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Traditions of Tibetan Buddhism
35 Articles
Mahamudra: General Presentation of Preliminaries
The Source of the Teachings Today many people have come, both Western and Tibetan, both laypersons and monastics, to listen to an explanation of mahamudra, the great seal of reality. For many of us, just hearing this word, "mahamudra," causes our ears to perk up. We think...
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A Discourse on “Autocommentary to ‘A Root Text for Mahamudra’” – The Dalai Lama
Context of Ways of Knowing, Bare Perception
Introduction This evening we are going to be speaking about ways of knowing; in other words cognition theory, and how it is that we know things – how our cognition actually works. This is an important topic since it relates very much to how we experience the four noble...
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Seven Ways of Knowing Objects
Uttaratantra: Introduction to the Text
Introduction The text that I will be explaining is called The Furthest Everlasting Continuum, Uttaratantra in Sanskrit, Gyu Lama in Tibetan. It has five chapters and if I were to explain this slowly in a relaxed manner, it would take one or two weeks. But today we need to...
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Commentary on “Uttaratantra” – The Dalai Lama
The Meaning of Tantra
The Definition of the Word Tantra Buddha's teachings include both sutras and tantras. The sutras present the basic themes of practice for gaining liberation from uncontrollably recurring problems (Skt. samsara) and, beyond that, to reach the enlightened state of a Buddha, with...
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Making Sense of Tantra
Revival after the Fall of the Tibetan Empire
The Fragmentation of Tibet after Langdarma’s Assassination The Tibetan Empire disintegrated after the assassination of Langdarma in 842 CE. Central authority was not restored for four centuries. The imperial Tibetan troops had already started to withdraw from the border...
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Tibetan History before the Fifth Dalai Lama
The Guru as a Buddha in Tantra
Basis, Pathway, and Resultant Viewpoints Most Tibetan texts that discuss tantric masters' being Buddhas explain the topic of impure and pure appearances from a specific viewpoint. Often, however, the texts neglect to state their point of view. This may cause confusion. In...
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Seeing the Spiritual Teacher as a Buddha
Conviction in the Dharma
Review of the Main Points of the Lam-rim The lam-rim is divided into three scopes, each with different states of mind that act as pathways enabling us to reach enlightenment. This structure was first formulated by the great eleventh-century Indian master Atisha, who was...
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Self-Transformation through the Lam-rim Graded Stages
Mahamudra: The Four Seals, Mahamudra & Dzogchen
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....
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A Discourse on “Autocommentary to ‘A Root Text for Mahamudra’” – The Dalai Lama
Mahamudra in the Various Tibetan Buddhist Traditions
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...
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Commentary on “A Root Text for Mahamudra” – The Dalai Lama
Mahamudra: Tantra Level Mahamudra Practice
The Authenticity of the Traditions of the Dohas and Dzogchen In the root text, the Fourth Panchen Lama states that the explanation of anuttarayoga tantra's complete stage level of mahamudra practice is in accordance with "The Seven Texts of the Mahasiddhas and The Three Core...
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