B. Alan Wallace epub Buddhahood Without Meditation: Volume 2 (Dudjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Per) (Dudjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection)

To reach Buddhahood without meditationat first glance appears an impossible task. The highly influential mystic Dudjom Lingpa and his disciple Sera Khandro address this seeming contradiction andwhat it means in B. Alan Wallace'slandmark translation. Dudjom Lingpa (1835 1904) was one of the foremost tantric masters of his time."Buddhahood without Meditation"is his most widely taught visionary text. In a series of fourteenvisionary encounters with wisdom beings and historical figures in the GreatPerfection lineage, Du]djom Lingpa s transcendent teachers emphasize theview of cutting through to the original purity of pristineawareness. This view is developed via four themes: nonexistence, oneness, uniform pervasiveness, and spontaneous actualization, which are known asthe four special samayas, or pledges, of the Great Perfection.At each stage of his spiritual progress, Dudjom Lingpa s doubts are dispelledand his realizations enhanced by pithy advice. Also included here are two complementary works by Dudjom Lingpa's charismatic female disciple, Sera Khandro, who is accomplished and well loved in her own right. Her short composition" Fine Path to Liberation" establishes thenecessary motivation and conduct for receiving teachings such as "BuddhahoodWithout Meditation." This sublime Dharma is to be seen in the contextof the five perfections of the sambhogakaya: the teacher, place, time, disciples, and Dharma are fully perfected and must not be reified as ordinary. Sera Khandro's"Garland for the Delight of the Fortunate" fills in the gaps of "Buddhahood Without Meditatio," explainingthe metaphors, and spellingout the implications of the root text s highly condensedverses. This extensive commentary is liberally supported with quotationsfrom seminal sutras, tantras, and commentaries. Unless one has already reached a very high level of realization, this commentary is an essential key for unlocking the profound wisdom containedin "Buddhahood Without Meditation.""