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• catalog abstract "A favorite of Tibetans and recommended by the Dalai Lama and other senior Buddhist teachers, this practical guide to inner transformation introduces the fundamental spiritual practices common to all Tibetan Buddhist traditions. The Words of My Perfect Teacher is the classic commentary on the preliminary practices of the Longchen Nyingtig - one of the best-known cycles of teaching and a spiritual treasure of the Nyingmapa school - the oldest Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Patrul Rinpoche makes the technicalities of his subject accessible through a wealth of stories, quotations, and references to everyday life. His style of mixing broad colloquialisms, stringent irony, and poetry has all the life and atmosphere of an oral teaching. Great care has been taken by the translators to render the precise meaning of the text in English while still reflecting the vigor and insight of the original Tibetan. A preface by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, insightful introductory essays, explanatory notes, and classic illustrations enhance this quintessential introduction to Tibetan Buddhist practice.".
• catalog alternative "Kun bzaṅ bla maʼi źal luṅ. English".
• catalog contributor b6327242.
• catalog created "c1994.".
• catalog date "1994".
• catalog date "c1994.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
• catalog description "A brief historical introduction to Tibetan Buddhism --".
• catalog description "A favorite of Tibetans and recommended by the Dalai Lama and other senior Buddhist teachers, this practical guide to inner transformation introduces the fundamental spiritual practices common to all Tibetan Buddhist traditions. The Words of My Perfect Teacher is the classic commentary on the preliminary practices of the Longchen Nyingtig - one of the best-known cycles of teaching and a spiritual treasure of the Nyingmapa school - the oldest Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Patrul Rinpoche makes the technicalities of his subject accessible through a wealth of stories, quotations, and references to everyday life. His style of mixing broad colloquialisms, stringent irony, and poetry has all the life and atmosphere of an oral teaching. Great care has been taken by the translators to render the precise meaning of the text in English while still reflecting the vigor and insight of the original Tibetan. A preface by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, insightful introductory essays, explanatory notes, and classic illustrations enhance this quintessential introduction to Tibetan Buddhist practice.".
• catalog description "Causes Leading to Liberation. II. The Result: The Three Levels of Enlightenment. Ch. 6. How to follow a spiritual friend. I. Examining the Teacher. II. Following the Teacher. III. Emulating the Teacher's Realization and Actions --".
• catalog description "Guru Yoga, entrance-way for blessings, the ultimate way to arouse the wisdom of realization. I. The Reason for Guru Yoga. II. How to Practise Guru Yoga. III. The History of the Advent of the Early Translation Doctrine. IV. Propagation of the Essence-Teaching in Tibet, Land of Snows -- pt. 3. The Swift Path of Transference. Ch. 1. Transference of consciousness, the instructions for the dying: Buddhahood without meditation. I. The Five Kinds of Transference. II. Ordinary Transference Using Three Ideas.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 441-445) and index.".
• catalog description "pt. 1. The Ordinary or External Preliminaries. Ch. 1. The difficulty of finding the freedoms and advantages. I. The Proper Way to Listen to Spiritual Teaching. II. The Teaching Itself: An Explanation of How Difficult It Is to Find the Freedoms and Advantages. Ch. 2. The impermanence of life. I. The Impermanence of the Outer Universe in Which Beings Live. II. The Impermanence of Beings Living in the Universe. III. The Impermanence of Holy Beings. IV. The Impermanence of Those in Positions of Power. V. Other Examples of Impermanence. VI. The Uncertainty of the Circumstances of Death. VII. Intense Awareness of Impermanence. Ch. 3. The defects of samsara. I. The Sufferings of Samsara in General. II. The Particular Sufferings Experienced by the Beings of the Six Realms. Ch. 4. Actions: the principle of cause and effect. I. Negative Actions to Be Abandoned. II. Positive Actions to be Adopted. III. The All-Determining Quality of Actions. Ch. 5. The benefits of liberation. I.".
• catalog description "pt. 2. The Extraordinary or Internal Preliminaries. Ch. 1. Taking refuge, foundation stone of all paths. I. Approaches to Taking Refuge. II. How to Take Refuge. III. Precepts and Benefits of Taking Refuge. Ch. 2. Arousing bodhichitta, the root of the Great Vehicle. I. Training the Mind in the Four Boundless Qualities. II. Arousing Bodhichitta. III. Training in Bodhichitta. Ch. 3. Meditating on the teacher as Vajrasattva to cleanse all obscurations. I. How Obscurations Can Be Purified through Confession. II. The Four Powers. III. The Actual Meditation on Vajrasattva. Ch. 4. Offering the mandala to accumulate merit and wisdom. I. The Need for the Two Accumulations. II. The Accomplishment Mandala. III. The Offering Mandala. Ch. 5. The kusali's accumulation: destroying the four demons at a single stroke. I. The Body as an Offering. II. The Practice of Offering the Body. III. The Meaning of Cho. Ch. 6.".
• catalog extent "xliv, 457 p. :".
• catalog identifier "0060664495 (cloth : alk. paper)".
• catalog identifier "1570624127 (pbk.)".
• catalog isPartOf "Sacred literature series".
• catalog issued "1994".
• catalog issued "c1994.".
• catalog language "eng kor".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "San Francisco, CA : HarperCollins Publishers,".
• catalog subject "294.3/4 20".
• catalog subject "BQ7662.4 .O72513 1994".
• catalog subject "Rdzogs-chen.".
• catalog tableOfContents "A brief historical introduction to Tibetan Buddhism --".
• catalog tableOfContents "Causes Leading to Liberation. II. The Result: The Three Levels of Enlightenment. Ch. 6. How to follow a spiritual friend. I. Examining the Teacher. II. Following the Teacher. III. Emulating the Teacher's Realization and Actions --".
• catalog tableOfContents "Guru Yoga, entrance-way for blessings, the ultimate way to arouse the wisdom of realization. I. The Reason for Guru Yoga. II. How to Practise Guru Yoga. III. The History of the Advent of the Early Translation Doctrine. IV. Propagation of the Essence-Teaching in Tibet, Land of Snows -- pt. 3. The Swift Path of Transference. Ch. 1. Transference of consciousness, the instructions for the dying: Buddhahood without meditation. I. The Five Kinds of Transference. II. Ordinary Transference Using Three Ideas.".
• catalog tableOfContents "pt. 1. The Ordinary or External Preliminaries. Ch. 1. The difficulty of finding the freedoms and advantages. I. The Proper Way to Listen to Spiritual Teaching. II. The Teaching Itself: An Explanation of How Difficult It Is to Find the Freedoms and Advantages. Ch. 2. The impermanence of life. I. The Impermanence of the Outer Universe in Which Beings Live. II. The Impermanence of Beings Living in the Universe. III. The Impermanence of Holy Beings. IV. The Impermanence of Those in Positions of Power. V. Other Examples of Impermanence. VI. The Uncertainty of the Circumstances of Death. VII. Intense Awareness of Impermanence. Ch. 3. The defects of samsara. I. The Sufferings of Samsara in General. II. The Particular Sufferings Experienced by the Beings of the Six Realms. Ch. 4. Actions: the principle of cause and effect. I. Negative Actions to Be Abandoned. II. Positive Actions to be Adopted. III. The All-Determining Quality of Actions. Ch. 5. The benefits of liberation. I.".
• catalog tableOfContents "pt. 2. The Extraordinary or Internal Preliminaries. Ch. 1. Taking refuge, foundation stone of all paths. I. Approaches to Taking Refuge. II. How to Take Refuge. III. Precepts and Benefits of Taking Refuge. Ch. 2. Arousing bodhichitta, the root of the Great Vehicle. I. Training the Mind in the Four Boundless Qualities. II. Arousing Bodhichitta. III. Training in Bodhichitta. Ch. 3. Meditating on the teacher as Vajrasattva to cleanse all obscurations. I. How Obscurations Can Be Purified through Confession. II. The Four Powers. III. The Actual Meditation on Vajrasattva. Ch. 4. Offering the mandala to accumulate merit and wisdom. I. The Need for the Two Accumulations. II. The Accomplishment Mandala. III. The Offering Mandala. Ch. 5. The kusali's accumulation: destroying the four demons at a single stroke. I. The Body as an Offering. II. The Practice of Offering the Body. III. The Meaning of Cho. Ch. 6.".
• catalog title "Kun bzaṅ bla maʼi źal luṅ. English".
• catalog title "The words of my perfect teacher / Patrul Rinpoche ; translated by the Padmakara Translation Group ; with a foreword by the Dalai Lama.".
• catalog type "text".