Crystal Clear: Practical Advice for Mahamudra Meditators PDF
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rystal Clear RANGJUNG YESHE BOOKS PADMASAMBHAVA Dakini Teachings • Advice from the Lotus-Born PADMASAMBHAVA AND JAMGON KONGTRUL Light of Wisdom, Vol I • Light of Wisdom, Vol II YESHE TSOGYAL • The Lotus-Born GAMPOPA The Precious Garland of the Sublime Path DAKPO TASHI NAMGYAL Clarifying the Natural State TSELE NATSOK RANGDROL The Heart of the Matter • Mirror of Mindfulness Empowerment • Lamp of Mahamudra CHOKGYUR LINGPA • Ocean ofA mrita, Ngak..so Drubchen JAMGON MIPHAM RINPOCHE Gateway to Knowledge, Vol. I • Vol. II • Vol. III TULKU URGYEN RINPOCHE Rainbow Painting • As It Is, Vol I • Vol II Vajra Speech • Repeating the Words oft he Buddha KHENCHEN THRANGU RINPOCHE Crystal Clear • Songs of Naropa • King ofS amadhi • Buddha Nature CHOKYI NYIMA RINPOCHE Present Fresh Wakefulness • Indisputable Truth • Bardo Guidebook The Union of Mahamudra & Dzogchen • Song of Karmapa TSIKEY CHOKLING RINPOCHE • Lotus Ocean TULKU THONDUP • Enlightened Living ORGYEN TOBGYAL RINPOCHE Lift & Teachings ofChokgyur Lingpa TSOKNYI RINPOCHE Fearless Simplicity • Carefree Dignity COMPILATIONS Dzogchen Primer • A Tibetan Buddhist Companion (Shambhala) DICTIONARIES The Rangjung Yeshe Tibetan-English Dictionary of Buddhist Culture CD rystal Clear PRACTICAL ADVICE FOR MEDITATORS 1\J:.:nchen CI'hrangu '1\Lnpoche Tramlated by Erik Pema Kr.msang Compiled atzd edited by A!iclzael Tweed .... ~~lit~ ~~jl RANGJUNG YESHE PUBLICATIONS 2003 BouoHANATH, HoNG Ko:--;c & EsBY RANGJUNC. YESHE PUL.ILICATIONS fLAT SA, GREENVIEW GARDEN, 125 ROHINSON ROAD, HONG KONG ADDRESS LETTERS TO: Rangjung Y eshe Publications Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery P.O. Box 1200, Kathmandu, Nepal www.RANGJUNG.COM [email protected] copyright© 200) Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche & Rangjung Yeshe Publications First edition 200) All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced without wrmen permission from the pubhsher Printed in the United States of America on recycled acid-free paper Publication Data: Thrangu Rinpoche, Khenchen (b. 1933). Translated from the Tibetan by Erik Pema Kunsang (Erik Hein Schmidt). Edited by Michael Tweed. 1st edition. T1tle: Crystal Clear: Practical Advice for Meditators isbn 962-7341-5 I-7 (pbk.) I. Crystal Clear: Helpful Advice on Mahamudra. 2. Vajrayana ph1losophy-Buddhism. ). Buddhtsm-Ttbet. I. Title. An oral commentary on: T1becan titles: phyag rgya chen po'i khrid yig chen mo gnyug ma'i de nyid gsal ba Engli~h title: Clarifying the Natural State, Dakpo Tashi Namgyal (dvags po bkra shis rnam rgyal), (I 5 I 2-1587). CONTENTS PREFACE 9 INTRODUCTION I 3 PURE MOTIVATION I 3 BACKGROUND I 5 Clarifying the Natural State 15 The Buddha's Enlightenment and Teaching 17 The Special Quality of Mahamudra 19 PART ONE: PRELIMINARY STEPS OF GUIDANCE 24 General Preliminaries 24 Specific Preliminan'es 25 PART TWO: THE MAIN PART OF THE MEDITATION STAGES 29 SHAMATHA WITH ATTRIBUTES 29 Posture 29 The Nature of Mind and the Purpose of Shamatha 34 Supported Shamatha 35 Unsupported Shamatha With Breathing Practice 38 Unsupported Shamatha Without Breathing Practice 41 Hindrances-Agitation and Dullness 42 SHAMATHA WITHOUT ATTRIBUTES 43 Tightening and Loosening 43 The Threefold Freely Resting 45 Importance of Shamatha 45 VIPASHYANA 47 VVhat is Vipashyana? 47 The Paths of Reasoning and Direct Perception 48 Establishing the Identity of Mind and the Perceptions 53 Establishing the Identity of AJind-the Basis 55 Establishitzg the Identity of Thoughts and Perceptions-the Expression 58 CLEARING UP UNCERTAINTIES ABOUT BASIS AND EXPRESSION 63 Resolving that Thoughts and Emotions are Mind 63 Resolving That Perceptions Are Mind 72 Investigating the Calm and the Moving Mind 74 Resolving That All Experience Is Nonarising 76 STEPS OF POINTING-OUT INSTRUCTION 79 Pointing Out of the Innate 79 Pointing Out Imzate Mitzd-Essence 8o Pointing Out the Innate in Thinkirzg 87 Pointing Out the Innate in Perception 89 THE FLAWED AND THE FLAWLESS MEDITATION PRACTICE 9 I Mistakes and Faulty Meditation 92 Flawless Meditation Practice 97 PART THREE: SUBSEQUENT WAYS TO CONTINUE THE TRAINING 102 GENERAL REASONS FOR MEDITATION TRAINING I 02 SPECIAL TRAINING WITHOUT SEPARATING MEDITATION AND POSTMEDITATION 105 CUTTING THROUGH HINDRANCES, SIDETRACKS AND STRAYINGS IIO ·The Straying with Regard to the Nature of Knowables 11 o Strayirzg with Regard to the Path 111 Strayirzg with Regard to the Remedy 112 Straying with Regard to Generalization 113 SIDETRACKS I I 3 ENHANCEMENT BY TRANSCENDING INTO NON ARISING I I 5 Time for Transcending 115 Investigating Thoughts and Perceptions 117 Investigating the Meditation and the Meditating !v!ind 118 Tize Actual Tramcending into Nonarising Openness 119 Mingling AJeditation and Postmeditation, Day and lVight 119 DEVELOPING STRENGTH BY UTILIZING THE CONDUCTS 121 The Time for Utilizing and the Conducts 121 Utilizing Thoughts 123 Utilizing Emotions 125 Utilizing Gods and Demons 127 Utilizing Suffering 128 Utilizing Sickness 130 Utilizing the Death Process 131 SIGNS OF REALIZATION I 3 3 The Four Schools and the Eight Consciousnesses 133 HOW REALIZATION ARISES AND THE ENHANCEMENT PRACTICES 140 The Various Ways Realization Arises 141 One-Pointedness and its Enhancement 143 Bad Influences and Unfavorable Circumstances 145 Simplicity and its Enhancement 147 One Taste and its Enhancement 150 Nonmeditation and its Enhancement 152 PART FOUR: THE WAY TO TRAVERSE THE PATHS AND STAGES THROUGH MEDITATION TRAINING I 55 COMPARING THE FOUR YOGAS TO THE PATHS AND STAGES 155 POSTSCRIPT I 6 3 GLOSSARY OF TEXTS, PEOPLE AND TECHNICAL TERMS I 66 FURTHER SUGGESTED READING I73 SHORT BIOGRAPHY OF KHENCHEN THRANGU RINPOCHE I75
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