Creation and Completion : Essential Points of Tantric Meditation,9780861713127

Creation and Completion : Essential Points of Tantric Meditation

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ISBN13: 9780861713127
ISBN10: 0861713125
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-04-01
Publisher(s): Wisdom Publications
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Summary

Jamgon Kongtrul, a master practitioner and one of Tibet's most prolific writers, composed this text as a guide to the effective practice of tantric Buddhist meditation. Written in the style of the Tibetan songs of realization, the text leads a way along a clear path of meditative self-transformation. This revised and updated edition of Creation and Completion includes a commentary by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche.

Author Biography

Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye, (1813-99) was the leading figure in the nineteenth-century rime (nonsectarian) revival of Tibetan Buddhism. One of the most prolific and accomplished teachers and writers in Tibetan history, his works continue to guide and inspire students and practitioners alike.

Sarah Harding has been a Tibetan Buddhist translator and practitioner since 1974. She is the author of The Life and Revelations of Pema Lingpa. She has served since 1992 as a faculty member at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado.

Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche is a senior scholar within the Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism and the author of many books and commentaries. He was born in Kham, Tibet, in 1933 and entered Thrangu Monastery at age seven. He serves as the main tutor to His Holiness the Seventeenth Karmapa and travels worldwide giving teachings and leading retreats. Based in Nepal and India, he is also abbot of Gampo Abbey in Nova Scotia and founder of Vajra Vidya Retreat Center in Crestone, Colorado.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii
Preface ix
Technical Note xi
Introduction 1(1)
Buddhism
2(1)
Three Turnings of the Wheel of Dharma
2(4)
Buddhism in Tibet
6(1)
Deity Practice
7(4)
The Guru
11(2)
Creation Stage
13(3)
Completion Stage
16(4)
Jamgon Kongtrul
20(4)
Literary Works
24(3)
The Root Text in Tibetan and Englis
27(56)
The Essential Points of Creation and Completion That Will Benefit the Beginner Who Has Entered the Path
29(54)
Commentary
83(72)
Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche
Introduction
83(1)
Essential Points for Approaching the Path
84(10)
Essential Points for Traversing the Path
94(12)
Purification
106(14)
The Emergence of Confusion
120(14)
Working with Confusion
134(7)
Cultivating Lucidity
141(14)
Notes 155(22)
Bibliography 177(4)
Index 181

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