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Vairotsana instructing Pang Mipham Gönpo

Painted by Drugu Choegyal Rinpoche

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Rest in natural great peace

This exhausted mind

Beaten helplessly by karma and neurotic thought

Like the relentless fury of pounding waves

In the infinite ocean of saṃsāra.

A selection of texts related to the practice of meditation

The Sage who Dispels Mind’s Anguish: Advice from the Guru, the Gentle Protector Mañjuśrī on the Means of Accomplishing the Yogas of Śamatha and Vipaśyanā by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche adapted this teaching on śamatha and vipaśyanā from The White Lotus, Mipham Rinpoche's supportive teaching (rgyab chos) for the Treasury of Blessings sādhana of Buddha Śākyamuni. The text explains how to accomplish both śamatha and vipaśyanā in the context of that practice and clarifies the relationship between Buddha Śākyamuni, the yidam deity and the guru.

The Light of Primordial Wisdom: An Instruction Manual for the Primordially Pure Perfection Stage of the Powerful & Wrathful Dorje Drolö, Conqueror of Demons by Dudjom Rinpoche

This direct instruction on the perfection stage (rdzogs rim) practice for the Dorje Drolö form of Guru Padmasambhava includes the preparatory state of śamatha, and the main part, which is to generate the wisdom of vipaśyanā through view, meditation and action.

A Clear and Concise Description of the Practice of Śamatha by Khenpo Pema Vajra

A detailed explanation of how to practice śamatha or 'calm abiding' meditation so as to arrive at perfect stillness and concentration of mind.

From 'Finding Comfort and Ease in Meditation': A Guide to Locations for Cultivating Samadhi by Longchen Rabjam

The first chapter of Longchenpa's Finding Comfort and Ease in Meditation (samten ngalso), describing ideal environments and dwelling places for cultivating meditative concentration and insight throughout the year.

From 'Finding Comfort and Ease in Meditation': The Practitioner of Meditation by Longchen Rabjam

The second chapter of Finding Comfort and Ease in Meditation (samten ngalso), describing the qualities and character of an ideal practitioner of meditation in the Great Perfection, or Dzogpachenpo.

How to Cultivate Concentration by Mipham Rinpoche

A short text in verse that outlines various stages in the cultivation of śamatha, or calm abiding.

Wheel of Analysis and Meditation That Thoroughly Purifies Mental Activity by Mipham Rinpoche

Composed in a single day in 1891, this celebrated verse text offers a practical guide to meditating analytically on the multiplicity, impermanence, suffering nature and selflessness of the aggregates, as an antidote to the mental afflictions (kleśa; nyon mongs).

The Garland of Jewel Ornaments : The Stages of Meditating on the Bodhicaryāvatāra by Rongtön Sheja Künrig

This succinct guide to putting Śāntideva's classic text into practice through meditation, with an emphasis on the cultivation of wisdom (prajñā), was written by Rongtön Sheja Kunrig in 1447.

A Song of Amazement Inspired by Practice Experience by Sera Khandro

This song of amazement originates in a vision that Sera Khandro had while staying in retreat at Nyimalung in Amdo at the age of twenty-nine. The text is her response to the spirits and demons who appeared to her, asking what she was doing.

From the Oral Tradition of the Lama of Nyarong by Yukhok Chatralwa Chöying Rangdrol

Yukhok Chatralwa records the pithy advice of the Nyarong Lama, i.e., Tertön Sogyal Lerab Lingpa, on the subject of how to remain in solitary retreat.

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