"Jamgon Kongtrul the Great (1813-1899) is renowned for his scholarly and spiritual achievements, but also for his energetic and evenhanded efforts to unify and strengthen the different lineages of Tibetan Buddhism. The Ri-me movement, led by Kongtrul and several other leading sc…
The Tibetan Buddhist teachings on the freedom that comes from perceiving the emptiness of all phenomena-teachings known collectively by the name Mahamudra-are presented here with remarkable clarity through commentary on a twelfth-century text. The text is "Gampopa's Great Teachi…
"Gampopa was a twelfth-century Buddhist monk who was a disciple of Tibet's greatest yogi, Milarepa. He applied Milarepa's instructions on meditation to reach the highest realization of Mahamudra. In this volume of advanced teachings, Gampopa passes on these same instructions in …