Name: Buddhahood Without Meditation: Volume 2
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Author: B. Alan Wallace
ISBN: 9781614293460

portada Buddhahood Without Meditation: Volume 2

Type

Physical Book

Author

B. Alan Wallace

Publisher

Wisdom Publications

Year

2017

Language

English

Pages

344

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9781614293460

Synopsis "Buddhahood Without Meditation: Volume 2 "

To reach Buddhahood without meditation at first glance appears an impossible task. The highly influential mystic Dudjom Lingpa and his disciple Sera Khandro address this seeming contradiction and what it means in B. Alan Wallace's landmark translation.Dudjom Lingpa (18351904) was one of the foremost tantric masters of his time. Buddhahood without Meditation is his most widely taught visionary text. In a series of fourteen visionary encounters with wisdom beings and historical figures in the Great Perfection lineage, Du¨djom Lingpas transcendent teachers emphasize the view of cutting through to the original purity of pristine awareness. This view is developed via four themes: nonexistence, oneness, uniform pervasiveness, and spontaneous actualization, which are known as the four special samayas, or pledges, of the Great Perfection. At each stage of his spiritual progress, Dudjom Lingpas doubts are dispelled and his realizations enhanced by pithy advice. Also included here are two complementary works by Dudjom Lingpa's charismatic female disciple, Sera Khandro, who is accomplished and well loved in her own right. Her short composition Fine Path to Liberation establishes the necessary motivation and conduct for receiving teachings such as Buddhahood Without Meditation. This sublime Dharma is to be seen in the context of the five perfections of the sambhogakaya: the teacher, place, time, disciples, and Dharma are fully perfected and must not be reified as ordinary. Sera Khandro's Garland for the Delight of the Fortunate fills in the gaps ofBuddhahood Without Meditatio, explaining the metaphors, and spelling out the implications of the root texts highly condensed verses. This extensive commentary is liberally supported with quotations from seminal sutras, tantras, and commentaries. Unless one has already reached a very high level of realization, this commentary is an essential key for unlocking the profound wisdom contained inBuddhahood Without Meditation.

B. Alan Wallace

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Brian Alan Wallace (1950) es un autor, traductor y estudioso estadounidense reconocido por su trabajo en la intersección entre la ciencia cognitiva y el budismo tibetano. Formado en física y filosofía de la ciencia, fue ordenado monje budista y estudió durante años bajo la guía del Dalái Lama y otros maestros tibetanos. Su trayectoria se ha centrado en tender puentes entre la investigación científica de la mente y las prácticas contemplativas, participando en iniciativas de diálogo entre ciencia y espiritualidad, además de fundar el Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies.

Entre sus obras más influyentes se encuentra El arte de transformar la mente, donde presenta de forma accesible técnicas de meditación basadas en la tradición budista, adaptadas al contexto contemporáneo. Su enfoque combina rigor intelectual con experiencia práctica, abordando temas como la atención, la conciencia y el bienestar mental. A lo largo de su carrera ha desarrollado programas de entrenamiento contemplativo y ha contribuido activamente a la difusión del budismo en Occidente desde una perspectiva crítica y reflexiva.

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