Publisher's Synopsis
The Kagyü school of Tibetan Buddhism began in the eleventh century with such renowned figures as Marpa and Milarepa and continues today with the Karmapa and several bestselling authors including Pema Chodron, Mingyur Rinpoche and Chogyam Trungpa. Mahamudra, the "Great Seal", is a central teaching of the Kagyü school. Formulated as a systematic practice by Gampopa (1079-1153), the mahamudra teachings trace their source to earlier Indian materials and focus on the cultivation of profound insight into the nature of the mind. Mahamudra texts in this volume include a lucid work by the celebrated master Tselé Natsok Rangdröl (b. 1608) and works by the twelfth-century master Shang Rinpoche, the great Third Karmapa Rangjung Dorjé (1284-1339), the Eighth Situ Chökyi Jungné (1700-1774), and Drukpa Pema Karpo (1527-92). The volume also contains an inspriational work by Gampopa, the Drigung Kagyü root text One Viewpoint by Sherap Jungne (1187-1241), the Sixth Shamar Chökyi Wangchuk's (1584-1630) guide to the six dharmas of Naropa, and finally an overview of tantric practice by Dakpo Tashi Namgyal (1512-87), author of the famous Moonlight of Mahamudra. The eleven texts in this volume were selected for inclusion in The Library of Tibetan Classics by the preeminent scholar of the Kagyü school, Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche.
