Karma Chakme's Mountain Dharma, Vol. 2

438 Pages·2006·13.838 MB·English

by  Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche

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M ountain Dharma
KARMA CHAKME'S MOUNTAIN DHARMA
VOLUME ONE
Entering Dharma's Gate (the Four Ordinary Foundations) ♦
Renunciation ♦ Various Greater and Lesser Vehicles ♦ How to Keep
the Three Vows ♦ Taking Refuge ♦ The Generation of Bodhichitta ♦
Protection of the Three Jewels Through Meditation * Dispelling All
Obstacles ♦ Purification of Karma, Vajrasattva Practice * Offering
the Mandala ♦ Guru Yoga
VOLUME TWO
How to Recognize the Arising of Experience and Realization ♦ Love
and Compassion ♦ A Brief Explanation of Geomancy ♦ Instructions
on Retreat ♦ Cho Practice ♦ White Tara and Tseringma ♦ Kriya and
Charya Tantra ♦ Yoga Tantra for Those Skilled in Ritual and Mudras
♦ How to Purify the Obscurations of the Dead
VOLUME THREE
A Concise Liberation Through Hearing: Introduction to the Bardo ♦
Signs Arising Through Practice * Avoiding Deviations ♦ Dispelling
Obstacles and Removing Impediments ♦ Instructions on
Improvement to Increase Experience and Realization *
Five Poisonous Kleshas
VOLUME FOUR
Instructions on Conduct in Order to Behave in Accord with the
Victors' Dictates ♦ Instructions on Benefiting Beings * How the Best,
the Intermediate and the Least Practitioners Die ♦ Choosing a Pure
Realm ♦ How to Reach a Pure Realm
VOLUME FIVE
Ri Cho, original text in Tibetan
For the complete list of contents of Ri Cho, see "Precious Garland:
A List of Contents to Prevent Disorder," page 337.
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AS TAUGHT BY
Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche
TRANSLATED BY
Lama Yeshe Gyamtso
KTD Publications
Woodstock , New York USA
This book is dedicated to
His Holiness the Seventeenth Karmapa,
Ogyen Trinley Dorje
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OM SWA STI KARMA KA BI DZA YA
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From the unchanging permanent dharmakaya appears
the magical body of Karmapa.
,
May your three secrets of body, speech and mind
firmly remain in the vajra realm.
May your boundless activities be blazingly
glorious and spontaneously accomplished.
Aspiration by the Twelfth Gyaltshap Mingyur Gocha
Mangalam
Published by:
KTD Publications
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Woodstock, NY 12498 USA
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Distributed by:
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© 2006 Karma Triyana Dharmachakra
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ISBN 0-9741092-1-5
Printed in the USA on acid free paper
Text typset by Digital Design Studio, Kingston NY
Contents
Preface ix
Advice from Khenpo Rinpoche xi
Introduction xix
Short Biography of Karma Chakme Rinpoche xxiii
Biography of Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche xxv
A Song of the Path for Travelers Who Are Going
a Long Distance: The Practice of Meditation and
the Manner in Which Realization Arises 5
The Armor of Love and Compassion:
How to Protect from All Danger 73
Geomancy: The Collection of All That Is Precious 87
The Virtuous Path to Liberation: Instructions on Retreat 125
The Ax That Cuts Through Fixation on the Self:
The Manner of Gathering the Accumulations
for a Kusali Before One Goes to Sleep 195
The Combination of Longevity and Prosperity Practice:
White Tara and Tseringma 223
The Melody of Brahma: The Difference Between
Sutra and Tantra and the Practice of Tantra in General 241
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Closing the Door to the Lower Realms: The Practice
of Yoga Tantra for Those Skilled in Ritual and Mudras 283
Showing the Path to Liberation: The Visualization for
the Southern Gate Ceremony of the Vairochana Practice 305
Dedication 335
Precious Garland: A List of Contents to Prevent Disorder 337
A List of Mantras 343
Glossary 353
Index 385
Index of Stories Told by Khenpo Rinpoche 395
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