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A Complete Session of Meditation (English)

A Complete Session of Meditation (English)
 
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Title A Complete Session of Meditation
Sub-title The Theory and Practice of Kagyu-Nyingma Meditation from Shamatha to Dzogchen
Author Tony Duff
Details 198 pages, 5.5" X 8.5", US$25, available in paper and PDF e-book formats
ISBN paper book 978-9937-572-71-2, e-book 978-9937-572-72-9
Language English and Hungarian books available; for the Hungarian version • go here
This is a book of teachings on how to do a complete session of meditation. The book was composed by the Western teacher, Lama Tony Duff, to help those who would like to practise meditation in general. However, it will be especially useful for those who would like to practise according to the ways of the Kagyu and Nyingma traditions of Tibetan Buddhism. The book emphasizes the practical style of instruction found in those two traditions. It deliberately avoids the scholarly style taught in some other Tibetan Buddhist traditions and focusses on actually doing something with one’s own mind. Nonetheless, the book is very precise and clear about all of the key points involved in meditation practice.

The book emphasizes the Kagyu approach in particular. The author has received teachings from many Kagyu masters and used his knowledge of the tradition as a basis for making this book. He selected teachings from Gampopa and other early masters to set the basis for explaining meditation. Then he added other, necessary teachings according to the extensive teachings he has received over many years from many different Kagyu masters, such as Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Mingyur Rinpoche, and others. The result is a book that explains how to do a complete session of meditation in the style of the Kagyu and Nyingma traditions.

The book begins with a lengthy introduction by Lama Tony which is a teaching in its own right. He writes a lengthy piece about what can and cannot usefully be obtained from science in terms of dharma practice. Following the introduction, there are two chapters on the buddha nature, the second of which uses a significant portion of Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen’s explanation of the ground in his famous Mountain Dharma text. This is the first time that this part of Dolpopa’s text has been fully translated and published. After that are several chapters on the various steps of a complete session of meditation. Anyone who practises meditation will find this book useful in many ways.

The book contains a translation of the following text:
“Mountain Dharma, An Ocean of Definitive Meaning” by Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsan, ground section

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5 of 5 Sublime, Pithy December 17, 2019
Reviewer: Rich from Alameda, CA  
This is a special book ... in the process of explaining how a session of meditation is usually structured, the author condenses the entire path into relatively short pithy chapters with an emphasis on the practical. The section on Boddhicitta alone was worth the price of the entire book. The section on shamatha practice at the Sutra level with the nature of the mind as its focus and how this is different than Dzogchen was also very clarifying. There aren't enough well translated Tibetan works written for that level of practitioner.

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