Description:Inwhat he calls a "200 percent potent" teaching, Chögyam Trungpareveals how the spiritual path is a raw and rugged "unlearning"process that draws us away from the comfort of conventional expectations andconceptual attitudes toward a naked encounter with reality. The tantricparadigm for this process is the story of the Indian master Naropa(1016�1100), who is among the enlightened teachers of the Kagyu lineage ofthe Tibetan Buddhism. Naropa was the leading scholar at Nalanda, the Buddhistmonastic university, when he embarked upon the lonely and arduous path toenlightenment. After a series of daunting trials, he was prepared to receivethe direct transmission of the awakened state of mind from his guru, Tilopa.Teachings that he received, including those known as the six doctrines ofNaropa, have been passed down in the lineages of Tibetan Buddhism for amillennium.Trungpa'scommentary shows the relevance of Naropa's extraordinary journey for today'spractitioners who seek to follow the spiritual path. Naropa's story makes itpossible to delineate in very concrete terms the various levels of spiritualdevelopment that lead to the student's readiness to meet the teacher's mind.Trungpa thus opens to Western students of Buddhism the path of devotion andsurrender to the guru as the embodiment and representative of reality.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Illusion's Game: The Life and Teaching of Naropa: Life and Teachings of Naropa (Dharma Ocean Series). To get started finding Illusion's Game: The Life and Teaching of Naropa: Life and Teachings of Naropa (Dharma Ocean Series), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Illusion's Game: The Life and Teaching of Naropa: Life and Teachings of Naropa (Dharma Ocean Series)
Description: Inwhat he calls a "200 percent potent" teaching, Chögyam Trungpareveals how the spiritual path is a raw and rugged "unlearning"process that draws us away from the comfort of conventional expectations andconceptual attitudes toward a naked encounter with reality. The tantricparadigm for this process is the story of the Indian master Naropa(1016�1100), who is among the enlightened teachers of the Kagyu lineage ofthe Tibetan Buddhism. Naropa was the leading scholar at Nalanda, the Buddhistmonastic university, when he embarked upon the lonely and arduous path toenlightenment. After a series of daunting trials, he was prepared to receivethe direct transmission of the awakened state of mind from his guru, Tilopa.Teachings that he received, including those known as the six doctrines ofNaropa, have been passed down in the lineages of Tibetan Buddhism for amillennium.Trungpa'scommentary shows the relevance of Naropa's extraordinary journey for today'spractitioners who seek to follow the spiritual path. Naropa's story makes itpossible to delineate in very concrete terms the various levels of spiritualdevelopment that lead to the student's readiness to meet the teacher's mind.Trungpa thus opens to Western students of Buddhism the path of devotion andsurrender to the guru as the embodiment and representative of reality.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Illusion's Game: The Life and Teaching of Naropa: Life and Teachings of Naropa (Dharma Ocean Series). To get started finding Illusion's Game: The Life and Teaching of Naropa: Life and Teachings of Naropa (Dharma Ocean Series), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.