{"product_id":"milarepas-kungfu-karl-brunnhlzl-9781614296614","title":"Milarepa's Kungfu: Mahamudra in His Songs of Realization","description":"\u003cb\u003eLion's Roar says, \"\u003ci\u003eThis book is a treasure of subtle revelation.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe view is the wisdom of being empty\u003cbr\u003e Meditation is luminosity without fixation\u003cbr\u003e Conduct is a continual flow free of attachment\u003cbr\u003e Fruition is nakedness bare of any stain\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is the first stanza of Milarepa's\u003ci\u003e Ultimate View, Meditation, Conduct, and Fruition: \u003c\/i\u003e pith instructions originally sang to the great yogi Rechungpa, Milarepa's disciple. These teachings are Milarepa's direct offering to his disciple of his own profound realization, gained after many years of dedicated practice. Karl Brunnhzl, acclaimed translator and senior teacher at the Nalandabodhi community of Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, calls this hard-earned understanding \"kungfu\" \"\u003ci\u003eGong\u003c\/i\u003e means 'skillful work, ' 'hard training, ' or 'endeavor, ' and \u003ci\u003efu\u003c\/i\u003e means 'time spent...' The term refers to Milarepa's diligent and skillful training in the techniques to realize the nature of his mind and benefit countless sentient beings.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eUltimate View, Meditation, Conduct, and Fruition\u003c\/i\u003e is a work of remarkable depth and clarity. In just five verses, Milarepa gives incisive instructions for progressing and for avoiding pitfalls in the stages of practice: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e - View: the basis or ground from which the proper meditation, conduct, and fruition of mahamudra can arise \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e - Meditation: the training in or the familiarization with that view \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e - Conduct: the natural outflow of having familiarized with the view in meditation \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e - Fruition: the final outcome of having fully assimilated and realized the view, whose essence is not different from it \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Milarepa dedicates one verse to each stage, and Karl dedicates one chapter to each verse, weaving in wisdom from other Milarepa songs, comments by Khenpo Tsultrim Gyatso, and from Karl's own insight. Readers can thus fully immerse themselves in each point of Milarepa's extraordinary teaching.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Karl Brunnhzl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1614296618\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781614296614\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wisdom Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/12\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 5.80w x 0.70d","brand":"Karl Brunnhzl","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44049498308863,"sku":"9781614296614","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_11675da2-6391-4c7d-8a02-b3a83d46be89.jpg?v=1685001845","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/milarepas-kungfu-karl-brunnhlzl-9781614296614","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}