Offering the Library of Tibetan Classics "Mahamudra and Related Instructions: Core Teachings of the Kagyu Schools"

The Kagyü school of Tibetan Buddhism began in the eleventh century with such renowned figures as Marpa and Milarepa, and its seminal meditative traditions are Mahamudra and the six Dharmas of Naropa.

Mahamudra teachings focus on the cultivation of profound insight into the nature of the mind, and Mahamudra texts in this volume include a lucid work by the celebrated master Tselé Natsok Rangdröl and works by the twelfth-century master Shang Rinpoche, the great Third Karmapa, the Eighth Tai Situ, and Drukpa Pema Karpo.

The volume also contains an inspirational work by Gampopa, the Drigung Kagyü root text The Single Viewpoint, the Sixth Shamarpa's guide to the six Dharmas of Naropa, and finally an overview of tantric practice by Dakpo Tashi Namgyal, author of the famous Moonlight of Mahamudra.

The texts in this volume were selected by the preeminent scholar of the Kagyü school, Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche.

The Library of Tibetan Classics

Spanning more than a millennium, the literature in The Library of Tibetan Classics will eventually encompass thirty-two volumes covering such diverse fields as philosophy, psychology, spiritual practices, and ethics, as well as poetry, linguistics, plays, history, and classical Tibetan medicine. Each translated volume will include an introductory essay, annotation, and a comprehensive glossary. This unprecedented, thirty-two volume series—conceived in appearance and importance to be much like The Harvard Classics Five-Foot Shelf of Books—will be executed in close consultation with senior Tibetan masters from all major schools of the Tibetan tradition, including His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

Wisdom Publications is one of the most important publishers of dharma books in North America, with offerings from all traditions and a wide-range of subjects. From ancient texts to modern day applications, from traditional masters to youthful teachers, Wisdom Publications brings together cutting edge truth and faithfulness to the wisdom tradition of the Buddha.

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