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A SPACIOUS PATH TO FREEDOM: Practical Instructions on the Union of Mahamudra and Atiyogaby Karma Chagme, commentary by Gyatrul Rinpoche, trans. by B. Alan WallaceThis manual of Tibetan meditation simply and thoroughly presents the profound Dzogchen and Mahamudra systems of practice. Karma Chagme sets forth the stages of meditation practice, including the cultivation of meditative quiescence and insight, the experiential identification of awareness, and the highest steps of Mahamudra and Atiyoga leading to perfect enlightenment in one lifetime. Drawing from his enormous textual erudition and mastery of Tibetan oral traditions, he shows how these two meditative systems can be unified into a single, integrated approach to realizing the ultimate nature of consciousness. Karma Chagme was a major lineage-holder of the Karma Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, and his writings have also become central to the Payul Nyingma order, making him an ideal figure to integrate two of the great meditation systems of Tibet: Mahamudra and Atiyoga. Born in 1925 and recognized as a tulku of the great Payul contemplative Sampa Kunkyap, Gyatrul Rinpoche was educated in Payul Dhomang Monastery in eastern Tibet. Trained by such renowned adepts as Sangye Gon, Tulku Natsok Rangdrol, Payul Chogtrul Rinpoche, and Apkong Khenpo, he spent much of his life in Tibet in meditative retreat. Since the early 1970s, Gyatrul Rinpoche has taught thousands of students in North America, where he has established several centers for the study and practice of Tibetan Buddhism. Drawing on his extensive experience in traditional Tibet and the modern West, he is an ideal teacher to bring these profound teachings to contemporary students of Tibetan Buddhist meditation. B. Alan Wallace, a Buddhist monk for fourteen years, has authored, translated, edited, and contributed to more than forty books on Tibetan Buddhism, science, and culture, including Mind in the Balance. He is the founder and president of the Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies. EXPLORE THIS TITLE FURTHER... REVIEWS "An incomparable introduction to the actual practice of higher meditative instructions."—Tibet Journal "Get[s] right into fairly advanced instructions on meditation.... Most chapters are, in classic Tibetan fashion, almost entirely comprised of quotations from scripture and earlier masters. Gyatrul Rinpoche's informative commentary is the clear voice that pulls the book together"—Alexander Gardner, Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Quarterly "Karma Chagme applies his extensive experience and familiarity with Tibetan oral traditions to reveal how these two meditative systems can be integrated into a single approach"—Midwest Book Review 9781559393409, 1559393408 (formerly 1559390719) | |
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