Mahamudra

Review The Fourth Panchen Lama has divided his text into the preparation practices, the actual material, and the concluding procedures; and in the presentation of the actual body of the material he specified the various divisions of mahamudra, specified that there’s a sutra...

Shamatha and Vipashyana All these points we have been discussing are relevant for understanding mahamudra meditation. Mahamudra meditation has two basic stages: the practices for attaining shamatha and the practices for attaining vipashyana. Shamatha is a serenely stilled...

Examining the Essential Nature of the Settled Mind The second (main section) is the exceptionally perceptive state of vipashyana. Have the essential points of your body posture be as before; but, in this case, as your way of gazing is extremely important, direct your eyes,...

Meditation practice is divided into two sections: Brief explanationDetailed explanation. Prayer to Practice Mahamudra Meditation Properly Verse 15 gives a brief explanation of mahamudra meditation practice with a prayer to be able to practice mahamudra meditation properly....

The Different Lineages of Mahamudra In general, we could gain a decisive understanding of voidness with respect to any basis characterized by voidness, or having voidness as its nature, such as a vase. There is no difference in the abiding devoid nature itself of a vase or...

Examining the Essential Nature of the Settled Mind The second (main section) is the exceptionally perceptive state of vipashyana. Have the essential points of your body posture be as before; but, in this case, as your way of gazing is extremely important, direct your eyes,...

The Four Seals and the Meaning of the Term "Mahamudra" There are many different ways of explaining mahamudra, the great seal of reality. Different traditions, like the Kagyu, the Sakya and so forth, have many different names and systems of terminology, but they all come...

Different Presentations of the Four Types of Seals The text continues now with the next point in the outline, the actual methods of mahamudra. Although mahamudra practice can be explained in many ways, it divides it into two: the sutra and tantra levels of mahamudra methods....

Reasons for Preliminaries Becoming Flat People engaged in preliminary practices sometimes find them becoming flat. The primary fault lies with our motivation. The main measure to prevent this is continually reaffirming our reasons for engaging in the preliminaries. If, as...

Preliminaries for Shamatha Meditation The text continues with a full discussion of the sutra tradition of mahamudra, And so for this (sutra tradition of mahamudra), out of the two methods, namely seeking a meditative state on top of having gained a correct view (of voidness)...