Lion of Siddhas : The Life and Teachings of Padampa Sangye

Padampa Sangye's influence on the Buddhism of Tibet and China is profound. This translation of his biography introduces us to a transcendent, irascible, and iconoclastic figure. Padampa Sangye encouraged his disciplines to disregard social conventions, disdain social contact, and break through their cultural conditioning. Although able to deliver lengthy sermons, Padampa Sangye taught just as often entirely without words, or with cryptic messages similar to Zen koans. His outlandish style and miraculous deeds will captivate readers. The comprehensive presentation of his spiritual career, teachings, and deeds will make it an indispensable reference work for students of Eastern spirituality. Best Known As Machig Labdron's Teacher, The Indian Mahasiddha Padampa Sangye Is Counted As A Lineage Guru By All Schools Of Tibetan Buddhism. He Brought The Lineage Of Chod To Tibet, Carried The Buddha's Teachings To China, And Is Even Asserted, In The Tibetan Tradition, To Have Been The Legendary Bodhidharma. Lion Of Siddhas Presents Two Extraordinary Texts: A Biography Of Padampa Sangye And A Rare Collection Of His Verbal And Nonverbal Teachings, Called Mahamudra In Symbols, Recorded By His Chief Tibetan Disciple Almost A Thousand Years Ago. Both Are Previously Untranslated.--jacket. Foreword / Swami Chetanananda -- Introduction / Lama Tsering Wangdu Rinpoche -- The Story Of The Liberated Life Of The Great Lord Of Siddhas, Venerable Padampa Sangye: A Sun Ablaze With Thousandfold Rays Of Attainment / Chokyi Senge -- Homage -- His Previous Lives -- The Greatness Of His Birthplace -- The Greatness Of His Family Lineage And Birth -- The Greatness Of His Training In The Vows -- The Greatness Of His Gurus -- The Greatness Of His Learning -- The Greatness Of His Siddhis -- The Greatness Of His Deeds -- The Greatness Of His Miraculous Powers -- The Greatness Of His Parinirvana -- The Greatness Of His Disciples -- Padampa Sangye's Mahamudra Teachings In Symbols: Recorded By The Heart Disciple, Bodhisattva Kunga -- The Sign Indications -- The Speech Indications -- The Rounds Of Teachings Through Questions And Answers -- Questions And Answers On The Essence Meaning -- Questions And Answers On Essential Points -- Questions And Answers About Activities -- The Mirror Of Mind Instructions -- App. 1. Rejuvenation Practice -- App. 2. The Stainless Path Of The Silver Egg Of Speech -- App. 3. Transmutation Of Speech Into Mantra -- App. 4. The Nature Of The Path -- App. 5. Stabilizing The Preliminaries. Translated By David Molk With Lama Tsering Wangdu Rinpoche. Includes Bibliographical References. Best known as Machig Labdron's teacher, the Indian mahasiddha Padampa Sangye is counted as a lineage guru by all schools of Tibetan Buddhism. He brought the lineage of Chd to Tibet, carried the Buddha's teachings to China, and is even asserted in the Tibetan tradition to have been the legendary Bodhidharma. Padampa Sangye's teaching methods were unorthodox and sometimes extreme. This transcendent and irascible teacher encouraged his disciples to disregard social conventions, disdain social contacts, and go beyond their cultural conditioning. He inspired innumerable highly realized disciples, many of whom were women. Lion of Siddhas presents two extraordinary a biography of Padampa Sangye, and a rare collection of his verbal and nonverbal teachings called Mahamudra in Symbols , recorded by his chief Tibetan disciple almost a thousand years ago. Both are previously untranslated.