..續本文上一頁e Disciplines" by His Holiness Karmapa. He is full holder and teacher of all the Kagyu vajrayana lineages and has a special, direct transmission of the Shentong philosophical tradition. Being so gifted he was chosen to educate the four great Kagyu Regents.

　　Thrangu Rinpoche has traveled extensively in Europe, North and South America and the Far East. He has a threeyear retreat center at Namo Buddha in Nepal, is abbot of Gampo Abbey in Canada, and offers three yearly Namo Buddha Seminars for beginning and advanced students of Buddhism.

　　Footnotes

　　1. There are three main traditions in Buddhism: the Hinayana, the Mahayana, and the Vajrayana. The Vajrayana is principally practiced in Tibet.

　　2. Dorje Chang is a sambhogakaya form of the Buddha.

　　3. The Karmapa is the head of the Kagyu Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.

　　4. Mahamudra is the principal method of meditation of the Kagyu lineage.

　　5. This lineage prayer is given at the end of this text.

　　6. The vajra or full lotus posture is with both legs crossed.

　　7. The three jewels are the Buddha, the dharma (the teachings of the Buddha), and the sangha (the Buddhist practioners).

　　8. The lineage prayer to the Kagyu lineage is given at the end of this text. This prayer and the visualization is available from Namo Buddha Publications ($1.00).

　　9. These are channels (Skt. nadi, Tib. tsa) that carry subtle energies (Skt. bindu, Tib tiglee). These are not anatomical structures, but more like the meridians in acupuncture.

　　10. The seven point method of Vairocana is given in Thrangu Rinpoche”s Shamatha and Vipashyana Meditation, Namo Buddha Publications.

　　11. There are three main channels that carry the subtle energy: the right, left, and central channel. The central channel runs roughly along the spinal cord.

　　12. Bodhicitta is the original Buddha Nature which all persons have.

　　13. These are (1) having correct posture, (2) holding the mind on any visual object, (3) cutting the stream of conceptual thoughts and mental chatter, (4) eliminating dullness and agitation in meditation, (5) not keeping the mind too tight or too loose, and (6) not breaking the continuity between meditation and non-meditation.

　　14. These are usually seed syllables such as OM AH HUM.

　　15. Thrangu Rinpoche”s The Uttara Tantra is available from Namo Buddha Publications.

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