Description: Relish these direct, experiential meditation instructions from the author of the bestselling Introduction to Tantra.
Lama Yeshe tells us that mahamudra is "the universal reality of emptiness, of nonduality" and its unique characteristic is its emphasis on meditation: "With mahamudra meditation there is no doctrine, no theology, no philosophy, no God, no Buddha. Mahamudra is only experience." He relies on the First Panchen Lama's well-known Root Text of Genden Mahamudra, which in a few short pages provides the pith instructions for, first, overcoming distraction and resting in meditative stillness on the clarity of one's own mind, and then, with subtle awareness, penetrating its ultimate nature, its emptiness. As always, Lama Yeshe's words are direct, funny, and incredibly encouraging. He gets us to go beyond ego's addiction to a limited sense of self and to taste the lightness and expansiveness of our own true nature.Review Quotes: "When I first heard Lama Yeshe speak in 1973, I thought that the place had been struck by an earthquake. He was one of those rare masters who had that kind of power in his presence. He also had the rare talent of being able to teach the most profound aspects of the enlightenment tradition with a most direct and simple language, drawing students into an immediate experience. This small book on Mahamudra, a transmission often referred to as 'the highest teachings of the Buddha, ' very wonderfully captures that direct power of the living enlightenment transmission."--Glenn Mullin, author of The Fourteen Dalai Lamas: A Sacred Legacy of Reincarnation