Enlightened Beings

Life Stories from the Ganden Oral Tradition

By: Janice Dean Willis

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Paperback | 15 June 1995

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Jan Willis provides a wealth of information about six mahamudra masters from the Geluk school of Tibetan Buddhism and how they studied, practiced, meditated, and became enlightened beings in their lifetimes.

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Non-Fiction Biographies & True Stories Biographies Religious & Spiritual Biographies Philosophy Mind, Body, Spirit Thought and Practice Religion & Beliefs Buddhism Tibetan Buddhism Sociology & Anthropology

Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Namtar as Literature and Liturgy	p. 3
A General Definition	p. 3
Chi, the Historical	p. 7
Nang, the Inspirational	p. 14
Sang, the Instructional	p. 20
The Liberation Life Stories of: The Lord of Accomplishment, Jampel Gyatso	p. 33
Baso Chokyi Gyeltsen	p. 43
The Great Siddha, Chokyi Dorje	p. 49
Gyelwa Ensapa	p. 57
The Scholar-Siddha, Sanggye Yeshe	p. 73
The First Panchen, Losang Chokyi Gyeltsen	p. 85
Appendix I. The Gelukpa Mahamudra Lineage	p. 99
Appendix II. Prayer to the Lineage Lamas (in English)	p. 101
Appendix III. Prayer to the Lineage Lamas (in Tibetan)	p. 107
Appendix IV. The Meaning and Methods of Mahamudra	p. 111
Appendix V. The Life of Yongdzin Yeshe Gyeltsen	p. 125
Abbreviations	p. 132
Notes	p. 133
Glossary	p. 225
Sanskrit-Tibetan Glossary	p. 247
Bibliography	p. 253
Index	p. 275
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