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The Four Dharmas of Gampopa
Gampopa (1079 - 1153) was a physician from Gampo, Tibet and the foremost student of the famous Tibetan yogi Milarepa. Gampopa is known for combining the Kadampa tradition of Atisha with the Mahamudra teachings, thus establishing the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism.
Gampopa’s Four Dharmas distill the essence of the Buddhist path into four profound lines that can be easily remembered.
In this detailed commentary, foremost scholar and practitioner Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche provides the essential oral instructions that elucidate the meaning and relevance of Gampopa’s four-line prayer.
Gampopa’s Four Dharmas distill the essence of the Buddhist path into four profound lines that can be easily remembered.
In this detailed commentary, foremost scholar and practitioner Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche provides the essential oral instructions that elucidate the meaning and relevance of Gampopa’s four-line prayer.
- GenresBuddhism
56 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 2013
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Khenchen Thrangu
80 books43 followersVery Venerable Ninth Khenchen Thrangu Tulku, Karma Lodrö Lungrik Maway Senge (Tibetan: ཁྲ་འགུ་, Wylie: khra 'gu) is a prominent tulku (reincarnate lama) in the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism.
At the age of four he was formally recognized by His Holiness the Sixteenth Karmapa and Eleventh Tai Situpa as the ninth incarnation of the great Thrangu tulku, the abbot of Thrangu Monastery, whose root incarnation was Shüpu Palgyi Sengé, one of the twenty-five disciples of Guru Rinpoche. Forced to flee to India in 1959, he went to Rumtek Monastery in Sikkim, where the Karmapa had his seat in exile. Thrangu Rinpoche then served as the main teacher of the four principal Karma Kagyü tulkus of that time—the four regents of the Karmapa (Shamar Rinpoche, Tai Situ Rinpoche, Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche, and Gyaltsab Rinpoche). In 1976 he began to teach in the West and became the abbot of Gampo Abbey—a Buddhist monastery in Nova Scotia, Canada—as well as to take charge of the three-year retreat centre at Samyé Ling in Scotland.
He is also the author of the widely studied The Practice of Tranquility and Insight, a commentary on the eighth chapter of Jamgön Kongtrul's Treasury of Knowledge, on shamatha and vipashyana.
At the age of four he was formally recognized by His Holiness the Sixteenth Karmapa and Eleventh Tai Situpa as the ninth incarnation of the great Thrangu tulku, the abbot of Thrangu Monastery, whose root incarnation was Shüpu Palgyi Sengé, one of the twenty-five disciples of Guru Rinpoche. Forced to flee to India in 1959, he went to Rumtek Monastery in Sikkim, where the Karmapa had his seat in exile. Thrangu Rinpoche then served as the main teacher of the four principal Karma Kagyü tulkus of that time—the four regents of the Karmapa (Shamar Rinpoche, Tai Situ Rinpoche, Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche, and Gyaltsab Rinpoche). In 1976 he began to teach in the West and became the abbot of Gampo Abbey—a Buddhist monastery in Nova Scotia, Canada—as well as to take charge of the three-year retreat centre at Samyé Ling in Scotland.
He is also the author of the widely studied The Practice of Tranquility and Insight, a commentary on the eighth chapter of Jamgön Kongtrul's Treasury of Knowledge, on shamatha and vipashyana.
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February 19, 2024
interesting contrast to Aristotle/Socrates/Plato. Thrangu assumes you inherently all have virtue, and its a matter of manifesting it (very empowering). While the Greeks believed that virtue was a divine gift, and not everyone was able to possess it because it couldn't be taught or brought about through wisdom and experience.
This is certainly a more optimistic, actionable way of living virtuously, which was a nice read. And also clarifies a bit about meditation, which has always alluded me.
This is certainly a more optimistic, actionable way of living virtuously, which was a nice read. And also clarifies a bit about meditation, which has always alluded me.
July 2, 2020
Great book so thought provoking
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