Gampopa Teaches Essence Mahamudra
Interviews with His Heart Disciples, Dusum Khyenpa and Others
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| Author(s) : Duff, Tony |
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| ISBN : 9937572088 | | EAN : 9789937572088 | | Cover : Paperback | | Pages : 342 | | Size : 230 x 152mm | | Publisher : Padma Karpo Translations | | Published : 2012 |
Category : Tibetan Buddhism: Kagyu
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Synopsis:
This book began as a translation of the "interviews" section of Gampopa's Collected Works. Interviews or "question and answer sessions" as they are literally called in Tibetan are records of the personal interviews of a great teacher with those who come to see him. These are among the most interesting writings to be found in Tibetan literature because of the very personal quality found in them. The interviews section of Gampopa's Collected Works consists of interviews with four of the greatest yogin disciples - the first Karmapa Dusum Khyenpa, source of most of the lesser Kagyu lineages Phagmo Drupa, Lord Gomtshul, and Yogin Choyung.
The outstanding feature of these interviews is that Gampopa uses them to give private teachings on Essence Mahamudra, the ultimate transmission of Mahamudra within the Kagyu lineage. In one session after another, Gampopa reveals all the teachings of Essence Mahamudra to his foremost disciples in a thoroughly personal, pointed and practical manner. Another feature of these interviews is the very clear picture they paint of how the ultimate Mahamudra teaching was given in the early days of the Kagyu lineage. Many important points of the teaching, some which seem to have been lost historically, can be understood from them. The majority of the interviews are notes that were taken on the spot or written out just after the interviews. As such, they are historical records which give us a very personal sense of Gampopa and these great disciples and what they went through on their personal journeys to enlightenment. More than that though, the reader gets a distinct impression of the personalities involved through their own, hand-written records.
Gampopa tells the story of his own Dharma journey on two occasions in the book. Because the interviews are so focused on Gampopa's presentation of Mahamudra, two more texts from his Collected Works were added to give a further sense of his way of teaching it: first, a short text which is the root of his famous Four Dharmas of Gampopa teaching; and second a medium length text which records an oral teaching he gave on the entire path of Mahamudra. A point of interest is that the first addition makes the original teaching of the Four Dharmas of Gampopa available in English for the first time.
A lengthy introduction has been provided to help the reader see and understand the many interesting threads contained in this book. |
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