The Ngondro, Preliminary Practices to Mahamudra by Ringu Tulku

by Ringu Tulku

The Heart Wisdom series aims to make the teachings of Ringu Tulku Rinpoche available to a wider audience, by bringing his oral teachings to the written page. This volume comprises a set of teachings on the Ng�ndro contemplations and practices, which are foundational to the experience of Mahamudra.

Genres: Spirituality

Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Karma Tsultrim Gyurmé Trinlé (Tibetan: ཀརྨ་ཚུལ་ཁྲིམས་འགྱུར་མེད་ཕྲིན་ལས་, Wylie: kar+ma tshul khrims 'gyur med phrin las)—more commonly known as Ringu Tulku (Tib. རི་མགུལ་སྤྲུལ་སྐུ་, Wyl. ri mgul sprul sku) for the Ringu Monastery with which his incarnation line is associated—is a lama of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism and proponent of the Rimé (non-sectarian) movement. In 1975 he was awarded the academic title of Khenpo, and in 1983 the that of Dorje Lopön Chenpo (Sanskrit: mahavajracarya; equivalent to a PhD). He served as Professor of Tibetology in Sikkim for 17 years, and since 1990 has been traveling and teaching Buddhism and meditation at more than 50 universities, institutes and Buddhist centers in Europe, USA, Canada, Australia and Asia.

Reviews

[Paraeinstein · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is yet another excellent commentary on the Ngondro which is done in the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. Because the various chapters are transcripts from it is very easy to understand, even those who are non-native English speakers. I would suggest carefully highlighting parts of the text which one hopes to incorporate into their Ngondro practice.