Masters of Meditation and Miracles: The Longchen Nyingthig Lineage of Tibetan BuddhismMasters of Meditation and Miracles presents colorful biographies of thirty-five realized teachers whose lives were full of peace, enlightenment, and amazing miracles. They flourished in Tibet, the Roof of the World, in its golden days. These teachers belong to the Longchen Nyingthig lineage of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism, a cycle of mystical teachings revealed by the great scholar and adept Jigme Lingpa. From the first master, Garap Dorje, to the present, each spiritual personality has his or her own distinctive role to play in this great lineage. In retelling their stories in his own words, the author has sought to bring out their inner feelings as well as their external activities: how they faced and healed their physical pain, how they dealt with their emotional turmoil, how they overcame their spiritual or meditative illusions, and most important, what experiences they had when they awakened their own inner Buddha Mind and Buddha qualities. These biographies not only provide great sources of teachings on meditation, but will also kindle a spiritual flame in the hearts of readers. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 3 |
BUDDHISM IN TIBET | 13 |
LINEAGES OF THREE MAJOR NYINGMA INNER TANTRAS | 23 |
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Amdo attained became body Buddha Buddhism Central Tibet ceremony Ch'en Chatralwa chen Chökyi Lodrö ḍākinīs Dechen Dege Dharma Dharmakaya disciples Dodrupchen Dodrupchen Monastery Dodrupchen Rinpoche Drikung drupchen Dzachukha Dzö Dzogchen Monastery Dzogchen Rinpoche Dzogpa Chenpo empowerments esoteric fourth Dzogchen gave teachings Golok Guru Rinpoche Gyaltsen Gyalwe Nyuku Gyarong Gyatso Gyurme hermitage incarnation India intrinsic awareness Jamyang Jigme Lingpa Jñānasūtra Kathok Khandro Nyingthig Khenpo Khyentse Wangpo king Künzang Kyala Khenpo Lama Lhasa lineage Longchen Nyingthig Longchen Rabjam Lungtok Mahāyāna master meditation mind monks Namgyal Namkha Ngawang Norbu Nyingma Nyingpo Nyingthig teachings Özer Pa'i Paltrül Rinpoche Palzang Prahevajra prayers primordial wisdom pure land pure vision Rangtröl realization received teachings retreat Rigdzin Rinchen sadhana samsāra Samye Sangye Semde Sherap Shrīsimha Sönam sūtras tantras tantric Tashi teacher Tendzin Tenpe Nyima Tertön texts third Dodrupchen Thrinle Thupten Tibet Tibetan transmissions Tülku Vajrakīla Valley Vimalamitra Yarlung Yeshe Yeshe Tsogyal Yönten Zhechen