Maitrīpa: India's Yogi of Nondual Bliss
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|BookToc=* {{i|Series Introduction by Kurtis Schaeffer | vii }} | |||
* {{i|Preface | ix }} | |||
* {{i|Introduction | 1 }} | |||
*{{i|'''Life''' }} | |||
**{{i|1. Translation of Maitrīpa’s Life Story | 17 }} | |||
**{{i|2. Conversion, Monkhood, Expulsion Stories, and Legacy | 29 }} | |||
*{{i|'''Philosophy'''}} | |||
**{{i|3. Between Yogācāra, Madhyamaka, and Mahāmudrā |39 }} | |||
**{{i|4. Sudden versus Gradual Paths |45 }} | |||
**{{i|5. Maitrīpa’s Gradual Path |49 }} | |||
**{{i|6. Nonconceptual Realization (Amanasikāra) |71 }} | |||
**{{i|7. The Ten Verses on True Reality in the Light of Sahajavajra’s Commentary |77 }} | |||
**{{i|8. Empowerment | 95 }} | |||
**{{i|9. Mahāmudrā Practice | 129 }} | |||
**{{i|10. The Four Signs of Mahāmudrā Meditation | 139 }} | |||
*{{i|'''Teachings: Maitrīpa’s Collection of Texts on Nonconceptual Realization''' }} | |||
**{{i|11. A Summary of the Amanasikāra Texts | 151 }} | |||
**{{i|12. The Destruction of Wrong Views | 169 }} | |||
**{{i|13. A Commentary on the [Initial] Statement of The Destruction of Wrong Views | 185 }} | |||
**{{i|14. The Major Offenses | 189 }} | |||
**{{i|15. The Gross Offenses | 191 }} | |||
**{{i|16. A Jewel Garland of True Reality | 193 }} | |||
**{{i|17. Explaining the Seals of the Five Tathāgatas | 211 }} | |||
**{{i|18. A Presentation of Empowerment | 221 }} | |||
**{{i|19. The Succession of the Four Seals | 231 }} | |||
**{{i|20. A Summary of the Meaning of Empowerment | 239 }} | |||
**{{i|21. The Five Aspects of Vajrasattva | 247 }} | |||
**{{i|22. A Discourse on Illusion | 255 }} | |||
**{{i|23. A Discourse on Dream | 259 }} | |||
**{{i|24. An Elucidation of True Reality | 263 }} | |||
**{{i|25. An Elucidation of Nonabiding | 267 }} | |||
**{{i|26. An Elucidation of Indivisible Union | 271 }} | |||
**{{i|27. The Manifestation of Great Bliss | 275 }} | |||
**{{i|28. The Twenty Verses on True Reality | 279 }} | |||
**{{i|29. The Twenty Verses on Mahāyāna | 283 }} | |||
**{{i|30. The Five Verses on Penetrating Insight | 287 }} | |||
**{{i|31. The Six Verses on the Middle Path | 289 }} | |||
**{{i|32. The Five Verses on Transcendent Love | 291 }} | |||
**{{i|33. The Ten Verses on True Reality | 293 }} | |||
**{{i|34. A Justification of Nonconceptual Realization | 295 }} | |||
**{{i|35. The Six Verses on the Coemergent | 301 }} | |||
**{{i|36. A Pith Instruction on Reality Called A Treasure of Dohās | 303 }} | |||
**{{i|37. A Pith Instruction on Settling the Mind: A Genuine Secret | 307 }} | |||
* {{i|Notes | 311 }} | |||
* {{i|Bibliography | 345 }} | |||
* {{i|Index | 359}} | |||
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Maitrīpa (986–1063) is one of the greatest and most influential Indian yogis of Vajrayāna Buddhism. The legacy of his thought and meditation instructions have had a profound impact on Buddhism in India and Tibet, and several important contemporary practice lineages continue to rely on his teachings.
Early in his life, Maitrīpa gained renown as a monk and scholar, but it was only after he left his monastery and wandered throughout India as a yogi that he had a direct experience of nonconceptual realization. Once Maitrīpa awakened to this nondual nature of reality, he was able to harmonize the scholastic teachings of Buddhist philosophy with esoteric meditation instructions. This is reflected in his writings that are renowned for evoking a meditative state in those who have trained appropriately. He eventually became the teacher of many well-known accomplished masters, including Padampa Sangyé and the translator Marpa, who brought his teachings to Tibet.
Drawing on Maitrīpa’s autobiographical writings and literary work, this book is the first comprehensive portrait of the life and teachings of this influential Buddhist master. Klaus-Dieter Mathes also offers the first complete English translation of his teachings on nonconceptual realization, which is the foundation of Mahāmudrā meditation. (Source: Publisher Page)
“Perhaps no Indian master has more deeply influenced the development of Mahāmudrā in Tibetan Buddhism than Maitrīpa, whose writings on nonconceptual realization are at the core of great seal theory and practice. And no modern scholar has mastered Maitrīpa’s works as thoroughly as Klaus-Dieter Mathes, who presents us here with a lucid account of Maitrīpa’s life and ideas and reliable translations of all his significant works. This is the book on Maitrīpa that every serious student of Indian and Tibetan Buddhism in general and Mahāmudrā in particular has long awaited—and now has a chance to own.”—Roger R. Jackson, Professor Emeritus of Asian studies and religion, Carleton College
| Citation | Mathes, Klaus-Dieter. Maitrīpa: India's Yogi of Nondual Bliss. Lives of the Masters series. Boulder, CO: Shambhala Publications, 2021. |
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