Saturday, August 6, 2016

Equanimity of Samsara and Nirvana (Lama Umapa's Guide to the View of Emptiness)


This meditation instruction on Emptiness was said to be bestowed upon Lama Umapa and Lord Tsongkhapa in their meditative visions by Lord Manjushiri himself. The commentator, Chen'nga Lodro Gyaltsen (15-century) received it from Lama Umapa and Lord Tsongkhapa directly.


  Quiet a few features mark this pithy teaching unique among the writings of Guide to the Madhyamaka View. For example,
  • Meditation on the twelve-links of dependent origination was included in actual practices, 
  • Calm-Abiding was taught in a form of Tantric practice, in other words, recognizing the sacredness innate to the body, speech and mind of the practitioner herself, 
  • Meditation on the selflessness of person was preceded by the meditation on the selflessness of phenomena, or more precisely, regarding the practitioner's body, speech, mind and her Five Heaps.
It was translated on the auspicious day of the First Turning of the Wheel of Dharma, 08/06/2016. May all sentient beings realize the equanimity of samsara and nirvana, and abide on the non-abiding transcendence!            


中文譯本

English Translation

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Tibetan Text

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