of the Ground	68
Section 3	Path
9.	How to Follow a Spiritual Guide	87
10.	The Four Mind Changings	95
11.	Taking Refuge	110
12.	Conventional Bodhichitta of Aspiration	115
13.	Conventional Bodhichitta of Application	121
14.	The View of Ultimate Bodhichitta	135
15.	The Meditation of Ultimate Bodhichitta and Its Result	147
	Appendices and Notes
1.	The Six Limits and Four Modes	161
2.	The Four Noble Truths	167
3.	The Four Dhyanas and Formless States	170
4.	The Sugata Essence	175
5.	Padmakara and the Four Vidyadhara Levels	179
6.	Shakyamuni's Prophecy about Buddhism in Tibet	181
7.	The Five Aggregates	183
8.	Establishing the Basis for Beginning the Teaching	186
9.	The Actual Beginning of the Teaching	191
10.	The Sixty Aspects of Melodious Speech	195
11.	The Four Schools of Buddhist Philosophy	197
12.	The Bodhisattva Bhumis	201
	Epilogue	206
	Notes	208
	Index	287

Editorial Reviews

"The root text of Lamrim Yeshe Nyingpo, a terma revealed by the great treasure-finder Chokgyur Lingpa, and its commentary by Kongtrül Rinpoche, the great translator in person, form tohether a complete scripture that embodies all the tantras, statements and instructions of the Nyingma School of the early translations, which is most rare to find in the past, present, or future."
- Kyabje Dilgo Kyentse Rinpoche

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