Tibetansk buddhisme

Pema Chödröns bog At leve smukt handler om, hvordan vi kan manøvrere i tilværelsen, når jorden ryster under os. Pema Chödrön redegør for, hvordan det er muligt at leve smukt med glæde og omsorg for andre, selv når vi står over for uvished og forandring. Hemmeligheden er, at jorden grundlæggende altid ryster under os. Ved at organisere bogen omkring den buddhistiske praksis – kaldet de tre løfter – udpeger forfatteren vejen til en dyb sundhed, vi kan hvile i, uanset hvad der sker i vores tilværelse af opbrud og tab. De tre løfter er: 1) ikke at volde andre eller sig selv ondt gennem tanke eller handling, 2) at holde vores hjerte og sind åbent over for andre levende væsner, 3) at udvikle en anskuelse, der gør det muligt for os at opfatte alt, hvad der sker i vores tilværelse som udtryk for en klarheds energi, der er befordrende for vores videre færd mod overblik, indsigt og medfølelse.

De tibetanske riters præcise oprindelse er ukendt, men man ved, at de har været kendt og anvendt i flere tusinde år. De tibetanske riter består af fem øvelser, som vil hjælpe dig med at opbygge styrke, balance, smidighed, bedre koordination, øget udholdenhed og en stærkere psyke – det handler bare om at afsætte et kvarter om dagen til at få udført riterne. Audun Myskja, overlæge og specialist i almen medicin, gennemgår i bogen de fem oprindelige tibetanske riter samt to yderligere og guider læseren igennem udførelsen af dem. Myskja giver en videnskabelig og forskningsbaseret forklaring på, hvordan de tibetanske riter er ideelle til at styrke kroppens centrale muskler.De tibetanske riter tager kun 15 minutter at udføre, og de kan gennemføres af alle uanset form og helbredstilstand. Riterne kan tilpasses den enkelte udøvers personlige situation – de kan udføres af toptrænede idrætsudøvere, af nybegyndere, der ønsker at øge deres fysiske aktivitet eller af personer med nedsat funktionsevne.Audun Myskja er overlæge med speciale i almen medicin og musikterapi og med mere end fyrre års erfaring med integreret medicin. Han er faglig leder af Senter for Livshjelp i Norge og en eftertragtet underviser, foredragsholder og forfatter, der er kendt for sin evne til at inspirere og ramme hjertet hos dem, der læser hans bøger eller deltager i hans undervisning og foredrag. Audun Myskja har hjulpet tusindvis af mennesker til et bedre liv og helbred med sine metoder, som er en syntese af det bedste fra en række forskellige traditioner. Han er også grundlægger af og underviser på Uddannelsen for Enhedsterapi.

Tibetansk buddhisme har en udbredelse, som rækker langt udoverTibets egne grænser. I flere årtier er vesterlændinge og andre udlændingedraget mod Indien og Nepal for at studerere buddhisme, og tibetanske lamaerrejser rundt i hele verden for at holde foredrag og undervise.Baggrunden for denne udvikling er delvis en politisk konfliktmellem Tibet og Kina. Den helt særlige udgave af buddhisme, som er blevetudviklet i Tibet gennem næsten 1.500 år, har en global tiltrækningskraft.Tibetansk buddhisme omhandlerbuddhisme, som den er blevet udviklet og dyrket i Tibet. Den indeholder myterom Buddha, fremstillinger af centrale forestillinger og begreber, beskrivelseraf ritualer, digte om religiøse overvejelser og forudsigelser om Dalai Lamasnæste inkarnation. Teksterne afspejler bredden af tibetansk buddhisme, fra sangeom munkenes brug af øl til filosofiske overvejelser over alle modsætningersopløsning i tomhed.Bogen henvender sig primært til religionsundervisningen igymnasiale uddannelser og ved højere uddannelser, men kan også læses af denalment interesserede, der vil i dybden med emnet. Bogen er skrevet af enekspert indenfor området i et formidlingsvenligt sprog.

Denne håndbog i buddhistisk filosofi og praktisk indsigt er banebrydende. Den tibetanske lærer Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche indkredser selve kernen i buddhismen: Hvad er sindets natur? Hvad ser man, når man i nogle minutter slipper alt, slapper fuldstændig af og bare er? Chökyi Nyima beskriver buddhismens inderste mening levende og klart, som kun en meditationsmester med egen erfaring kan gøre det.

"Tara, the Buddhist goddess of compassion, can manifest within all of us. In this accessible, illustrated introduction to Tara's twenty-one forms, respected female Buddhist teacher and practitioner Dorje Lopèon Chandra Easton guides you to activate your own power and healing by inviting Tara's awakened energy to come alive in yourself. Embodying Tara is a practical guide to core Buddhist concepts and teachings, featuring meditations, mantra recitations, and journal exercises to connect with Tara and your innate wisdom. The relatable stories from Buddhist history and the author's personal reflections will give you the tools to live a more compassionate life, befriend your fears, and overcome everyday challenges. The book lends a fresh approach and down-to-earth connection to one of Buddhism's most popular deities through stories of important women in modern history, like Jane Goodall, Nawal El Saadawi, Dipa Ma, Oprah Winfrey, and Yandana Shiva, and broader movements started by women, like Black Lives Matter and Me Too, that embody the qualities and enlightened activities of Tara. They demonstrate real-world compassion and generosity, as well as the capacity to transform anger into wisdom, harness joy to overcome adversity, and protect others from fear and danger. Their stories will inspire you to bring these aspects of Tara into the world in creative and socially conscious ways for the benefit of all"--

A beautifully illustrated guide on how to understand and engage with medicinal herbs.

"If we cannot carry our practice into sleep," Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche writes, "if we lose ourselves every night, what chance do we have to be aware when death comes? Look to your experience in dreams to know how you will fare in death. Look to your experience of sleep to discover whether or not you are truly awake"--

The life and works of the mysterious Indian yogin, Saraha, who has inspired Buddhist practitioners for over a thousand years.Saraha, “the Archer,” was a mysterious but influential tenth-century Indian Buddhist tantric adept who expressed his spiritual realization in mystic songs (dohās) that are enlightening, shocking, and confounding by turns. Saraha’s poetic verses made the esoteric ideas and practices of Vajrayāna accessible to a wide audience on the Indian subcontinent and served as a basis for the exposition, in Tibet, of mahāmudrā, the great-seal meditation on the nature of mind that permeates every tradition of Buddhism on the Tibetan plateau.This is the first book to attempt a thorough treatment of the context, life, works, poetics, and teachings of Saraha. It features a search for the “historical” Saraha through evidence provided by our knowledge of the medieval Indian context in which he likely lived, the biographical legends that grew up around him in Tibet, and the works attributed to him in Indic and Tibetan text collections; a consideration of the various guises in which Saraha appears in his writings (as poet, social and religious critic, radical gnostic thinker, and more); an overview of Saraha’s poetic and religious legacy in South Asia and beyond; and complete or partial translations, from Tibetan, of over two dozen works attributed to Saraha. These include nearly all his spiritual songs, from his well-known Dohā Trilogy to obscure but important expositions of mahāmudrā, as well as several previously untranslated works.

An incognito English incarnation of an early 20 century Tibetan Lama returns to the Himalayas in 1975, after three years at Art School in Bristol. He continues his training in Bodhanath, Nepal, with Kyabjé Düd'jom Rinpoche - the Head of the Nyingma Tradition. He is referred to the ferocious Künzang Dorje Rinpoche in Tso Pema - for training in Dzogchen Men-ngag-dé. A harrowing month of interogatory harangues ensues - but he is finally accepted, not simply as a disciple, but as a heart-son. He returns to Düd'jom Rinpoche to recount his experience. He is given instructions and predictions. He will reveal the Aro gTér when he commences life as a Lama in the West - but first he must find a consort. She will make everything possible - but how he will find her proves challenging. He travels between Bodhanath and Tso Pema - but time is running out. He returns to Britain periodically to earn the wherewithal for further sojourns in the Himalayas. He has no guidelines for how to proceed in the West - other than the predictions of his Lamas.

A comprehensive explanation of the extraordinary Palyul tradition in which the Mahamudra (“Great Seal”) and Dzogchen (“Great Perfection”) traditions and the kama and terma lineages are joined togetherPalyul Namgyal Changchub Chöling, one the six Great Secret Nyingmapa mother monasteries in Tibet, has for centuries upheld the extraordinary non-dual teachings of the Great Seal and Great Perfection traditions. Featuring captivating portraits of the Palyul lineage’s throne holders, along with its history and continued preservation, A Garland of Immortal Wish-Fulfilling Trees traces the succession of the tradition’s leaders and reveals the source of its dharma lineage found in kama, terma, and pure vision. It also includes:An introduction to the Palyul tradition by Penor RinpocheBiographies of Karma Chagmed Rinpoche and Vidyadhara Migyur DorjeAnd appendices detailing the Nyingma tradition and the major and minor branch monasteries of the mother Palyul

"This is a modern commentary on a Dzogchen tantra titled The Natural Freedom and Openness of the Mind, covering the practices of trekcho, thogal, and bardo. This tantra is a mind terma, or treasure, of the contemporary terton, or treasure revealer, Deshek Lingpa (1956-2020). The tantra is said by tradition to be one among many revelations of the seventh-century Indian master Garab Dorje, who received them directly from the bodhisattva Vajrasattva, who received them from the buddha Samantabhadra. The commentary presents, in clear and accessible language, the approach to enlightement taught in this tradition. These instructions are considered advanced and secret, to be taught only to those who have received transmission from a qualified master. For the curious reader outside of the tradition, this book offers a clear and concise introduction to way the Nyingma tradition frames Buddhist cosmology, mind, liberation, and prayer"--

En bog, som tager dig med ind bag murene i et tibetansk buddhistiskmunkekloster under corona pandemien i 2020, hvor Anemone sad i isolation i 6 måneder. Uden at vide hvornår eller hvordan hun kunne komme hjem, blev hun ramt af sineværste fortrængte traumer. Bogen tager dig med på en indre rejse i et sind i opløsning, og beskriver hvordan Anemone sejrede over sin indre frygt gennem tro.Glæd dig til hudløst ærlige beskrivelser af hverdagen i et tibetansk buddhistisk munkekloster, og til at blive dybt inspireret til at finde din egen tro til at overkomme svære ting i livet.Anemone deler sin fortælling som et fyrtårn for alle der går igennem indre mørke, angst og traumer. Hun er eksemplet på at alle mennesker, uden undtagelse, kan finde vejen til lyset.

"Teachings based on Thinley Norbu's A Cascading Waterfall of Nectar"--Page one of cover.

"Our engagement with digital technology connects us to people but can also cause anxiety, distraction, imbalance, and suffering. This book offers a unique Buddhist approach to develop a clear understanding of our inner lives and the world of digital communication to lessen our suffering and deepen our happiness. Dza Kilung Rinpoche, a respected contemporary Tibetan Buddhist teacher, skillfully addresses these widespread issues in modern life geared toward his Western students and readers. He offers straightforward Buddhist strategies and tools to clear away the distractive clutter that prevents us from advancing in our careers and relationships. The book also explores deeper issues like the nature of wisdom, question of karma, and importance of lovingkindess and compassion. The practices and meditations in this book will appeal to anyone who enjoys mindfulness apps like Ten Happier, Insight Timer, and Headspace. By calming our minds, we can clearly see the sources of our inner and outer problems and begin to work on them for the benefit of ourselves, others, and the earth"--

Book 1 in the Rift Walker trilogy.

"Most followers of the Tibetan tantric Buddhist teachings are merely wearing an outer costume of tantra.""Serious consideration of the situation of tantra is urgent before its essence is lost altogether. The time has come for going beyond mere scholarly explanations and superficial chanting of liturgies to actually restoring the practice tradition that has been corrupted and rejected in recent centuries. To do that, the full scope of tantra's real meaning must be re-introduced."-Shar Khentrul Rinpoché

"Nourishing the Roots draws from traditional Buddhist teachings on the bardo, a Tibetan word most often associated with the period between death and rebirth. The author likens the bardo to abrupt episodes in our lives when things seem to turn upside down. These "in between" turning points can force us to let go of our assumptions about the future and allow something new to be reborn. They're a time of not-knowing, when our fearful mind scrambles to make sense of our experience. Susan Gillis Chapman guides the reader through this groundlessness by offering contemplative practices to meet fear with love. She shows how it's possible for our personal bardo crises to restore the bridges that connect us and increase our sense of shared humanity during difficult times. Readers will learn how their experiences that are marked by fear and anxiety can actually be opportunities for personal transformation"--

Samaya is the dirtiest word in Vajrayana Buddhism. The incorrect assumptions about samayas are used as weapons to threaten people and intimidate students, to instill fear in their hearts. Instead of being properly educated about this complex commitment, the subject is left unaddressed, whispered. There is samaya in the context of empowerment but also samaya means more. Samaya has to do with how we relate to our teacher, to the teachings, and to our Dharma friends. Basically, it's a road map for our conduct and eventual realization. Entering the Vajrayana Path, occasionally, our guides let us move blindly. They don't want to talk about Samaya. Some think that if they reveal the truth, the students will run away. This is not a modern day problem, Tsele Natsok Rangdröl addressed it in the 17th Century:Obviously, the vital point of empowerment is to receive the blessings so that original wakefulness dawns in our being... In these times, [17th Century] questions regarding the nature of the empowerment, the way to implement it in practical experience, and the points of the samaya commitments, etc., are left behind on the pages of books, and masters as well as disciples do as they please and what feels most enjoyable.Be uninformed no more! This book, Empowerment and Samaya, clearly lays out every aspect of the profundity of both samaya and empowerment. Herein are detailed explanations, traditionally and in modern language about these profound topics on many levels. There are clarifications about all aspects of empowerment, lists of many of the samayas, how to keep and ways to mend, when broken.

"Translated here for the first time, a collection of heartfelt and intimate advice for Buddhist practice from the modern female Buddhist teacher Sera Khandro Dewe Dorje (1892-1940), revealing her firsthand experiences as a mother, wife, consort, and spiritual teacher of the Dzogchen tradition of Tibetan Buddhism"--

Mon espoir pour ce livre est qu'il vous guide à trouver un type de méditation qui vous "ramènera à la maison" chaque fois que vous le choisirez - vers un espace de clarté calme dans lequel vous trouverez la paix et reconstituer votre énergie ou à partir duquel vous pourrez vous engager efficacement dans le monde. Mais par-dessus tout, j'espère que ce livre pourra servir de "pont" vers l'éveil, que vous suiviez une voie bouddhiste ou toute autre tradition spirituelle authentique.

Bien que des centaines de milliers de personnes aient assisté à une initiation du Kalachakra, très peu savent réellement mettre les enseignements du Kalachakra en pratique. Dans ce commentaire direct et clair du texte classique de Jetsun Taranatha "L'échelle Divine", Khentrul Rinpoché révèle les méthodes profondes qui ont été utilisées par les maîtres du Kalachakra pendant des centaines d'années pour accomplir des réalisations extraordinaires. À travers ces pratiques, vous serez guidé étape par étape à travers un processus de transformation qui vous permettra d'expérimenter progressivement votre plus grand potentiel dans cette vie ci. S'appuyant sur la sagesse impartiale des maîtres de la lignée de la tradition Jonang-Shambhala, ce livre fournit tout ce dont vous aurez besoin pour vous préparer authentiquement à entrer dans les pratiques de l'étape d'achèvement des Six Vajra Yogas.

Just as in autumn on a cloudless day the image of the moon can be seen reflected in a pond, so the disciples of the Buddha perceived the manifestation of the omnipresent reflected in the body of the Buddha.If the Buddha-Nature did not exist there would be no impulse to be liberated from the suffering of samsara and no heartfelt attraction to nirvana. Samsara is full of suffering and is therefore impure. Nirvana is bliss and therefore has merit. Neither would exist without the Buddha-Nature.

Although the word 'emptiness' can seem a bit intimidating, in the Buddhist traditions it is the key to freedom. Our mind is intrinsically empty of self and any fixed or defining content. We are not defined by anything which has occurred, that is occurring now, or will even occur in the future. Being empty of fixed content allows us to open to all that occurs without being trapped in reactivity. By resting in the intrinsic openness of our mind it becomes clear that we are not a thing amongst things.

Ringu Tulku discusses what it means to take refuge in the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha in terms of finding a profound purpose in our lives and making a decision to work towards fulfilling that aim.