Jorcho

Language: EnglishPages: 38 (5 B/W Figure Illustrations)Publishers NoteWe are happy to present this translation into English of The Six Preparatory Practices Adorning the Buddhas Sublime Doctrine. Mr. Losang C. Ganchenpa and Ani-la Karma Lekshe Tsomo are to be congratulated for their most competent translation of this valuable Tibetan texts, which is both a complete daily recitation and meditation practice and all the preliminaries essential to subsequent higher practices. An appealing feature of this text is that it may be used by the practitioners of all schools and at all levels of practice-beginning, intermediate, and advanced.We are sure that this work will be of great help to non-Tibetan-speaking Buddhist scholars and practitioners. The original edition of this rare text can11 be found in the manuscript section of this Library.Translators NoteThe Six Preparatory Practices Adorning the Buddhas Sublime Doctrine (sByor-bai-chos-drug bya-Tshul thub-stan lhun-poI mdzes-rgyan) is important as an example of that body of Tibetan literature explaining preparatory practices. It outlines the organization of a Buddhist practitioners daily meditation session, including visualizations, verses of praise, and a convenient condensation of the Graded Path (Lam-rim) contemplations. All the major points of the Graded Path meditation, including Bodhicitta and right view, are touched upon. In addition, the verses of the famous and well-loved prayer Yon-tan bzhi-gyur-ma are to be found herein.In the colophon of the text, the authors name is not mentioned. The author himself merely states that it was composed by this humble bhikshu. However, there is a reference in a commentary to the text entitled Byang-chub lam-gyi rim-pa