Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche is a senior scholar within the Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism and the author of many books and commentaries. He was born in Kham, Tibet, in 1933 and entered Thrangu Monastery at age seven. He serves as the main tutor to His Holiness the Seventeenth Karmapa and travels worldwide giving teachings and leading retreats. Based in Nepal and India, he is also abbot of Gampo Abbey in Nova Scotia and founder of Vajra Vidya Retreat Center in Crestone, Colorado.
"Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche is one of the few remaining living
Tibetan Buddhist teachers who was born in a free Tibet. Between
1990 and 1995, he conducted five retreats at Big Bear Lake,
California. His talks there have been edited into Essentials of
Mahamudra. During these talks, Rinpoche presented a comprehensive
introduction to the mahamudra path. Similar to the practice of
Dzogchen, mahamudra is a direct and powerful practice. There are
two central meditative practices: peaceful abiding, shamatha, and
insight, vipashyana. This work discusses these two corrollary
meditative approaches in great detail, moving back and forth
between the two. As always, Rinpoche's instructions are beautifully
[clear]."-- "Ashe Journal"
"Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche [is] one of the foremost mahamudra
teachers. 'It [mahamudra meditation] is peaceful and gentle, ' he
writes in Essentials of Mahamudra. The book is based on Tashi
Namgyal's 'Moonlight of Mahamudra, ' a sixteenth-century text that
lays out the rationale behind the mahamudra practices, along with
detailed instructions, including how to continue practicing off the
cushion. Essentials contains answers to students'
questions--helpful to practitioners at any level."-- "Tricycle"
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