Essentials of Mahamudra: Looking Directly at the Mind

What would you see if you looked directly at your mind?

The Tibetan Buddhist teachings on mahamudra are known for their ability to lead to profound realization. Peaceful and infinitely adaptable, these teachings are as useful for today's busy world as they have been for centuries.

Written by the tutor to the seventeenth Karmapa, Essentials of Mahamudra is a commentary on Tashi Namgyal's famous Moonlight of Mahamudra - a text that the sixteenth Karmapa had identified as the most valuable for Westerners. Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche recognized that Western meditators don't just need to know how to maintain our meditation practice - we need to know why we should do it. Unmatched in its directness, Essentials of Mahamudra addresses both these needs, rendering one of the most advanced forms of meditation more easily adaptable to our everyday lives.

• Clarifying the Natural State: A Principal Guidance Manual for Mahamudra
• Crystal Clear: Practical Advice for Mahamudra Meditators
• Moonbeams of Mahamudra (Tsadra)
• Moonbeams of Mahamudra: The Classic Meditation Manual
• In Love with the World: A Monk's Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying
• The Ninth Karmapa's Ocean of Definitive Meaning
• Pointing Out the Dharmakaya: Teachings on the Ninth Karmapa's Text
• Turning Confusion into Clarity: A Guide to the Foundation Practices of Tibetan Buddhism
• Mahamudra: The Moonlight -- Quintessence of Mind and Meditation
• Mind at Ease: Self-Liberation through Mahamudra Meditation