THE UNION OF MAHAMUDRA AND DZOGCHEN - DVD, by Thrangu Rinpoche, trans. by Lama Yeshe Gyamtso

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THE UNION OF MAHAMUDRA AND DZOGCHEN - DVD

by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, trans. by Lama Yeshe Gyamtso

The Union of Mahamudra and Dzogchen, The Direct Instructions of the Great Compassionate One, is a text written by Karma Chagmey, a prolific writer recognized by the Fifth Dalai Lama as an emanation of the Buddha Amitabha. This text exists in both a short and a long version. The long version is comprised of eighteen chapters. In these talks, Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche teaches extensively on the second half of the long version, which begins with a chapter on cultivating bodhichitta followed by chapters on the generation and completion stages of vajrayana practice. The text concludes with teachings on the profound practices of Mahamudra and Dzogchen. Thrangu Rinpoche's teachings and commentary on Karma Chagmey's text are penetrating, clear and accessible to western students.

These 16-hours of DVD recordings, filmed with a new 4-camera, live-mix system, are almost like attending the actual retreat that was conducted in Crestone, Colorado, in June of 2003.

Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche is a renowned Tibetan Buddhist master known for his deep compassion and the clarity of his teachings. He was selected by His Holiness the Dalai Lama to serve as the principal tutor to His Holiness the 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje. Thrangu Rinpoche is a full holder and teacher of the Kagyu Vajrayana lineages. He founded the Namo Buddha retreat center in Nepal, has established two shedras (monastic universities) in Nepal and India, and serves as Abbot of Gampo Abbey in Nova Scotia. He built Tara Abbey, where nuns receive a full dharma education qualifying them to become khenpos or teachers. Rinpoche teaches extensively throughout Asia, Europe, Canada and the United States.