Machik's Complete Explanation
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Machik's Complete Explanation by Sarah Harding
Fear, anger, and negativity are states that each of us have to contend with. Machik's Complete Explanation, the most famous book of the teachings of Machik Lapdr n, the great female saint and yogini of eleventh- to twelfth-century Tibet, addresses these issues in a practical, direct way. Machik developed a system, the Mahamudra Ch d, that takes the Buddha's teachings as a basis and applies them to the immediate experiences of negative mind states and malignant forces. Her unique feminine approach is to invoke and nurture the very demons that we fear and hate, transforming those reactive emotions into love. It is the tantric version of developing compassion and fearlessness, a radical method of cutting through ego-fixation. This expanded edition includes Machik Lapdr n's earliest known teaching, the original source text for the tradition, The Great Bundle of Precepts on Severance (Ch d). This pithy set of instructions reveals that the teachings of the perfection of wisdom are the true inspiration for Ch d. It is beautifully clarified in a short commentary by Rangjung Dorje, the Third Karmapa.
Sarah Harding has been a Tibetan Buddhist translator and practitioner since 1974. She became a student of the late master Kalu Rinpoche, and in 1980, she completed the traditional three-year retreat under his guidance. Since then, she has been a teacher and translator. Her publications include Machik's Complete Explanation, The Treasury of Knowledge: Book Eight, and The Life and Revelations of Pema Lingpa. She is a fellow at the Tsadra Foundation and has been on the faculty of Naropa University for nearly twenty years.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781559394147 |
| ISBN 10 | 1559394145 |
| Title | Machik's Complete Explanation |
| Author | Sarah Harding |
| Series | Tsadra |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Publisher | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Year published | 2013-05-14 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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