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The
Ornament of Clear Realization
A Commentary on The
Treatise of Maitreya
By The Venerable Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche
Paperback, 416pages
US$19.95 + shipping
ISBN number: 1-877294-34-9
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"Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche
is one of the most learned and experienced
of the senior Karma Kagyu teachers living
today. Indeed, he is the tutor of the present
Seventeenth Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje."
- H.H. THE DALAI LAMA
"Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche has a unique ability
to bring forth the central issues of a text
and make them available to a contemporary
audience."
- H.H. THE SEVENTEENTH GYALWA KARMAPA
These works, transmitted from Arya Maitreya
– the fifth and future Buddha of this
fortunate age – to Arya Asanga some
time in the third century, comprise one of
the major foundations of Mahayana Buddhism,
the unbroken transmission and practice of
which continues today.
The focus of this text is the Prajnaparamita
teachings. There are two main ways of approaching
the meaning of the Prajnaparamita, the direct
and indirect approach, with both approaches
revealing the meaning of emptiness. Many students
these days are familiar with the direct approach
to understanding emptiness as shown in texts
such as those by Nagarjuna. However, the indirect
approach is perhaps less familiar and is what
Maitreya is focussing on in this text. The
indirect approach to emptiness reveals the
hidden meaning of the Prajnaparamita sutras
by examining the five paths and spiritual
levels. Through this approach one understands
how emptiness is realized, how this wisdom
is developed and what is removed by this wisdom.
Maitreya received the full transmission and
meaning of these teachings directly from the
Buddha and is therefore able to convey the
meaning clearly and directly for us. This
was his main motivation for composing this
particular work and also that by understanding
the Prajnaparamita teachings beings would
be able to accomplish Buddhahood.
Meditation/General
Buddhism
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