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Description: this practical guide to inner transformation introduces the fundamental spiritual practices common to all Tibetan Buddhist traditions.The Words of My Perfect Teacher is the classic commentary on the preliminary practices of the Longchen Nyingtig—one of the best-known cycles of teachings and a spiritual treasure of the Nyingmapa school—the oldest Tibetan Buddhist tradition.
Patrul Rinpoche makes the technicalities of his subject accessible through a wealth of stories, quotations, and references to everyday life. His style of mixing broad colloquialisms, stringent irony, and poetry has all the life and atmosphere of an oral teaching. Great care has been taken by the translators to render the precise meaning of the text in English while still reflecting the vigor and insight of the original Tibetan.
The new edition includes translations of a postface to the text written a century ago for the first printed Tibetan edition by the first Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche, and a new preface by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. -- from publisher
Table of Contents: A brief historical introduction to Tibetan Buddhism
Part One : The Ordinary or External Preliminaries.
Ch. 1. The difficulty of finding the freedoms and advantages.
Ch. 2. The impermanence of life.
Ch. 3. The defects of samsara.
Ch. 4. Actions: the principle of cause and effect.
Ch. 5. The benefits of liberation.
Ch. 6. How to follow a spiritual friend.
Part Two : The Extraordinary or Internal Preliminaries.
Ch. 1. Taking refuge, foundation stone of all paths.
Ch. 2. Arousing bodhichitta, the root of the Great Vehicle.
Ch. 3. Meditating on the teacher as Vajrasattva to cleanse all obscurations.
Ch. 4. Offering the mandala to accumulate merit and wisdom.
Ch. 5. The kusali's accumulation: destroying the four demons at a single stroke.
Ch. 6. Guru Yoga, entrance-way for blessings, the ultimate way to arouse the wisdom of realization.
Part Three : The Swift Path of Transference.
Ch. 1. Transference of consciousness, the instructions for the dying: Buddhahood without meditation.
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A favorite of Tibetans and recommended by the Dalai Lama and other senior Buddhist teachers, this practical guide to inner transformation introduces the fundamental spiritual practices common to all Tibetan Buddhist traditions.The Words of My Perfect Teacher is the classic commentary on the preliminary practices of the Longchen Nyingtig--one of the best-known cycles of teachings and a spiritual treasure of the Nyingmapa school--the oldest Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Patrul Rinpoche makes the technicalities of his subject accessible through a wealth of stories, quotations, and references to everyday life. His style of mixing broad colloquialisms, stringent irony, and poetry has all the life and atmosphere of an oral teaching. Great care has been taken by the translators to render the precise meaning of the text in English while still reflecting the vigor and insight of the original Tibetan. A preface by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, insightful introductory essays, explanatory notes, and classic illustrations enhance this quintessential introduction to Tibetan Buddhist practice. This new edition includes translations of a postface to the text written a century ago (for the first printed edition in Tibetan) by the first Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche, and a new preface by the late Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. The notes, glossary and bibliography have been expanded and updated, Sanskrit names and terminology have been given their proper transliterated form, and the illustrations have been improved in quality and supplemented with new material.… (more)