White Lotus : an explanation of the seven-line prayer to Guru Padmasambhava / Jamgon Miphan
Entry/Object ID
BQ5593 .P3 M536 2007
Description
Summary: "The Commentary translated in these pages is unusual and rare. But if the commentary is a rarity, its subject matter - the seven-line invocation of Padmasambhava - is one of the best-known prayers in the Tibetan Buddhist world." "The overall significance of the Seven-Line Prayer is perhaps best appreciated in relation to a practice called guru-yoga, or "union with the nature of the guru." The purpose of guru-yoga is to purify and deepen the student's relationship with his or her teacher. It is introduced as one of the preliminary practices, and it remains crucial - in fact, its importance increases - as one progresses through the more advanced levels of the tantric path. The cultivation of devotion to the guru and the blending of one's mind with his or her enlightened mind is, in the words of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, "the most vital and necessary of all practices and is in itself the surest and fastest way to reach the goal of enlightenment.""--Jacket
Dimensions
Dimension Description
xii, 127 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Book Details
Author
Jamgon Miphan
Publication Translator
Padmakara Translation Group
Publisher
Shambhala
Place Published
City
Boston
Date Published
2007
Publication Subjects
Nyingma pa prayers
Padma Sambhava, approximately 717-approximately 762 -- Prayers and devotions -- History and criticism
Rnying-ma-pa (Sect) -- Prayers and devotions -- History and criticism
