دانلود کتاب Theory and Practice of Other Emptiness Taught Through Milarepa's Songs

Other Emptiness, or Zhantong in Tibetan, is the most profound viewtaught by the Buddha. It is the very basis of the majority of TibetanBuddhist schools, though it has been overshadowed by the views of someschools who have argued against it. As a result, it has not been wellunderstood in the West, where it is often thought of as a complicatedand possibly questionable philosophical view. In fact, Other Emptinessis the penultimate teaching of the sutras and the root of all tantras. Th isbook shows for the fi rst time that the Buddha did not teach this ultimateof views as a complicated philosophy for scholarly argument but as apractical view to be used for the attainment of enlightenment.Th e teachings of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism have beenbased on Other Emptiness from the beginning. Th e early lineageholderMilarepa sang many songs which present it and two especiallyimportant ones are presented in this book. Fresh translations of the songscome with full explanations based on teachings heard from the Kagyumasters Khenpo Tsultrim Gyatso, Th rangu Rinpoche, and others. Th eseexplanations have the special feature of being the actual instructionsof the lineage. Th ey are practical in nature and free of the convolutedphilosophical argument often but mistakenly claimed to be the meaningof Other Emptiness. Th us, for the fi rst time in English, the teachingof Other Emptiness is clearly shown as a practical instruction, using theteachings of the Kagyu lineage.Th e author has received extensive explanations on the MiddleWay view during nearly forty years of close association with eminentteachers of all four Tibetan Buddhist schools, so has an unusually clearand comprehensive understanding of the Other Emptiness view. Hehas recently written a series of books to clarify the meaning of OtherEmptiness. This book has an extensive introduction which will go fartowards clarifying the view and meditation of Other Emptiness forscholars and