Lamp of Mahamudra (Shambhala)

Book

A timeless instruction on the heart of Buddhist practice. Lamp of Mahamudra is a meditation manual on one of the most advanced practices of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. This precise text distills the instructions of the practice lineage and describes the entire path of meditation leading to the ultimate fruition. The book includes advice from Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche and Kyabje Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche. Lamp of Mahamudra was written by Tsele Natsok Rangdrol, a seventeenth-century master of both the Kagyu and Nyingma schools. He was renowned as one of the most learned teachers of his era. His writing is inspiring in its lucid style and profundity. (Source Accessed Feb 12, 2020)

Citation	Kunsang, Erik Pema, trans. Lamp of Mahamudra: The Immaculate Lamp That Perfectly and Fully Illuminates the Meaning of Mahamudra, the Essence of All Phenomena. By Tsele Natsok Rangdröl (rtse le sna tshogs rang grol). Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1989. http://promienie.net/images/dharma/books/mahamudra_lamp.pdf.

Foreword by H. H. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpocheix
Translator's Prefacexi
Introduction by Ven. Tulku Urgyen Rinpochexiii

Prologue1

SECTION ONE: GROUND MAHAMUDRA
The View5

SECTION TWO: PATH MAHAMUDRA
Shamatha and Vipashyana17
Faults and Qualities25
Experience and Realization32
The Four Yogas36
The Five Paths and the Ten Bhumis47
Enhancement57

SECTION THREE: FRUITION MAHAMUDRA
The Three Kayas of Buddhahood63

Epilogue69
Translator's Afterword75
Glossary77

rtse le sna tshogs rang grol. chos thams cad kyi snying po phyag rgya chen po'i don yang dag pa rab tu gsal bar byed pa dri ma med pa'i sgron ma. In rtse le sna tshogs rang grol gyi gsung gdams zab phyogs bsgrigs. Kathmandu: khenpo shedup tenzin and lama thinley namgyal, 2007: 169-268.