{"product_id":"sounds-of-innate-freedom-4-karl-brunnhlzl-9781614297116","title":"Sounds of Innate Freedom: The Indian Texts of Mahamudra, Volume 4","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe fourth volume in an historic and noteworthy 6-volume series containing many of the first English translations of the classic mahamudra literature compiled by the Seventh Karmapa as well as extensive commentary that brilliantly unravels enigmas and clarifies cryptic verses.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSounds of Innate Freedom: The Indian Texts of Mahamudra\u003c\/i\u003e are historic volumes containing many of the first English translations of classic mahamudra literature. The texts and songs in these volumes constitute the large compendium called \u003ci\u003eThe Indian Texts of the Mahamudra of Definitive Meaning\u003c\/i\u003e, compiled by the Seventh Karmapa, Chötra Gyatso (1456-1539). The collection offers a brilliant window into the richness of the vast ocean of Indian mahamudra texts cherished in all Tibetan lineages, particularly in the Kagyü tradition, giving us a clear view of the sources of one of the world's great contemplative traditions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBesides the individual \u003ci\u003edohas\u003c\/i\u003e (couplets), \u003ci\u003evajragitis\u003c\/i\u003e (vajra songs), and \u003ci\u003ecaryagitis\u003c\/i\u003e (conduct songs) in this second volume in publication, the three extensive commentaries it contains brilliantly unravel enigmas and bring clarity not only to the specific songs they comment on but to many other, often cryptic, songs of realization in this collection. These expressive songs of the inexpressible offer readers a feast of profound and powerful pith instructions uttered by numerous male and female mahasiddhas, yogis, and dakinis, often in the context of ritual \u003ci\u003eganacakras\u003c\/i\u003e and initially kept in their secret treasury. Displaying a vast range of themes, styles, and metaphors, they all point to the single true nature of the mind--mahamudra--in inspiring ways and from different angles, using a dazzling array of skillful means to penetrate the sole vital point of buddhahood being found nowhere but within our own mind. Reading and singing these songs of mystical wonder, bliss, and ecstatic freedom, and contemplating their meaning, will open doors to spiritual experience for us today just as it has for countless practitioners in the past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Karl Brunnhölzl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1614297118\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781614297116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wisdom Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/07\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 720\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 2.20d","brand":"Karl Brunnhölzl","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43995350302975,"sku":"9781614297116","price":59.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_433d64f0-e191-4920-8a9a-55749d514bd0.jpg?v=1683335326","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sounds-of-innate-freedom-4-karl-brunnhlzl-9781614297116","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}