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John Myrdhin Reynolds

Born

January 01, 1942

Website

http://vajranatha.com/

Genre

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality

Influences

Padmasambhava, Edward Conze ...more

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John Myrdhin Reynolds is a linguist, translator, mystic, and initiated ngagpa (tantric yogin) of the Nyingmapa school of Tibetan Buddhism. Since his 1974 ngagpa ordination under Kyabjé Dudjom Rinpoche, he also has been known by the dharma names he was then given: Vajranatha in Sanskrit, or Rigdzin Dorje Gonpo in Tibetan.

Reynolds studied History of Religions, Anthropology, Arabic, Sanskrit, Tibetan, and Buddhist Studies at Columbia University, at the University of California at Berkeley, and at the University of Washington at Seattle under Edward Conze. He did his PhD research in Sanskrit, Tibetan, and Buddhist Philosophy under Prof. Edward Conze.

Since then, his emphasis has been on Dzogchen and the Buddhist Tantras, particularly within the ...more

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Average rating: 4.47 · 334 ratings · 32 reviews · 13 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Golden Letters: The Tibetan Teachings of Garab Dorje, First Dzogchen Master by John Myrdhin Reynolds, Namkhai Norbu (Foreword), Garab Dorje (Contributor) 4.57 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 1996 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Oral Tradition from Zhang-Zhung: An Introduction to the Bonpo Dzogchen Teachings of the Oral Tradition from Zhang-Zhung 4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Czarownice i dakinie. Tantra na Wschodzie i Zachodzie by John Myrdhin Reynolds, Zbigniew Zagajewski (Translator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Practice of Dzogchen in the Zhang Zhung Tradition of Tibet 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Precepts of the Dharmakaya: Translation of The Twenty-One Little Nails – The Root Text and its Commentary from the Zhang-Zhung Nyän-Gyüd 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Practice of Guru Yoga for Padmasambhava in the Nyingmapa Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism by John Myrdhin Reynolds, Jamgön Mipham (Contributor) 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Secret Book of Simhamukha it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The cult and the practice of a bonpo deity, walchen gekhod really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sadhana Practice of Wrathful Deities in Tibetan Buddhist Tantra 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bon: Yungdrum Bon, the eternal tradition : the ancient pre-Buddhist religion of Central Asia and Tibet : its history, teaching and literature 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Magic is not something supernatural, but part of the field dynamics of nature.”
― John Myrdhin Reynolds, The Practice of Guru Yoga for Padmasambhava in the Nyingmapa Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism

tags: magick, supernatural, thaumaturgy, yoga

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“Thoughts in the past are clear and empty and leave no traces behind. Thoughts in the future are fresh and unconditioned by anything. And in the present moment, when (your mind) remains in its own condition without constructing anything, Awareness at that moment in itself is quite ordinary.”
― John Myrdhin Reynolds, Self-Liberation through Seeing with Naked Awareness

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“The nature of the mind is like a mirror which has the natural and inherent capacity to reflect whatever is set before it, whether beautiful or ugly; but these reflections in no way affect or modify the nature of the mirror.”
― John Myrdhin Reynolds, Self-Liberation through Seeing with Naked Awareness

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