Karma Chakme's Mountain Dharma, Vol. 3

510 Pages·2011·16.53 MB·English

by  Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche

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KARMA CHAKMFS
MOUNTAIN DHARMA
KARMA CHAKME'S MOUNTAIN DHARMA
VOLUME ONE
Entering Dharma's Gate (The Four Ordinary Foundations) *
Renunciation * The Three Vehicles * Keeping the Three Vows *
Taking Refuge * Generating Bodhichitta * Protection of the
Three Jewels Through Meditation * Dispelling All Obstacles *
Purification of Karma: Vajrasattva Practice * Offering
the Mandala * Guru Yoga
VOLUME TWO
Meditation Practice and the Arising of Realization * Love and
Compassion * A Brief Explanation of Geomancy * Instructions on
Retreat * Ch6 Practice * White Tara and Tseringma * Kriya and
Charya Tantra * Yoga Tantra for Those Skilled in Ritual and
Mudras * Purifying the Obscurations of the Dead
VOLUME THREE
An Introduction to the Bardo * Avoiding Robbers and Death While
in Retreat * Methods for Purifying the Living and the Dead *
Visualizations to Guide the Dead * Outer Practice of a Yidam
or Deity * Miraculous Signs Arising Through Practice *
Cutting Through Deviation * Dispelling of Impediments
or Obstructions * Instructions on Improvement *
Abandoning the Five Poisonous Kleshas
VOLUME FOUR
Instructions on Conduct * Instructions on Benefiting Beings *
How the Best, the Intermediate, and the Least Practitioners Die *
Choosing a Pure Realm * Reaching a Pure Realm * Reminding
Someone of Their Meditation So They Can Reach the Ground
Clear Light at Death
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 417
K a rm a C hakm e's
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VOLUME THREE
AS TAUGHT BY
Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche
translators :
Lama Yeshe Gyamtso
Chojor Radha
Namgyal Rhorko
KTD Publications
Woodstock , New York USA
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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
From the unchanging, permanent dharmakaya
appears the magical body ofKarmapa.
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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© 2008 Karma Triyana Dharmachakra
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ISBN 978-1-934608-01-2
Printed in Canada
on 100% postconsumer-recycled acid-free paper.
Contents
Preface
Advice from Khcnpo Rinpoche
Introduction
Short Biography of Karina Chakme Rinpoche
Biography of Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche
A Concise Liberation Through Hearing:
An Introduction to the Bardo
Shade of the Ashoka Tree:
How to Avoid Robbers and Death While in Retreat
The Practice of Marichi
All Connection Has Meaning:
Definitive Methods, Both Simple and Elaborate,
for Burning a Living Inscription
The Hook of Compassion:
Visualizations to Guide the Dead
Thunder of Mantra:
The Outer Practice of a Yidam or Dakini
Magic Mirror:
Miraculous Signs Arising Through Practice
Showing the Unmistaken Path:
Cutting Through Deviation 169
A Shower of Ambrosia:
The Dispelling of Impediments or Obstructions 211
The Wish-Fulfilling Jewel That Brings Progress:
Instructions on Improvement 267
The Great Peacock That Conquers Poison:
The Nature of the Five Poisons 331
Dedication 415
Precious Garland: A List of Contents to Prevent Disorder 417
A List of Mantras 423
Glossary 431
Index 455
Index of Stones Told by Khenyo Rinpoche 473
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