Books : Rainbow Painting: A Collection of Miscellaneous Aspects of Development and Completion
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 181
EAN: 9789627341222
ISBN: 9627341223
Label: North Atlantic Books
Manufacturer: North Atlantic Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 208
Publication Date: May 18, 2004
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Release Date: May 18, 2004
Sales Rank: 631527
Studio: North Atlantic Books
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Saturated with direct, pithy instructions, Rainbow Painting presents the very quintessence of the Buddhist Spiritual approach through the authentic personal experience of one of the greatest living meditation masters.
Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche expresses what he himself has undergone, instructing us in a complete manner of training. To attain enlightenment we must experience our innate nature. The ultimate object of realization, the natural state of mind, unmistakenly and exactly as it is, need not be sought for elsewhere but is present within ourselves. Stability in this unexcelled state of unity is not achieved by separating what we know from what we do.
This book contains astute instructions that address these key points of spirituality.
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Rainbow Painting touches more deeply aspect of the Mahamudra , Dzogchen practices. It gives clear clarifications of why the different points of view , Tawa , vary in the 9 Yanas.
Having been a practitioner for a while I highly recomended it.
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Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche is rapidly becoming one of my favorite lamas. His teaching has the perfect balance of encouragement and challenge. This collection of teachings, while not appropriate for newcomers to Tibetan Buddhism, is very helpful for those who have been on the path for awhile.
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While this book includes some exposition of standard material (usually in shortened form) such as Ngondro, tales of past gurus, etc., it also includes more advanced knowledge. The stories are fun, but I refer the reader to Jan Brunvand's many books on Urban Legends. But, the author does a lot more in 210 pages. This is NOT an introductory text--it's more advanced. The author clearly and concisely delineates the differences between approaches (yanas) but also with Mahamudra and Dzogchen. He also explains the Dzogchen view of the relationship between development and completion stages--which in the 100 or so Vajrayana books I've read, I've never heard before. And, it actually makes sense to me! Amazing. He also gives a bit of information about the relationship between Trekcho and Togal, though most of this work is more Trekcho oriented. Overall, the book is written in an easily read style, and the author uses many, many analogies to improve communications and help the reader visualize what is being transmitted. Analogies, while not actually proving anything can certainly illustrate points being made so as to elicit an understanding response from the reader. Several chapters of this book are included in "The Dzogchen Primer," but they are the more elementary ones and, IMHO, not the really fine ones. After reading some more introductory Dzogchen and/or Mahamudra books (there are lots of them out there by Norbu or Thrangu Rinpoche or others), this would be a fine book to ... Read More
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Tulku Urgyen was a fine example of a true yogi.
His devotion to his teachers shines through in these pages, and there's more to be learned here than just the verbal info.
I highly recomend keeping this book around.
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While the author teaches in the Dzogchen tradition as he clearly explains in this book, for this reader I can see no difference between it and Zen. "Direct pointing" to that which we call mind is the essence of this book, a real "how-to-do-it" explanation. I have studied Buddhism, and Zen in particular, for over 20 years and this is one of the most helpful texts I have ever come across. I would recommend it to any serious student of Buddhism.
Too often people think that the only way to practice Buddhism is to sit and quiet or empty the mind. Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche effectively rebuts that view. Since this book was published there have been two additional volumes, both of which are excellect (5 stars). They are titled "As It Is," volumes 1 and 2.
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