When the Clouds Part by Karl Brunnholzl - ISBN: 9781559394178
Hardcover
Discover your hidden potential: awaken the buddha within through ancient wisdom.

When the Clouds Part

The Uttaratantra and Its Meditative Tradition as a Bridge between Sutra and Tantra

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  • Hardcover

    1152 pages

  • Release Date

    2 March 2015

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Summary

A new translation of the primary Indian Buddhist text on buddha nature, with Tibetan commentaries explaining how this text can be used to contemplate and realize one’s own buddha nature.

“Buddha nature” (tathagatagarbha) is the innate potential in all living beings to become a fully awakened buddha. This book discusses a wide range of topics connected with the notion of buddha nature as presented in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism and includes an overview of the sūtra sources of the tathagataga…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781559394178
ISBN-10:155939417X
Author:Karl Brunnholzl
Publisher:Shambhala Publications Inc
Imprint:Snow Lion Publications
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:1152
Release Date:2 March 2015
Weight:1.76kg
Dimensions:236mm x 159mm x 55mm
Series:Tsadra
About The Author

Karl Brunnholzl

Karl Brunnhölzl was trained as a physician and presently works as a Tibetan translator and Buddhist teacher. He studied Tibetology, Buddhology, and Sanskrit at Hamburg University and Tibetan language and Buddhist philosophy and practice at the Marpa Institute for Translators in Kathmandu. Currently he works as a translator and interpreter for the Tsadra Foundation, Nalandabodhi, and the Nitartha Institute. In 2009 he was appointed as the first Western khenpo (abbot in the Kagyu and Nyingma lineages) by Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche.

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