Lama Vajranatha
This book is based on meditation seminars of Lama Vajranatha given in Europe over the past years. The appendix provides an interlinear translation of the text of “The Rainfall of Blessings,” by Mipham Rinpoche, together with the accompanying Ganapuja practice.
This small book is not a dry scholarly, academic treatment of the topic, but an easy to read exposition in understandable non-technical language of the actual practice of Sadhana, or the Tantric process of transformation.
Did the Buddha practice magic? Did Padmasambhava practice magic? Do Tibetan Lamas practice magic? Before we can understand what magic means in the context of the Buddhist teaching and its practice, we must ask what magic means to us here in the West.
This work contains translations from the Bonpo Dzogchen practice manual for the Zhang Zhung Nyangyud, known as the Gyalwa Chaktri of Druchen Yungdrung, and from the Odsal Dunkor, the Sevenfold Cycle of the Clear Light, being the dark retreat practice from the same tradition, translated with commentaries and notes by John Reynolds.
A compilation of ancient Dzogchen teachings, transmitted by the master Tapihritsa and beautifully translated along with hagiographies of ancient masters and explanations of the preliminary ngondro practices of the Bon tradition.
A translation of the Tibetan Book of the Dead, with a commentary by Lama Tharchin and Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche, and an appendix that critically examines the original translation by Evans-Wentz.
Lopon Tenzin Namdak compares the Dzogchen view with the views of Madhyamaka, Chittamatra, Tantra and Mahamudra, indicating the similarities and the differences among them.
This partial transcript “Self-Discovery through Buddhist Meditation” illustrates the meaning of meditation and the relevance of dharma for modern society.
Article explores how the development of Buddhism in Tibet was influenced by the Mahasiddha tradition that evolved in Northern India in the early Medieval Period (3-13 cen. CE).