Medicine Buddha Teachings

by Khenchen Thrangu, Tashi Namgyal (Editor), Yeshe Gyamtso (Translator)

In this rare gem we learn more that just details of this particular Medicine Buddha practice. Rinpoche, has king included many basic principles of tantric theory and practice in general.

Genres: Buddhism, Spirituality

200 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

Very 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.

Reviews

[Karen Stone · Rating 5 out of 5]

an excellent explanation of the Medicine Buddha practice and its benefits

[Don Flynn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good expanding of Medicine Buddha practices, including some points I had not known before. I do the short practice at home, and this book answered some questions I had about the deity in particular.

[Ellie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was vegetarian but just so you know maybe i was vegan and wanted to sift thru the mind but u gotta keep blood flowing (strokes, tingling extremities are painful etc) so some eastern stuff is not 100% … like veganism can cause shingles, but i also felt like animal part medicine could rush or strangely implant spirits. So i do usually add karma with meat but it is hell, and now we need environmental awareness and people are sort of too hidden by the pile of work to do. Or so it seems. No it really does seem like cans of soup are worse than ever.

[Shuniya · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very comphrehensive teachings. I appreciate the qualities and aspirations of Medicine Buddha as well as the associated practice so much more and am grateful that the author Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, a great teacher of the Kagyu lineage, has made the teachings available and accessible to the English speaking audience.

[Mark Bourdon · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you are a practitioner of the Medicine Buddha, this is a very good resource.

[Sande Waybill · Rating 5 out of 5]

a re-read