The Instructions of Gampopa: A Precious Garland of the Supreme Path
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Instructions of Gampopa: A Precious Garland of the Supreme Path
By (Author) Khenpo Karthar
Translated by Lama Yeshe Gyamtso
Edited by Laura M. Roth
Edited by David N. McCarthy
Shambhala Publications Inc
Snow Lion Publications
15th February 2013
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Zen Buddhism
294.3927
Physical Properties
Paperback
216
Width 140mm, Height 216mm, Spine 10mm
264g
Description
Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche delivers profound insights in direct and inspiring language. In this commentary on the Precious Garland, one of Gampopa's masterworks, he outlines what practitioners of varying levels need to know to perfect their spiritual practice. He instructs on the correct view, meditation, and conduct, and offers frank answers to common questions concerning obstacles to Dharma practice. Gampopa (1070-1153) was the father of the Kagyu tradition and foremost student of Milarepa.
Author Bio
Khenpo Karthar, born in 1922 in eastern Tibet, entered Thrangu Monastery at the age of twelve, where he underwent many years of training, long retreats, pilgrimages, and philosophical studies. After the Chinese takeover of Tibet in 1959, Rinpoche escaped to India, where he taught for some years at Buxa and later at Rumtek Monastery in Sikkim. He served as abbot of Tashi Choling Monastery in Bhutan, and then at Tilokpur Nunnery in northern India. In 1978, the Sixteenth Karmapa sent Rinpoche to the United States to teach dharma and to serve as his chief representative in this country. Today Rinpoche is the abbot of Karma Triyana Dharmachakra Monastery in Woodstock, New York, and retreat master of the Karme Ling Three-Year Retreat Center.
