Including three wonderfully rich and evocative guided meditations, How to Be Happy works with the reader to show that happiness in this present moment is dependent on the wisdom of a truly open and generous heart. In the south, east, and central parts of India, there were naturally arisen images of a non-Buddhist deities which were causing indescribable harm to the Buddhist teachings.

The Guru and Śākyadevī both attained the great accomplishment of the third vidyādhara level, ‘vidyādhara of the great seal, or mahāmudrā’. This lucid translation of a rare Tibetan text makes available for the first time to Western readers the remarkable life story of Princess Madarava. In Door to Satisfaction Lama Zopa Rinpoche reveals a text he discovered in a cave in the Himalayas that captures the essential point of Buddhist training. He received empowerments and blessings from the ḍākinīs Mārajītā, ‘Tamer of Māra’, and Śāntarakṣitā ‘Preserver of Peace’, and he brought the ḍākinīs of the charnel grounds under his sovereign command.

Read more about the seller notes “Hardbound in near very good condition in near very good dust jacket; Some edge wear and a couple short tears to jacket. For thirteen years, Padmasambhava and Mandāravā remained in Uḍḍiyāna as teachers by royal appointment, establishing the whole kingdom in the Dharma. And, in the future, when Buddha Maitreya appears in this world, it is said that Guru Padmasambhava himself will emanate as the bodhisattva Drowa Kundül, ‘Tamer of All Beings’, and will spread the teachings of secret mantra to all those of good fortune.

Because of that, a bodhisattva generates infinite merit every moment, whether outwardly engaged in working for others or not. This short biography is just a partial narration, conforming to the perception of various ordinary students. She teaches lecture courses and advanced seminars on Buddhist history, ritual, and ideas, and on Tibetan literary practices and religious history.Without the compassionate admonition from U44iyana, dominated by this life, men dream ofgain, fame, and obtaining their desires. He established Aśoka in unwavering faith, after which, in a single miraculous night, the king erected one million stūpas all around the world, all containing the relics of the Buddha.

For more information, see: Taranatha, The Origin of the Tārā Tantra, translated and edited by David Templeman, (Dharamsala: Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, 1995), n. All around were inspired by faith, and thus it was that the Guru and his consort caused the kingdom to embrace the Dharma, establishing its people in the state that is beyond falling back into saṃsāra. Access options Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. In Ultimate Healing , internationally renowned meditation master Lama Zopa Rinpoche helps us to recognize the root of illness and gives us the tools to create our future happiness. The moment Shing Cha Chen was in sight, the Guru bound him under oath and placed him in charge of Samyé monastery.It is clear, then, that the Guru stayed in Tibet for forty-eight years while the king was alive and seven years and six months afterwards. The Wisdom Culture Series, published under the guidance of Lama Zopa Rinpoche, features translations of key works by masters of the Geluk tradition. This fourth and final Science and Philosophy in the Indian Buddhist Classics volume provides, through extensive passages, a window into the works of the great thinkers from the flowering of philosophy in classical India. All of your happiness and all of your suffering are created by you, by your own mind,” says Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Padmasambhava, known as the ‘Second Buddha’, has influenced countless beings through the essential vajrayāna teachings of secret mantra, and especially through his profound terma-treasure activities here in Tibet.

In view of the absolute purity which equals the Plane of Essence itself, he was invested in the tenth stage with the power of the Dharma. Unlike other treasures he concealed, these were intended to remain without being retrieved at a later date. Eighty of his students attained rainbow body at Yerpa, as well as the one hundred and eight meditators at Chuwori, the thirty tantrikas at Yangdzong, and the fifty-five realized ones at Sheldrak.Then, he walks us through the two main methods for achieving bodhichitta: the seven points of cause and effect, and equalizing and exchanging self and others. She has helped to establish numerous centers in the US and has served as translator for many prominent masters in all four lineages. Together they went to the Māratika cave, where for three months they practised the sādhana of longevity. In this last of three volumes on emptiness, the Dalai Lama takes us through the Sautrāntika, Yogācāra, and Svātantrika views on the ultimate nature of reality and the Prāsaṅgikas’ thorough responses to these, so that we gain the correct view of emptiness—the selflessness of both persons and phenomena. The King wished to translate the scriptures and establish the Dharma, so he arranged for many intelligent young Tibetans to study to become translators, known as ‘lotsawas’.