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Three songs by recognized masters of different Tibetan Buddhist traditions illustrate what their views have in common—with commentary by Thrangu Rinpoche and songs by Ju Mipham, Changkya Rolpay Dorje, and Chögyam Trungpa.Do different Tibetan Buddhist traditions share an essential, common view?The great Geluk scholar Changkya Rolpay Dorje (1717-1786) wrote a song describing the view of the Middle Way, comparing it to a mother. Later, the nonsectarian polymath Ju Mipham Rinpoche (1846-1912) and the influential Kagyu master Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche (1939-1987) wrote songs modeled upon it that describe the views of dzogchen and mahamudra, one comparing dzogchen to a jewel and the other comparing mahamudra to a lover. Even though the imagery and the specific points each author makes are different, the songs share many characteristics in structure and content. Read together, the three songs show how the essential points of these three practices are the...

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Author

Khenchen Thrangu

Publisher

Shambhala

Published

2020

Language

EN

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Buddhism, Religion