This is a unique and powerful presentation of the teachings of Tibetan Buddhism on the five elements: earth, water, air, fire, and space. In their gross and subtle forms, these elements combine to make up the infinite illusory display of phenomenal existence. Through teachings, stories, and his distinctive use of language, Thinley Norbu Rinpoche relates how the energies of the elements manifest within our everyday world, in individual behavior and group traditions, relationships and solitude, medicine and art. He explains their links to the five Buddha families and their respective Wisdom Dakinis, and shows how each element relates to our senses, temperament, passions, habits, and karmic potentials. This magic dance of the elements, he concludes, can be transformed through meditation practice and cultivating the calm, vast, and playful state of consciousness that he calls "playmind."
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Thinley Norbu Rinpoche is a preeminent teacher in the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. The eldest son of His Holiness Düdjom Rinpoche, he is a primary holder of the Düdjom Tersar lineage and is considered to be an emanation of Longchenpa, the great fourteenth-century Nyingma master.
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This is an interesting one. Written in a very unique voice, with a distict sense that many of the words in this book were made-up solely for this book, and may never be used again. The author is one of the sons of the late Dudjom Rinpoche, a massive figure in modern nyingma. Thinley Norbu does much here to break-up some of the notions the reader may have about spirituality, and does it in an almost psychedelic way, what with the plethora of... how to say, -he talks to you directly, from what seems a very spacious and conscious (read: realized?) perspective. Very personal, this book. I think a generous gift from a low-profile but highly developed teacher. Interested?
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This is one of my favorite Dharma books, one I find myself re-reading and sitting with, again & again. It's kind of like eating a meal. Each time I taste this book, I discover flavors I hadn't experienced before. This book is a mystery I continue to explore.
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In the sky! In the sky!,
By Myron Makewater "redcrosseknight" (Laramie) - See all my reviews
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I want to be Thinley Norbu Rinpoche when I grow up. His books reveal a profound and immediate understanding, a playful spontaneity, an intense precision of expression, and a gentle command of the reader's attention. Rinpoche manifests beautifully, and he has something very real to say.
(Of interest to Shambhala people: Thinley Norbu Rinpoche practices the Primordial Stroke on the page with as much skill and impact, or perhaps greater, than Trungpa Rinpoche... and I'm a devoted admirer of Trungpa Rinpoche's vision and presentation.) Listen: Thinley Norbu Rinpoche knew what he was doing, as a writer and a yogin. He was a spiritual and literary genius. So yes, of course, take this one home with you and take it to heart. Homage to the dakinis!
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WITHIN RELATIVE TRUTH, there is always circling and reflecting between inner and outer, subtle and gross, subject and object, and personal and general phenomena. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
pure secret essence, actual relative truth, inverted relative truth, light subtle elements, deity phenomena, general group phenomena, outer gross elements, karmic air, heavy gross elements, wisdom phenomena, impure phenomena, root circumstances, vast intention, personal phenomena, contributing circumstances, karmic body, habit phenomena, vipashyana meditation, wisdom display, element habits, sublime artists, wisdom potential, dream phenomena, dualistic mind, neurotic mind Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Wisdom Mind, Wisdom Deity, Buddha Shakyamuni, Lord Buddha, Great Perfection New!
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WITHIN RELATIVE TRUTH, there is always circling and reflecting between inner and outer, subtle and gross, subject and object, and personal and general phenomena. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
pure secret essence, actual relative truth, inverted relative truth, light subtle elements, deity phenomena, general group phenomena, outer gross elements, karmic air, heavy gross elements, wisdom phenomena, impure phenomena, root circumstances, vast intention, personal phenomena, contributing circumstances, karmic body, habit phenomena, vipashyana meditation, wisdom display, element habits, sublime artists, wisdom potential, dream phenomena, dualistic mind, neurotic mind Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Wisdom Mind, Wisdom Deity, Buddha Shakyamuni, Lord Buddha, Great Perfection New!
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- The Small Golden Key by Thinley Norbu in Back Cover
- Buddhahood Without Meditation: A Visionary Account Known As Refining Apparent Phenomen by Bdud-Joms-Glin-Pa in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Luminous Emptiness: Understanding the Tibetan Book of the Dead by Francesca Fremantle in Back Matter
- Re-Enchantment: Tibetan Buddhism Comes to the West by Jeffery Paine on page 235
- Apparitions of the Self: The Secret Autobiographies of a Tibetan Visionary- A Translation and Study of Jigme Lingpa's Dancing Moon in the Water and Dakki's Grand Secret Talk by Janet Gyatso in Back Matter
- The Five Wisdom Energies: A Buddhist Way of Understanding Personalities, Emotions, and Relationships by Irini Rockwell in Back Matter
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