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The text in question concerns the 16th Karmapa, and is written by the great Kagyu master Lama Gendun Rinpoche in France, in anticipation of the 16th Karmapa’s second visit to the West in 1977. As one can see by the design and presentation of the text, in those times the hippy generation had become interested in Tibetan Buddhism.
.These are the very traditional meditation practices used in Diamond Way Buddhist Centres, together with references to their Tibetan Sources. 16th Karmapa Meditation. 16th Karmapa MeditationThaye Dorje, His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa, a guided meditation. Karmapa begins by describing the proper posture for meditation, with a straight back and a balanced gaze cast slightly downward.
In the beginning, he explains, it’s better to close the eyes to reduce distraction while meditating. The tongue should be in contact with the upper palate, and the lips naturally closed. We breathe through the nose, which is better for the lungs.Our hands rest on our knees or in the mudra of “settling the mind in a composed and undivided state”. Before meditating, we inhale and exhale three times, to clear the lungs. If the mind is too busy, we force ourselves to calm it, without overdoing it. We bring the mind back, from wherever it has gone.Once the mind is stable, we guard against it becoming dull.
Karmapa recommends counting one’s breath to calm the mind. He then gives detailed instructions on how to perform the guided meditation.
Watch the video to meditate along with Karmapa.Karmapa's flag The Karmapa (honorific title the Gyalwa (རྒྱལ་བ་, Victorious One) Karmapa, more formally as Gyalwang (རྒྱལ་དབང་ཀརྨ་པ་, King of Victorious Ones) Karmapa, and informally as the Karmapa Lama) is the head of the, the largest sub-school of the (བཀའ་བརྒྱུད,: bka' brgyud), itself one of the four major schools of. The historical seat of the Karmapas is in the of. The Karmapa's principal seat in exile is the Dharma Chakra Centre at in.
Company of heroes trainer 2.700. His regional monastic seats are in and in Dordogne. Due to a controversy within the Karma Kagyu school over the recognition process, the identity of the current 17th Karmapa is disputed by some. See for details.
Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche. Karmapa News2006-01-13 at the. Retrieved 2011-10-17. Official websites of His Holiness Karmapa.
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Thinley, Karma: The History of the Sixteen Karmapas of Tibet, Boulder, Prajna Press 1980. Douglas, Nick; White, Meryl: Karmapa, the Black Hat Lama of Tibet, Milano 1975. Ken Holmes, Karmapa, Altea Publishing 1995.(While the book and web site favours one candidate for the 17th the information on 1st-16th is useful and was the original source for this article) External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to. The history of the Karmapa lineage, including biographical details of the historical Karmapas, can be found at the following web sites.Notice that the websites are written to those loyal to one or other of the rival 17th Karmapas, and their accounts of previous incarnations may not be written from a neutral point of view. On, the website of. On, the website of.
From, a website supporting Ogyen Trinley Dorje.skieyebay.
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