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Mahamudra : the quintessence of mind and meditation

When Mahamudra first appeared in 1986, it was a landmark in the history of Buddhist publishing in English. It was translated at the behest of the 16th Karmapa, who was asked what text would be most beneficial to Western practitioners. Collecting all of Mahamudra's key texts in one volume, the book is a staple for practitioners of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism, who appreciate its detailed theoretical and practical explanations. This stunning new edition, printed on fine paper, is as inspiring to behold as it is to read.

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  • "Nges don phyag rgya chen poʼi sgom rim gsal bar byed paʼi legs bshad zla baʼi ʼod zer"
  • "Nges don Phyag rgya chen poʼi sgom rim gsal bar byed paʼi legs bshad zla baʼi ʼod zer"
  • "Nes don Phyag rgya chen poʼi sgom rim gsal bar byed paʼi legs bśad zla baʼi ʼod zer"

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  • "When Mahamudra first appeared in 1986, it was a landmark in the history of Buddhist publishing in English. It was translated at the behest of the 16th Karmapa, who was asked what text would be most beneficial to Western practitioners. Collecting all of Mahamudra's key texts in one volume, the book is a staple for practitioners of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism, who appreciate its detailed theoretical and practical explanations. This stunning new edition, printed on fine paper, is as inspiring to behold as it is to read."@en
  • "Mahamudra meditation is simultaneously the most profound of meditative disciplines and the most accessible for modern practitioners. Traditionally passed orally from teacher to disciple, mahamudra instructions point the meditator to the innate perfection of every experience. When it first appeared in 1986, Mahamudra: The Moonlight - Quintessence of Mind and Meditation was the first presentation in English of a major Tibetan Buddhist work on meditation. This classic guide was composed in the sixteenth century by an eminent lama of the Kagyu school and is so comprehensive and practical that it is still widely used today as a manual. Divided into two major sections, it presents first the common approach and then the mahamudra approach to tranquility (shamatha) and insight (vipashyana) meditation."

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  • "Livres électroniques"

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  • "Mahamudra : the quintessence of mind and meditation"@en
  • "Mahāmudrā : the moonlight : quintessence of mind and meditation"
  • "Mahāmudrā : the moonlight : quintessence of mind and meditation"@en
  • "Mahǎmudrǎ : the quintessence of mind and meditation"@en
  • "Mahāmudrā, the quintessence of mind and meditation"
  • "Mahāmudrā the quintessence of mind and meditation"@en
  • "Ṅes don Phyag rgya chen poʼi sgom rim gsal bar byed paʼi legs bśad zla baʼi ʼod zer : a detailed study of the practices of Mahamudra meditation"
  • "Mahamudra the Moonlight -- Quintessence of Mind and Meditation"@en
  • "Mahāmudrā, the moonlight quintessence of mind and meditation"
  • "Mahāmudrā : the quintessence of mind and meditation"@en
  • "Mahāmudrā : the quintessence of mind and meditation"
  • "Ṅes don phyag rgya chen poʼi sgom rim gsal bar byed paʼi legs bśad zla baʼi ʼod zer"

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