The Stages of Meditation – Third SessionAt the request of the Tibetan king Mutig Tsenpo, son of King Trisong Detsen, the great 8th-century Indian pandita Kamalashila composed The Stages of Meditation (Bhavanakrama). The first of the three parts describes in detail the stages of familiarization with mental calm, then higher insight, and finally the paths […]
In this work, Sakya Pandita Künga Gyaltsen (1182–1251), one of the founding fathers of the Sakya lineage and an eminent teacher respected by all traditions of Tibetan Buddhism, presents the three disciplines (dom sum) that support Buddhist practice: the discipline of individual liberation, of a bodhisattva, and of the vajrayana. The precepts of each are […]
Thaye Dorje, His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa, explained the importance of the Five Royal Sutras that constitute paths of practice. Among them, the Sutra of Aspirations for Excellent Conduct, also known as Samantabhadra’s Wishing Prayer, represents the path of aspiration. The bodhisattva Samantabhadra’s prayers are a model for all. Recited regularly by practitioners of […]