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|BookToc=Outlines of Texts ix
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Foreword by His Holiness the Seventeenth Karmapa xxiii
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Foreword by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche xxv
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Translator’s Introduction xxix
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An Abbreviated Biography of Dakpo Tashi Namgyal lxv
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Moonbeams of Mahāmudrā
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Introduction 3
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Part One: Common Samādhis 13
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1. Śamatha and Vipaśyanā 15
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2. Śamatha 47
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3. Vipaśyanā 63
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4. Removing Doubts 87
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Part Two: Uncommon Mahāmudrā 111
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5. Generating Confidence 113
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6. Preliminaries 149
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7. Mahāmudrā Approaches 175
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8. Śamatha 179
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9. Vipaśyanā 215
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10. Pointing-Out Instructions 259
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11. Sustaining Mahāmudrā 305
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12. Eliminating Deviations and Strayings 355
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13. Enhancement 381
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14. Realization and the Four Yogas 421
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15. The Four Yogas in Detail 447
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Colophon 485
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Mahāmudrā: Dispelling the Darkness of Ignorance
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Introduction 491
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1. Preliminaries 493
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2. Main Practices 501
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Śamatha 501
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Vipaśyanā 508
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3. Conclusion 523
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Abbreviations 537
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Notes 539
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Glossary 635
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Glossary of Enumerations 643
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Translation Equivalents 657
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Tibetan Transliterations 683
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Bibliography 693
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Index 729
 
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This classic Buddhist work, written in the sixteenth century, comprehensively presents the entire scope of the Tibetan Kagyu Mahāmudrā tradition. These profound yet accessible instructions focus on becoming familiar with the nature of one’s mind as the primary means to realize ultimate reality and thus attain buddhahood. Dakpo Tashi Namgyal’s manual for the view and practice of Mahāmudrā is widely considered the single most important work on the subject, systematically introducing the view and associated meditation techniques in a progressive manner.

Moonbeams of Mahāmudrā, along with the Ninth Karmapa Wangchuk Dorje’s Dispelling the Darkness of Ignorance, are to this day some of the most studied texts on Mahāmudrā in the Kagyu monasteries throughout Tibet and the Himalayas. Elizabeth M. Callahan, a renowned translator of classical Kagyu literature, has provided new translations of these two texts along with ancillary materials and annotations, making this a genuine resource for both scholars and students of Tibetan Buddhism. This historic contribution therefore offers the necessary tools to properly study and apply the Mahāmudrā teachings in a modern context. (Source: Shambhala Publications)

Citation Callahan, Elizabeth M., trans. Moonbeams of Mahāmudrā. By Dakpo Tashi Namgyal (dwags po bkra shis rnam rgyal). With Dispelling the Darkness of Ignorance by Wangchuk Dorje (dbang phyug rdo rje), the Ninth Karmapa. Tsadra Foundation Series. Boulder, CO: Snow Lion Publications, 2019.

Mahāmudrā - Mahāmudrā refers to an advanced meditation tradition in Mahāyāna and Vajrayāna forms of Into-Tibetan Buddhism that is focused on the realization of the empty and luminous nature of the mind. It also refers to the resultant state of buddhahood attained through such meditation practice. In Tibet, this tradition is particularly associated with the Kagyu school, although all other schools also profess this tradition. The term also appears as part of the four seals, alongside dharmamūdra, samayamudrā, and karmamudrā. Skt. महामुद्रा Tib. ཕྱག་རྒྱ་ཆེན་པོ།

Kagyu - The Kagyu school traces its origin to the eleventh-century translator Marpa, who studied in India with Nāropa. Marpa's student Milarepa trained Gampopa, who founded the first monastery of the Kagyu order. As many as twelve subtraditions grew out from there, the best known being the Karma Kagyu, the Drikung, and the Drukpa. Tib. བཀའ་བརྒྱུད་

paramārthasatya - "Ultimate truth" or "absolute truth"; the reality of things as they truly are. Skt. परमार्थसत्य Tib. དོན་དམ་བདེན་པ་ Ch. 第一義諦,眞諦

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