Trainings in Compassion : Manuals on the Meditation of Avalokiteshvara

avalokiteshvara Is One Of The Main Introductory Meditation Practices Presented In Scores Of Tibetan Buddhist Centers Across North America And Europe. This work includes translations of key Kagyu lineage meditation manuals for the practice of the deity of compassion Avalokiteshvara, one of the main introductory meditation practices presented in scores of Tibetan Buddhist centers across North America and Europe.The manuals included in this book were authored by the great Tibetan siddha Thangtong Gyalpo the renowned nineteenth century master Jamgon Kongtrul and the Fifteenth Gyalwang Karmapa Khakhyab Dorje.The book also includes teachings on the nature of compassion by the highly regarded teacher Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche praises to Avalokiteshvara by the Indian master Chandrakirti and a fresh translation of the famed Mahayana text The Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva . Table of Contents ......Page 8 Introduction ......Page 10 PART ONE: Trainings in Compassion ......Page 14 Entering the Trainings in Compassion......Page 16 All-Pervading Benefit of Beings......Page 30 The Benefit of Others That Fills All of Space......Page 48 The Continuous Rain of Benefit to Beings......Page 62 The Praise to Avalokiteshvara......Page 78 The Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas......Page 84 PART TWO: The Tibetan Texts ......Page 94 The Benefit of Others That Fills All of Space......Page 96 The Continuous Rain of Benefit to Beings......Page 108 The Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas......Page 124 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS......Page 133 Table of Contents 8 Introduction 10 PART ONE: Trainings in Compassion 14 Entering the Trainings in Compassion 16 All-Pervading Benefit of Beings 30 The Benefit of Others That Fills All of Space 48 The Continuous Rain of Benefit to Beings 62 The Praise to Avalokiteshvara 78 The Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas 84 PART TWO: The Tibetan Texts 94 The Benefit of Others That Fills All of Space 96 The Continuous Rain of Benefit to Beings 108 The Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas 124 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 133 1559392061,9781559392068