The Practice of Tranquillity and Insight

A Guide to Tibetan Buddhist Meditation

Khenchen Thrangu

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Snow Lion Publications
15 February 2013

Buddhism

The two types of meditation that form the core of Buddhist spiritual practice are- tranquillity (samatha) meditation aims at stilling the mind, while insight (vipasyana) meditation produces clear vision or insight into the nature of all phenomena. With masterful scholarship, Rinpoche explains this unified system of meditation-what to do, what to avoid, and the stages of deepening meditation-so the practitioner can gauge progress. His teaching is a commentary on the eighth chapter of the Treasury of Knowledge by Jamgon Kongtrul.

By: Khenchen Thrangu
Imprint: Snow Lion Publications
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 139mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 238g
ISBN: 9781559391061
ISBN 10: 1559391065
Pages: 184
Publication Date: 15 February 2013
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Khenchen Thrangu was born in Tibet in 1933. He has founded numerous monasteries and nunneries, schools for Tibetan children, and medical clinics. He has taught extensively throughout Europe, Asia, and the United States, and is the abbot of Gampo Abbey. He was appointed by the Dalai Lama to be the personal tutor for the Seventeenth Karmapa.

Reviews for The Practice of Tranquillity and Insight: A Guide to Tibetan Buddhist Meditation

With masterful scholarship and the ability to make subtle ideas easy to understand and apply in practice, Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche explains this unified system of meditation for students both beginning and advanced. --<i>The Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies</i>