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The Second Karmapa Karma Pakshi: Tibetan Mahasiddha (Lives Of The Masters),Used
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The life and writings of a Tibetan meditation master who became the Buddhist priest to two Mongol emperors and is recognized as one of the earliest reincarnated lamas in Tibet.Karma Pakshi is considered influential in the development of the reincarnate lama tradition, a system that led to the lineage of the Dalai Lamas. Born in East Tibet in the thirteenth century, Karma Pakshi himself was the first master to be named Karmapa, a lineage that continues to modern times and has millions of admirers worldwide. During his lifetime, Karma Pakshi was widely acknowledged as a mahasiddhaa great spiritual adeptand was therefore invited to the Mongol court at the apogee of its influence in Asia. He gave spiritual advice and meditation instructions to the emperor M?ngke Khan, whom he advised to engage in social policies, to release prisoners, and to adopt a vegetarian diet. After M?ngkes death, Karma Pakshi was imprisoned by the successive emperor Kubilai Khan, and much of Karma Pakshis writing was done while he was captive in northeast China. He was eventually released and returned to Tibet, where he commissioned one of the medieval worlds largest metal statues: a seated Buddha sixty feet high.Centuries later, two Buddhist meditation masters, the First Mingyur Rinpoche and Ch?gyam Trungpa Rinpoche, were inspired by Karma Pakshi to write meditation practices that are profoundly important to contemporary Tibetan Buddhist practitioners: respectively, the Karma Pakshi Guru Yoga and the Sadhana of Mahamudra.This firstever comprehensive biography of Karma Pakshi in English reveals new information about a pivotal historical figure in the development of Tibetan Buddhism and his interactions with two Mongol emperors. Also included are translations of several newly available songs attributed to Karma Pakshi and translations of ten excerpts of his writings on reincarnation, meditation, dreams, visionary experiences, tantra, and consecration. Details on the music of Karma Pakshi's singing of the ma?i mantra are also given.
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