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| Author(s) : Kathog Situ Chokyi Gyatso and translated by Elio Guarisco |
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| ISBN : 8878341037 | | EAN : 9788878341036 | | Cover : Paperback | | Pages : 328 | | Size : 202 x 146mm | | Publisher : Shang Shung Edizioni | | Published : 2009 |
Category : Biography
Category 2 : Tibetan Buddhism: Kagyu
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Synopsis:
This traditional Tibetan biography explores the extraordinary dimension of a realized yogin, the revered Togden of Drugu (1853-1919), a portrayal which is also precious as the mirroring of a vanished world. The chronicle glows with inspiring facts and miraculous happenings, as well as insights provided by numerous correspondence between the Togden and some of the greatest Buddhist masters of that era.
The book begins with penetrating and easily understood instructions by Shakya Shri called Opening the Door to Liberation, and a selection of his dohas, or songs or realization. The book includes a preface by Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche and a foreword by Sey Rinpoche, lineage holder and great grandson of Shakya Shri.
In an informed and graceful translation, the book provides the reader with a rich reward, the sense of having actually encountered the master and received a direct benefit.
"The Togden of Drugu is a close disciple of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo and a practitioner of the heart essence of Dzoghen. He has entered the expanse of the practice of total relaxation (tregcho) and has brought to fulfillment the creative energy of the practice of the direct leap (thogal), passing the limit of the visionary appearance of pure awareness. It is a miracle to find such a being in these times." Jamgon Kongtrul.
"Practitioners like the precious Togden of Drugu are rare. His realization knows not even a hair's tip of distinction between day and night. His attainment of the all-inclusive luminous clarity is equal to that of the omniscient Jigme Lingpa." Ju Mipham Rinpoche.
"O excellent son! You belong to the enlightened lineage. Remain in the undistracted state! That alone is sufficient practice." The Sixth Khamtrul Rinpoche, root guru of Shakya Shri.
"The supreme yogin known as Shakya Shri, the Togden of Drigu, was a vastly accomplished master who manifested in the glorious Drugpa Kagyu lineage of the teaching. He was a practitioner not only of Mahamudra but also of Dzogchen. Moreover, he revealed extraordinary terma teachings, hidden instructions of the profound and unsurpassable Ati Dzogpa Chenpo. From this fact, as well as from his attainments, we can understand that he was an emanation of one of the 25 disciples of the great Guru of Oddiyana, Padmasambhava." Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche. |
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