Luminous Clarity: Union of Mahamudra and Dzogch

The meditation of Mahamudra and the meditation of Dzogchen are highly appropriate meditations for Western practitioners, because these meditations can be done in ordinary life and without elaborate pujas and visualizations, and they are done by directly examining one's own mind.

In this book Thrangu Rinpoche lucidly explains the development of Mahamudra meditation beginning with the Shamatha and Vipashyana in the creation stage and he then shows how learn how examine examining the nature of our  mind. He then explains how Mahamudra is related to the Trekcho meditation of Dzogchen of the Nyingma lineage. But then Rinpoche goes into a detailed explanation of the rarely discussed Togyal aspect which includes the Six Lamps meditations. All these techniques described are designed to develop the realization of the mind's Luminous Clarity.

This book based on the book on The Union of Mahamudra and Dzogchen by Karma Chagme who held both the Mahamudra and Dzogchen lineages. For this teaching Rinpoche used Karma Chagme's full length teaching, not the short 40 verse teaching of the same name taught by Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche.

“It is outstanding that these two great masters...are together at last: the incredible Karma Chagme (1613-1678) and the beloved teacher of our times Thrangu Rinpoche. In this book you will find literally everything you need to know for authentic Dharma practice laid out with luminous clarity” —Sarah Harding

“The lucid clarity of Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche’s commentary ... is simple, practical, and profound—it instructs, inspires, and encourages meditators in the work of realizing the true nature of mind.” —The Twelfth Kenting Tai Situpa.

This book has 190 pages long book has extensive Notes, Glossaries, and Annotated Bibliography, and an Index.

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