Vivid Awareness The Mind Instructions of Khenpo Gangshar

Name: Vivid Awareness The Mind Instructions of Khenpo Gangshar
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ISBN: 9781590308165

ISBN-10: 1590308166

ISBN-13: 9781590308165

Edition: 2011

Authors: Khenchen Thrangu, Sakyong Mipham

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The instructions in this book are a distillation of the essential points of the esoteric Tibetan Buddhist practices of Mahamudra and Dzogchen. Intended to help people to face lifers"s difficulties, they include essentials of Buddhist philosophy, contemplations on the ephemeral nature of both joy and suffering, meditations for resting the mind, and guidance for maintaining equanimity in real-life circumstances. Khenchen Thrangu, a modern meditation master, describes in this book his studies with a teacher of great renown who remained in Tibet after the Chinese invasion. The deceased elder master, known as Khenpo Gangshar, is still renowned as a dynamic, unconventional teacher, widely…

Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Shambhala Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/11/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.98" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Foreword


Translator's Introduction


Preface



Helpful Advice for Good Times and Bad



Prophecies of Hidden Lands



Recognizing Our Good Fortune



The General Preliminaries



The Special Preliminaries: The Analytic Meditation of a Pandita



The Foundation: Karma, Cause, and Result



The Importance of Mind



Appearances and Mind



Looking at the Mind



A Summary of the Analytic Meditation of a Pandita



The Resting Meditation of a Kusulu



Devotion and Stability



Getting Right Down to Meditation



The Benefits of the Kusulu's Meditation



Distinguishing Mind and Awareness



Following Through in Our Lives



Taking the Situations of Our Lives as the Path



Taking Joy and Sorrow as the Path



Taking Pain and Illness as the Path



Taking Afflictions and Emotions as the Path



Taking the Bardo as the Path



Closing Words


Appendix: The Texts of Khenpo Gangshar


The Concise Mind Instructions Called Naturally Liberating Whatever You Meet


Naturally Liberating Whatever You Meet: Instructions to Guide You on the Profound Path


Bibliography


Index