Puertas a la práctica budista presenta a los lectores occidentales la tradicional sabiduría del budismo tibetano en el estilo excepcionalmente accesible de su eminencia Chagdud Tulku Rinpoché, quien entreteje historias de su Tíbet natal con una exposición, paso a paso, del fundamento y de la esencia del budismo Vajrayana. Su sabiduría y su compasión, las cuales derivan de un tesoro de experiencias humanas, de un entrenamiento erudito y de una profunda comprensión meditativa, impregnan esta presentación del Dharma del buda. Rica en metáforas, la exposición de Chagdud Tulku Rinpoché trasciende las barreras culturales y religiosas para internarse en espiral a través de un extenso conjunto de enseñanzas budistas, hasta llegar a su práctica esencia. Los lectores encontrarán en este libro verdades espirituales pertinentes que traerán un inmediato beneficio a sus vidas diarias, verdades que, si son aplicadas con sinceridad, producirán cambios indudables y positivos, tanto en sus propias mentes como en sus interacciones con los otros.
H.E. Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche (Tib. ལྕགས་མདུད་སྤྲུལ་སྐུ་, Wyl. lcags mdud sprul sku), born Padma Gargyi Wangchuk, is held to be the 14th Chagdud incarnation in a line extending from Sherab Gyaltsen, who folded an iron sword into a knot with his bare hands, thus earning the name "Chagdud" or "iron knot." Born to a lama of the Gelug school and a mother from a Sakya family, the 14th Chagdud began his training in the Kagyu school before achieving renown as a master of Dzogchen and teacher of the Nyingma school lineages of Dudjom Rinpoche and Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. One of the first Nyingmapa lamas to settle in the United States, he relocated to Brazil in 1995 and built the first traditional Tibetan temple in South America with his wife Jane Tromge (Chagdud Khadro).
I missed a couple of chapters, but my sangha just finished another read-through so I'll call it done. I know I'll be going through it again. I don't know if I would recommend this for flat-out beginners, or for anyone used to reading only Zen texts. Some of it is very dense, but there is a lot of brilliance and clarity too. It's okay to skip around by chapter; you don't have to read it cover-to-cover.
O budismo tem tanto a nos ensinar, independente das suas crenças. É um livro sobre a vida, sobre ser e estar aqui, neste momento, neste mundo, neste universo. É um livro pra se ler com calma, aos poucos, refletindo e aprendendo cada colocação. Vale muito!
Chagdud Rinpoche's oral teachings are gathered in this precious volume. It's disguised as an introduction to Buddhism but contains important teachings for all students of the teachings of the Buddha, no matter what their level of attainment. A must read.
Não tive o privilégio de conhecer Chagdud Rinpoche, mas pelo livro posso imaginar sua maneira de ensinar o darma. Linhagem clara, acessível, humana. Preciosidade!