Chod: The Sacred Teachings on Severance: Essential Teachings of the Eight Practice Lineages of Tibet, Volume 14 (The Trea sury of Precious Instructions)
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Chod: The Sacred Teachings on Severance: Essential Teachings of the Eight Practice Lineages of Tibet, Volume 14 (The Trea sury of Precious Instructions)
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Overview
The Treasury of Precious Instructions by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Taye, one of Tibet’s greatest Buddhist masters, is a shining jewel of Tibetan literature, presenting essential teachings from the entire spectrum of practice lineages that existed in Tibet. In its eighteen volumes, Kongtrul brings together some of the most important texts on key topics of Buddhist thought and practice as well as authoring significant new sections of his own.
In this, the fourteenth volume, Kongtrul compiles the teachings on Severance, or Chöd. It includes some of the tradition’s earliest source scriptures, such as the “grand poem” of Āryadeva, and numerous texts by the tradition’s renowned founder, Machik Labdrön. Kongtrul also brings together the most significant texts on the rites of initiation, empowerments for practice, and wide-ranging instructions and guides for the support of practitioners. Altogether, this quintessential guide to Severance offers vast resources for scholars and practitioners alike to better understand this unique and remarkable tradition—the way of severing the ego through the profound realization of emptiness and compassion.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781611803723 |
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| Publisher: | Shambhala |
| Publication date: | 11/29/2016 |
| Series: | The Treasury of Precious Instructions |
| Pages: | 672 |
| Sales rank: | 879,142 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.90(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.80(d) |
About the Author
Sarah Harding has been a Buddhist practitioner since 1974 and has been teaching and translating since completing a three-year retreat in 1980 under the guidance of Kyabje Kalu Rinpoche. Her publications include Creation and Completion, The Life and Revelations of Pema Lingpa, The Treasury of Knowledge: Esoteric Instructions, and Niguma, Lady of Illusion. She is an associate professor at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, where she has been teaching since 1992, and has been a fellow of the Tsadra Foundation since 2000.
Table of Contents
Foreword ix
Translator's Introduction xi
Technical Note xxi
Source Scriptures and Their Commentaries
1 Esoteric Instructions on the Noble Perfection of Wisdom: Aryadeva the Brahmin 3
2 The Great Bundle of Precepts: The Source Text of Esoteric Instruction on Severance, the Profound Perfection of Wisdom Machik Lapdrön 13
3 Heart Essence of Profound Meaning: The Quintessence of All Source Texts and Esoteric Instructions on Severance, the Perfection of Wisdom Jamyang Gönpo 29
4 Pure Honey: A Commentary on the Source Text of Severance, "Esoteric Instructions on the Perfection of Wisdom" Drung Sarupa Kunga Paljor 39
5 The Great Bundle of Precepts on Severance: Outline and Complete Explanation Lord Rangjung Dorje 75
6 A Hair's Tip of Wisdom: A Precious Treasure Trove to Enhance the Original Source Text of Severance, the Esoteric Instructions on the Perfection of Wisdom Machik Lapdrön Drung Sarupa Kunga Paljor 101
7 Another Bundle: Answers to Questions on the Esoteric Instructions of the Perfection of Wisdom Machik Lapdrön 123
8 Vajra Play: Questions and Answers on the Profound Severance of Evil Object Machik Lapdrön 139
9 The Essential Bundle: From the Severance of Evil Object, Esoteric Instructions on the Perfection of Wisdom Machik Lapdrön 143
10 The Eight Common Appendices Machik Lapdrön 157
11 The Eight Uncommon Appendices Machik Lapdrön 171
12 The Eight Special Appendices Machik Lapdrön 185
Door-Opening Empowerments
13 Opening the Sky Door: Instructions on Severance Mahamudrä Rinchen Senge 197
14 Object Severance Empowerment Known as Opening the Sky Door Taranatha 221
15 The Required Liturgies on the Occasion of Venerable Taranatha's Severance Empowerment of Opening the Sky Door in the Gyaltang Tradition 233
Instructions and Guides
16 Practice Manual on the Profound Severance of Evil Object Karmapa Rangjung Dorje 247
17 White Crystal Mirror: Notes on the Guru's Teaching Tradition of the Visualization Sequence for Severance Feast Activities "Endowed with All Qualities" Tenzin Namdak 257
18 Essence of the Vital Meaning: A Practice Manual of Profound Object Severance Taranatha 297
19 Rainfall of Desirables: A Profound Guide on Severance Instruction Könchok Bang 311
20 The Body Donation and Feeding Ritual Arranged as Convenient Liturgy: Combining Lord Rangjung Dorje's Ninefold Spirit Feast and Six Earth Lord Application with Mikyö Dorje's Single-Seat Severance Poem Compiled Karma Chakme 321
21 Pearl Rosary: A Liturgy for the Donation of tire Body in Severance Karma Chakme 345
22 Source of All Qualities: The Severance Feast Activities Arranged Unerringly According to the Teaching Tradition Karmapa Tekchok Dorje 369
23 Supplication to the Long Lineage by Machik, Appended by Bengar Jampal Zangpo Bengar Jampal Zangpo 421
24 Kagyu Feast Liturgy 431
25 Fulfillment Rituals of Profound Object Severance: Various Authors 437
26 Offering Torma to All Dakimas 459
27 Distillation of the Profound: The Way to Practice the Essence of the Vast Object Severance in a Single Sitting Jamgön Kongtrul 471
28 Beloved Garden: Brief Notes on the Offering and Gift of the Body Jamgön Kongtrul 483
29 Essence of Auspicious Renown: A Ritual of Offering and Supplication to All the Gurus of the Holy Dharmas of Pacification and Object Severance Together Jamgön Kongtrul 503
Abbreviations 537
Notes 539
Bibliography 587
Index 599