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| Author(s) : Duff, Tony |
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| ISBN : 9937903114 | | EAN : 9789937903110 | | Cover : Paperback | | Pages : 26 | | Size : 216 x 138mm | | Publisher : Padma Karpo Translations | | Published : 2010 |
Category : Tibetan Buddhism: Dzogchen
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Synopsis:
Restricted text.This book is meant only for those who are already doing thogal practice and who have received proper instructions and permission from a qualified Dzogchen teacher. Without having received these necessary instructions, reading this text can be harmful to your spiritual health.
Khenchen Padma Namgyal was one of the great masters of Zurmang monastery in Kham (the seat of the Trungpa Rinpoches). He travelled to Dzogchen monastery where he entered the famous Sri Singha College to gain a deep Buddhist education and he also learnt the practices of Dzogchen while he was there. He was renowned as a particularly knowledgeable khenpo who also had a deep practical understanding of innermost Dzogchen practice.
One day, Khenchen Padma Namgyal had gone out onto a mountain side for a session of Direct Crossing, or Thogal, practice with his students. He started the session, as is usually done, with some instruction. The instruction turned into a summary of the whole practice of Thogal.
The text is very short but the instruction is complete and will definately be helpful to anyone who is genuinely doing thogal practice.
It has to be said that this Key Points of Direct Crossing is sealed and locked. The reason for this is that the text is a summation of the key points for practice found in the Seventeen Tantras, the tantras which are the very root of the Great Completion, Dzogchen. Those tantras explicitly warn that one must have the necessary empowerments, and so on, before beginning to be instructed in and read about these teachings. This is not a meaningless requirement; there is a great danger in reading this material without first having the necessary empowements and related instructions. Therefore, there is a mandate by the lineage that this text is only to be read after having received the Rigpa Liveliness Empowerment (rigpa'i tsal wang) or by those who are about to receive it during a session of teaching on the text.Tibetan text included. |
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