Creation and Completion

Essential Points of Tantric Meditation

Jamgon Kongtrul, Sarah Harding

• Publisher: Wisdom Publications
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN: 9780861713127
• eBook ISBN: 9780861718207
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Buddhism

Creation and Completion represents some of the most profound teachings of Jamgon Kongtrul (1813-99), one of the true spiritual and literary giants of Tibetan history. Though brief, it offers a lifetime of advice for all who wish to engage in-and deepen-the practice of tantric Buddhist meditation.The original text, beautifully translated and introduced by Sara Harding, is further brought to life by an in-depth commentary by the contemporary master Thrangu Rinpoche. Key Tibetan Buddhist fundamentals are quickly made clear, so that the reader may confidently enter into tantra's oft-misunderstood "creation" and "completion" stages.In the creation stage, practitioners visualize themselves in the form of buddhas and other enlightened beings in order to break down their ordinary concepts of themselves and the world around them. This meditation practice prepares the mind for engaging in the completion stage, where one has a direct encounter with the ultimate nature of mind and reality.

Index

A

abiding, calm, 63, 65, 69, 152, 163, 169, 170. See also shamata

absorption, meditative

all-appearing, 14, 43, 108

of cause, 14, 43, 108, 159

dharmakaya, correspondence with, 108

enlightening factors, place in, 166

nirmanakaya, correspondence with, 108

sambhogakaya, correspondence with, 108

of suchness, 14, 43, 108

as taming the mind, 87

accomplishment, signs of, 16, 59, 169

action/nonaction, 33

Akshobhya, 96, 116

alaya vijnana, 126. See also consciousness

Amitabha, 37, 96, 116, 164

Amoghasiddhi, 96, 116

analytic mediation, 121, 150

Ancient School. See Nyingma School

anger

and deity visualization, 96, 116

emptiness of, 96

grudges versus, 103–4

habit, arising from, 133

ignorance, role in, 95, 104

karma arising from, 140

meditation, examining in, 96, 149–50

thought, angry, 71, 133, 140

arhats, 3

Asanga, 158

atiyoga. See dzogchen

attachment

to abiding, 63

appearance arising from, 73

to creation-stage reality, undermined by completion practice, 17, 41

ignorance at root of, 95

impermanence, removing through meditation on, 94

klesha of, 88, 94

mindfulness, liberating through, 55, 139–40

to ordinary reality, undermined by creation-stage practice, 17, 41, 49

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Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• Technical Note
• Introduction
• Creation & Completion: The Root Text in Tibetan and English
• Commentary by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche
• Notes
• Bibliography
• About the Authors
• About Wisdom Publications
• Index
• Copyright