Manjushri's Innermost Secret: A Profound Commentary of Oral Instructions on the Practice of Lama Chöpa
The only English translation of a text key to the Gelug lineage (the Buddhist lineage of the Dalai Lama).

Discover the entire path to enlightenment as taught by the wisdom-buddha Manjushri.

A Treasury of Oral Instructions from the Hearing Lineage Revealing the Innermost Secret, Kachen Yeshe Gyaltsen’s commentary on the First Panchen Lama’s liturgical text, Lama Chöpa, stands as one of the great literary contributions to the Gelug Hearing Lineage. Written at the behest of the Third Panchen Lama, Palden Yeshe, this astonishing text reveals a treasury of closely guarded oral instructions.

Highly informative and deeply moving, Manjushri’s Innermost Secret contains the entire path to enlightenment that was transmitted in direct communication with Lama Tsongkhapa by the wisdom-buddha Manjushri. This invaluable commentary provides an authoritative illumination of the Lama Chöpa ritual text for practitioners and is widely revered and commented upon in its own right.

Designed for those who have received the highest yoga tantra empowerment, these texts swiftly guide the spiritual practitioner to the state of complete enlightenment through the full spectrum of teachings on the lamrim and mind training (lojong). It also covers the generation and completion stages of highest yoga tantra, all of which are grounded in deep, heartfelt faith and devotion for one’s spiritual guide.

In addition to the Lama Chöpa ritual text itself, this book also includes the First Panchen Lama’s root text on Ganden Mahamudra, the supplication verses to the lineage gurus, and the Fifty Verses of Guru Devotion composed by the Indian saint Ashvagosha.

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Previously published as Manjusri's Innermost Secret by Dechen Ling Press.
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Manjushri's Innermost Secret: A Profound Commentary of Oral Instructions on the Practice of Lama Chöpa
The only English translation of a text key to the Gelug lineage (the Buddhist lineage of the Dalai Lama).

Discover the entire path to enlightenment as taught by the wisdom-buddha Manjushri.

A Treasury of Oral Instructions from the Hearing Lineage Revealing the Innermost Secret, Kachen Yeshe Gyaltsen’s commentary on the First Panchen Lama’s liturgical text, Lama Chöpa, stands as one of the great literary contributions to the Gelug Hearing Lineage. Written at the behest of the Third Panchen Lama, Palden Yeshe, this astonishing text reveals a treasury of closely guarded oral instructions.

Highly informative and deeply moving, Manjushri’s Innermost Secret contains the entire path to enlightenment that was transmitted in direct communication with Lama Tsongkhapa by the wisdom-buddha Manjushri. This invaluable commentary provides an authoritative illumination of the Lama Chöpa ritual text for practitioners and is widely revered and commented upon in its own right.

Designed for those who have received the highest yoga tantra empowerment, these texts swiftly guide the spiritual practitioner to the state of complete enlightenment through the full spectrum of teachings on the lamrim and mind training (lojong). It also covers the generation and completion stages of highest yoga tantra, all of which are grounded in deep, heartfelt faith and devotion for one’s spiritual guide.

In addition to the Lama Chöpa ritual text itself, this book also includes the First Panchen Lama’s root text on Ganden Mahamudra, the supplication verses to the lineage gurus, and the Fifty Verses of Guru Devotion composed by the Indian saint Ashvagosha.

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Previously published as Manjusri's Innermost Secret by Dechen Ling Press.
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Manjushri's Innermost Secret: A Profound Commentary of Oral Instructions on the Practice of Lama Chöpa

Manjushri's Innermost Secret: A Profound Commentary of Oral Instructions on the Practice of Lama Chöpa

Manjushri's Innermost Secret: A Profound Commentary of Oral Instructions on the Practice of Lama Chöpa

Manjushri's Innermost Secret: A Profound Commentary of Oral Instructions on the Practice of Lama Chöpa

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The only English translation of a text key to the Gelug lineage (the Buddhist lineage of the Dalai Lama).

Discover the entire path to enlightenment as taught by the wisdom-buddha Manjushri.

A Treasury of Oral Instructions from the Hearing Lineage Revealing the Innermost Secret, Kachen Yeshe Gyaltsen’s commentary on the First Panchen Lama’s liturgical text, Lama Chöpa, stands as one of the great literary contributions to the Gelug Hearing Lineage. Written at the behest of the Third Panchen Lama, Palden Yeshe, this astonishing text reveals a treasury of closely guarded oral instructions.

Highly informative and deeply moving, Manjushri’s Innermost Secret contains the entire path to enlightenment that was transmitted in direct communication with Lama Tsongkhapa by the wisdom-buddha Manjushri. This invaluable commentary provides an authoritative illumination of the Lama Chöpa ritual text for practitioners and is widely revered and commented upon in its own right.

Designed for those who have received the highest yoga tantra empowerment, these texts swiftly guide the spiritual practitioner to the state of complete enlightenment through the full spectrum of teachings on the lamrim and mind training (lojong). It also covers the generation and completion stages of highest yoga tantra, all of which are grounded in deep, heartfelt faith and devotion for one’s spiritual guide.

In addition to the Lama Chöpa ritual text itself, this book also includes the First Panchen Lama’s root text on Ganden Mahamudra, the supplication verses to the lineage gurus, and the Fifty Verses of Guru Devotion composed by the Indian saint Ashvagosha.

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Previously published as Manjusri's Innermost Secret by Dechen Ling Press.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781614295631
Publisher: Wisdom Publications MA
Publication date: 07/02/2019
Series: The Dechen Ling Practice Series
Pages: 500
Product dimensions: 6.20(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.60(d)

About the Author

David Gonsalez was the translator of numerous sadhanas and texts and served for many years as the personal translator and attendant for Gen Lobsang Chophel. He was the president of Dechen Ling, a nonprofit organization that worked with the Tibetan community in exile to establish their monasteries and traditions, preserving, continuing, and translating the wisdom of Tibetan Buddhist culture.

Table of Contents

Foreword Ganden Tripa Lobsang Tenzin ix

Publisher's Note to the New Edition xi

Preface to the New Edition from Wisdom Publications xiii

Translator's Introduction 1

A Biographical Account of the Author 5

Part I A Commentary on Lama Chöpa

"A Treasury of Oral Instructions from the Hearing Lineage Revealing the Innermost Secret" 9

Outline of the Commentary 381

Part II Ritual Texts

"Inseparable Bliss and Emptiness" 391

The Ganachakra Offering for Lama Chöpa 415

Appendix 1 Fifty Verses of Guru Devotion 425

Appendix 2 "The Main Path of the Conquerors" 433

Appendix 3 Supplication to the Mahamudra Lineage 443

Glossary 453

Bibliography of Works in English 463

Index 467

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