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The
Spiritual Song of Lodro Thaye
By The Venerable Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche
Paperback, 168 pages
US$16.50 + shipping
ISBN number: 978-1-877294-40-3
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The Kagyu lineage is commonly
known as the practice lineage, as it is practice
above all else that is emphasized. However,
practice can only proceed correctly if one
has a correct understanding of the view. The
path and view of the Kagyu lineage is Mahamudra,
which is the very essence and pith of all
the teachings of Lord Buddha.
Texts on Mahamudra were often written by highly
accomplished siddhas who would explain their
realization of years and years of Mahamudra
meditation in brief spiritual songs called
dohas. These dohas, often only a few dozen
lines long, are still sung by lamas today.
They often contain the most profound instructions
in metaphors of great beauty derived from
simple meditative experience.
This Song of Lodro Thaye is just such a doha
and covers the entire path of Mahamudra in
less than 300 lines of verse. However, the
spiritual song is condensed in meaning so
one needs someone accomplished in Mahamudra
meditation to explain the meaning of this
great work. Such a person is Thrangu Rinpoche
who not only was asked to establish the curriculum
of the Kagyu lineage after the Tibetans were
forced into exile in 1959, but also taught
the four major regents of the lineage including
Jamgon Kongtrul’s reincarnation.
—From the Forewords
by Ven. Choje Lama Shedrup and Clark
Johnson
Meditation/General
Buddhism
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