Luminous Clarity

A Commentary on Karma Chagme's Union of Mahamudra and Dzogchen

This book grows out of an oral teaching that Khenchen Thrangu gave in Crestone, Colorado, on Karma Chagme’s text Meaningful to Behold: The Essential Instructions of the Compassionate One on the Union of Mahamudra and Dzogchen. Thrangu Rinpoche explains in lucid detail the advanced meditation practices of Mahamudra and Dzogchen and also their similarities and differences, including advice on how to safely perform some of the more advanced Dzogchen practices.

Karma Chagme was born in Tibet in 1613. He was a major lineage holder of the Karma Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, and his writings have also become central to the Payul Nyingma order.
Khenchen Thrangu is one of the foremost teachers of the Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism and is the tutor of the Seventeenth Karmapa. He is the former abbot of Rumtek Monastery in India and currently serves as abbot of Gampo Abbey in Nova Scotia, Canada. View titles by Khenchen Thrangu
Includes a glossary, bibliography, and index

1. Introduction to the Text
2. Cultivating Bodhichitta
3. The Generation Stage
4. Shamatha Meditation
5. Vipashyana Meditation
6. Nature of the Mind
7. Mahamudra and Trekchö
8. How to Practice Meditation and Postmeditation
9. How Signs of Practice Arise
10. Tögal Practice
11. The Six Lamps of Tögal
12. Dedication and Merit

About

This book grows out of an oral teaching that Khenchen Thrangu gave in Crestone, Colorado, on Karma Chagme’s text Meaningful to Behold: The Essential Instructions of the Compassionate One on the Union of Mahamudra and Dzogchen. Thrangu Rinpoche explains in lucid detail the advanced meditation practices of Mahamudra and Dzogchen and also their similarities and differences, including advice on how to safely perform some of the more advanced Dzogchen practices.

Karma Chagme was born in Tibet in 1613. He was a major lineage holder of the Karma Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, and his writings have also become central to the Payul Nyingma order.

Author

Khenchen Thrangu is one of the foremost teachers of the Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism and is the tutor of the Seventeenth Karmapa. He is the former abbot of Rumtek Monastery in India and currently serves as abbot of Gampo Abbey in Nova Scotia, Canada. View titles by Khenchen Thrangu

Table of Contents

Includes a glossary, bibliography, and index

1. Introduction to the Text
2. Cultivating Bodhichitta
3. The Generation Stage
4. Shamatha Meditation
5. Vipashyana Meditation
6. Nature of the Mind
7. Mahamudra and Trekchö
8. How to Practice Meditation and Postmeditation
9. How Signs of Practice Arise
10. Tögal Practice
11. The Six Lamps of Tögal
12. Dedication and Merit