Mahamudra

Dr. Berzin explains Karma Kagyu mahamudra meditation as presented in the Ninth Karmapa's seminal text.

This commentary by Dr. Berzin explains how to conduct mahamudra meditation on the conventional and deepest natures of the mind.

An introduction to the practice of mahamudra in the Gelug and Karma Kagyu traditions.

The Fourth Panchen Lama presents the sutra method of mahamudra meditation for gaining shamatha on the conventional nature of the mind and then joined shamatha and vipashyana on the mind’s deepest nature, its voidness (emptiness).

Mahamudra texts contain special Tibetan terminology not found in many dictionaries. Dr. Berzin offers English translations of many of them, based on explanations by Beru Khyentse Rinpoche.

A commentary by Serkong Rinpoche focusing on mahamudra as a meditation on the mind’s void nature.

The Third Karmapa’s verse text, traditionally memorized and recited by Karma Kagyu practitioners, consists of a series of prayers for gaining the circumstances conducive for success on each step of mahamudra meditation on the nature of the mind.

Explore the graded path of practice as found in the Drugpa Kagyu tradition, written by the great Tibetan master of the 16th century, Pema Karpo.

An explanation of the terse and profound verses of the Third Karmapa’s “Mahamudra Prayer.”

Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey explains the Fourth Panchen Lama’s text that forms the basis for the Gelug/Kagyu tradition of mahamudra meditation on the nature of the mind.