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Trainings in Compassion: Manuals on the Meditation of Avalokiteshvara
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Description
This work includes translations of key Kagyu lineage meditation manuals for the practice of the deity of compassion Avalokiteshvara (Tib. spyan ras gzigs, "Chenrezi") , one of the main introductory meditation practices presented in scores of Tibetan Buddhist centers across North America and Europe. The manuals included in this book were authored by the great Tibetan siddha Thangtong Gyalpo, the renowned nineteenth-century master Jamgon Kongtrul, and the Fifteenth Gyalwang Karmapa Khakhyab Dorje. The book also includes teachings on the nature of compassion by the highly regarded teacher Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, praises to Avalokiteshvara by the Indian master Chandrakirti, and a fresh translation of the famed Mahayana text The Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva.
- Entering the trainings in Compassion by The 7th Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
- All-Pervading Benefit of Beings: The Meditation and Recitation of the Great Compassionate One by Thangtong Gyalpo
- The Benefit of Others That Fills All Space by Jamgon Kongtrul (Tibetan Text included)
- The Continuous Rain of Benefit of Beings by Khakhyab Dorje, the 15th Karmapa (Tibetan Text included)
- The Praise to Avalokiteshvara by Chandrakirti (Mahākāruṇikābhyarthanā (RKTST 4337) )
- The Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas by Ngul Thogme Zangpo (Tibetan Text included)
Citation
Dewar, Tyler, trans. Trainings in Compassion: Manuals on the Meditation of Avalokiteshvara. Edited by Meg Miller. Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion Publications, 2004.
Table of contents
- INTRODUCTION9
- PART ONE: TRAININGS IN COMPASSION
- Entering the Trainings in Compassion
- by The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche17
- All-Pervading Benefit of Beings: The Meditation and Recitation of the Great Compassionate One
- by Thangtong Gyalpo31
- The Benefit of Others That Fills All of Space
- by Jamgon Kongtrul49
- The Continuous Rain of Benefit to Beings
- by The Fifteenth Karmapa, Khakhyab Dorje63
- The Praise to Avalokiteshvara
- by Chandrakīrti79
- The Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas
- by Ngulchu Thogme85
PART TWO: THE TIBETAN TEXTS
- The Benefit of Others That Fills All of Space97
- The Continuous Rain of Benefit to Beings109
- The Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas125
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS132
Interconnections
1 Recension of
Gyalse Tokme Zangpo's (1295–1369) highly influential work on Mind Training (blo sbyong) that outlines the training of a bodhisattva in a series of thirty-seven verses is still very popular today with Buddhist practitioners around the world. The colophon states: "This was composed at the Jewel Cave of Ngulchu by the monk Tokme [Zangpo], expounder of scripture and reasoning, for the benefit of myself and others." Since he gathered together all the paths of the bodhisattvas and composed them in the form of thirty-seven verses, the title is clearly fitting.
1 Full translation of
Gyalse Tokme Zangpo's (1295–1369) highly influential work on Mind Training (blo sbyong) that outlines the training of a bodhisattva in a series of thirty-seven verses is still very popular today with Buddhist practitioners around the world. The colophon states: "This was composed at the Jewel Cave of Ngulchu by the monk Tokme [Zangpo], expounder of scripture and reasoning, for the benefit of myself and others." Since he gathered together all the paths of the bodhisattvas and composed them in the form of thirty-seven verses, the title is clearly fitting.
