Changkya Rolpe Dorje's Song of the Middle Way View (DVD)
Product Code: Thrangu-Crest-KTRCO09MWVDVD
Our Price: $80.00
Description
Changkya Rolpe Dorje was an extraordinary learned and realized Gelugpa teacher who lived in the eighteenth century. In his song, Recognizing my Mother, the “mother” he refers to is the nature of one’s mind. His song makes a clear distinction between recognizing and not recognizing the nature of mind. With engaging imagery, he characterizes our failure to recognize our own mind as being like a small child sitting in his mother’s lap who forgets where he is and looks for his mother everywhere else. The song teaches many profound and difficult points using imagery like this. Thrangu Rinpoche’s commentary clearly shows the intended meaning of the imagery. The song is published in Karl Brunnhölzl’s book Straight from the Heart: Buddhist Pith Instructions (Snow lion Publications 2007). This teaching is also available on DVD. A copy of the song is included along with this DVD set. Rinpoche’s commentary, including question and answer sessions, is presented in eight talks. Translated by David Choepel.
Features
- Chapter Pointing
On this DVD recording, chapter points have been set at each transition from Tibetan to English and from English to Tibetan. Because Rinpoche sometimes speaks in Tibetan for long periods at a time, some viewers may wish to jump forward to the English translation (at any time) by using the Next Chapter button (>>|) on their DVD player’s remote control. Also, for those who primarily speak Tibetan, the same process works for jumping from the English to the Tibetan.