This book presents a text called "A Lamp's Illumination" Condensed Advice on Great Completion's Thorough Cut, written by the Tibetan master Jigmey Tenpa'i Nyima, the third Dodrupchen 1849-1907]. The text is an explanation of the Thorough Cut practice of innermost unsurpassed Great Completion.

The Buddha himself said in a Lesser Vehicle sutra: "Son of the family You are to become expert in the skandhas. You are to become expert in the ayatanas. You are to become expert in the dhatus. You are to become expert in pratityasamutpada. You are to become expert in topics. You are to become expert in non-topics." With these words, the Buddha indicated that there are six topics which must be learned, at least to some extent, by every one of his followers. Although the Buddha gave these teachings in the Lesser Vehicle, they are a necessary foundation for practitioners of all levels, from...

This book contains practical instructions on the view of the two truths given according to the conventional or common Great Vehicle approach. The instructions are contained in a short text by a very well-known Tibetan teacher, Jigmey Chokyi Wangpo, also known as Dza Patrul 1808-1887]. A feature of this text is that although it is about sutra, the profound Dzogchen perspective is obviously present. Some masters write compositions in which they keep within the immediate context of their subject. Yogins, and Dza Patrul was a great yogin, often teach a subject but within the context of their own...

This is a book of teachings on how to do a complete session of meditation. The book is a compilation made by the author to help those who would like to practise meditation in the Kagyu or Nyingma way. It emphasizes the practical style of instruction found in the Kagyu tradition for those who actually want to do something with the mind. It deliberately avoids the scholarly style taught in some other Tibetan Buddhist traditions and focusses directly on working directly with one's own mind. Nonetheless, the book is very precise and clear about all of the key points involved in meditation...

E konyv tanitasai arrol szolnak, hogyan kell lefolytatni egy teljes meditacios ulest. A konyvet egy nyugati tanito, Lama Tony Duff allitotta ossze segitsegul mindazoknak, akik meditaciot szeretnenek gyakorolni. Azoknak pedig, akik a tibeti buddhizmus Kagyu es Nyingma iskolai szerint kivannak gyakorolni, kulonosen hasznos lehet. E konyv az emlitett ket hagyomanyban megtalalhato, praktikus stilust helyezi el terbe. Szandekosan keruli az egyes mas tibeti buddhista hagyomanyokban alkalmazott tudomanyos hangvetelt, es arra a kerdesre osszpontosit, mit tehet az ember konkretan a tudataval. Ennek...

The teaching of the Buddha hinges around the one point that sentient beings, meaning beings having a mind, have within them the potential to become a buddha. If they did not possess that potential, it would not be possible for them to become buddhas and the rest of the Buddhist teaching would be an interesting but useless philosophy. Therefore, the topic of buddha nature is especially important. The Buddha taught buddha nature in three steps, each more profound than the previous one. The last step is regarded by most Tibetan Buddhist schools as the most profound teaching of the sutras, the...

The Prayer of Samantabhadra, also known as "a prayer of excellent conduct" and also as "a king of prayers" is one of the five great prayers of the Great Vehicle tradition and one of the most popular prayers in that tradition. For example, it is recited every day without fail by many Tibetans. While using the prayer in Tibetan and English, the author discovered that existing English translations from Tibetan sources have many mistakes, all of which give readers a wrong understanding of what the prayer actually says. Therefore, the author undertook a major study of the sutra in order to...

The Prayer of Samantabhadra, also known as "a prayer of excellent conduct" and also as "a king of prayers" is one of the five great prayers of the Great Vehicle tradition and one of the most popular prayers in that tradition. For example, it is recited every day without fail by many Tibetans. While using the prayer in Tibetan and English, the author discovered that existing English translations from Tibetan sources have many mistakes, all of which give readers a wrong understanding of what the prayer actually says. Therefore, the author undertook a major study of the sutra in order to...

The text Foremost Instructions called "A Garland of Views" by Padmasambhava is regarded as one of the very important texts of the Nyingma tradition. It is an explanation of the thirteenth chapter of the root tantra of Mahayoga, the Guhyagarbha Tantra, the chapter on how the view of Dzogchen applies to the deity practices of Mahayoga. Padmasambhavas teaching is short, so further explanation is needed. For this we have provided a partial translation of the thirteenth chapter with explanations, Miphams commentary which is the one most commonly used these days to explain Padmasambhavas...