Mahamudra and Related Instructions: Core Teachings of the Kagyu Schools (Library of Tibetan Classics)

The Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism began in the eleventh century with such renowned figures as Marpa and Milarepa, and its seminal meditative traditions are Mahamudra and the six Dharmas of Naropa. Mahamudra teachings focus on the cultivation of profound insight into the nature of the mind. The Mahamudra texts in this volume include a lucid work by the celebrated master Tsele Natsok Rangdrol and works by the twelfth-century master Shang Rinpoche, the great Third Karmapa, the Eighth Tai Situ, and Drukpa Pema Karpo. The volume also contains an inspirational work by Gampopa, the Drigung Kagyu root text, The Single Viewpoint, the Sixth Shamarpa's guide to the six Dharmas of Naropa, and finally an overview of tantric practice by Dakpo Tashi Namgyal, author of the famous Moonlight of Mahamudra. The texts in this volume were selected by the preeminent scholar of the Kagyu school, Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche.

• A Lamp to Illuminate the Five Stages: Teachings on Guhyasamaja Tantra (Library of Tibetan Classics)
• Mind Training: The Great Collection (Library of Tibetan Classics)
• Taking the Result as the Path: Core Teachings of the Sakya Lamdre Tradition (Library of Tibetan Classics)
• The Book of Kadam: The Core Texts (Library of Tibetan Classics)
• Ornament of Stainless Light: An Exposition of the Kalachakra Tantra (Library of Tibetan Classics)
• The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems: A Tibetan Study of Asian Religious Thought (Library of Tibetan Classics)
• The Mahamudra Lineage Prayer: A Guide to Practice
• Moonbeams of Mahamudra: The Classic Meditation Manual
• Stages of the Buddha's Teachings: Three Key Texts (Library of Tibetan Classics)
• Clarifying the Natural State: A Principal Guidance Manual for Mahamudra