{"id":1408,"date":"2023-10-09T23:12:50","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T23:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/?page_id=1408"},"modified":"2024-03-01T22:25:22","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T22:25:22","slug":"ganden-kagyu-mahamudra","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/ganden-kagyu-mahamudra\/","title":{"rendered":"Ganden-Kagyu Mahamudra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:10px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><blockquote>\n<p>(41) \u201cIn short, whatever appears\u2014whether your own mind or something else\u2014should not be taken to be real; you should ascertain its mode of being and always maintain that awareness. Knowing this, subsume all phenomena of sa\u1e43s\u0101ra and nirv\u0101\u1e47a into a single nature.\u201d&nbsp;&#8211;Lobzang Ch\u00f6kyi Gyaltsen, \u201cLamp So Bright,\u201d in Roger Jackson, <em>Mind Seeing Mind<\/em>, Wisdom, 2021 (pp 529-30)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:10px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><hr>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left\">Sections<\/h5>\n<h5><a href=\"#headings\">JABL Subject Headings<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp; | &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"#definitions\">Definitions<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp; |&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=\"#lineage\">Gelug Kagyu Mahamudra Lineage Prayer&nbsp;<\/a>&nbsp; |&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=\"#panchen\">Panchen Lobzang Ch\u00f6kyi Gyaltsen&nbsp;<\/a>&nbsp; |&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=\"#root\">Root Text and Autocommentary<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp; |&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"#sources\"> Indo-Tibetan Sources<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp; |&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=\"#biographies\">Biographies of Ganden-Kagyu Lineage Masters<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp; |&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=\"#media\">Media and Other Resources<\/a><\/h5>\n<hr>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-flex-start\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-padding-right:0px;--awb-padding-bottom:0px;--awb-padding-left:0px;--awb-bg-color:#ffffff;--awb-bg-color-hover:#ffffff;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-border-color:#999999;--awb-border-top:0;--awb-border-right:0;--awb-border-bottom:0;--awb-border-left:0;--awb-border-style:solid;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:21px;--awb-spacing-right-large:4.32%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:21px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:33.333333333333%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:4.32%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:5.76%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-menu-anchor\" id=\"headings\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><h3>JABL Subject Headings<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/catalog\/subjects\/8535649\/show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maha\u0304mudra\u0304 (Tantric rite)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-menu-anchor\" id=\"lineage\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><h3>Geluk Mahamudra Lineage Prayer<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;Praises and Supplication to the Gelukpa Mahamudra Lineage.&#8221; Kurukulla Center for Buddhist Studies. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kurukulla.org\/resources\/Prayers_and_Texts\/Mahamudra\/Geluk_Mahamudra_Lineage_Prayer-Tib_and_Eng-Digital.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">kurukulla.org<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-flex-start\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-padding-right:0px;--awb-padding-bottom:0px;--awb-padding-left:0px;--awb-bg-color:#ffffff;--awb-bg-color-hover:#ffffff;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-border-color:#999999;--awb-border-top:0;--awb-border-right:0;--awb-border-bottom:0;--awb-border-left:0;--awb-border-style:solid;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:21px;--awb-spacing-right-large:4.32%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:21px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:33.333333333333%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:4.32%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:5.76%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-menu-anchor\" id=\"definitions\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\"><h3>Definitions<\/h3>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"><p><span id=\"tibSection0_0\" class=\"tib inlineTib link\" title=\"\" data-wylie=\"phyag rgya chen po\">Mah\u0101mudr\u0101<br \/>\n\u0f55\u0fb1\u0f42\u0f0b\u0f62\u0f92\u0fb1\u0f0b\u0f46\u0f7a\u0f53\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f7c\u0f0b<br \/>\n<\/span>phyag rgya chen po<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"><p>The Great Seal. The great seal of emptiness; an exalted meditation on the nature of mind, particularly associated with the Kagyud order of Tibetan Buddhism. (Tsepak Rigdzin)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-flex-start\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-padding-right:0px;--awb-padding-bottom:0px;--awb-padding-left:0px;--awb-bg-color:#ffffff;--awb-bg-color-hover:#ffffff;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-border-color:#999999;--awb-border-top:0;--awb-border-right:0;--awb-border-bottom:0;--awb-border-left:0;--awb-border-style:solid;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:21px;--awb-spacing-right-large:4.32%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:21px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:33.333333333333%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:4.32%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:5.76%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-menu-anchor\" id=\"lineage\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-8\"><h3>Geluk Mahamudra Lineage Prayer<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;Praises and Supplication to the Gelukpa Mahamudra Lineage.&#8221; Kurukulla Center for Buddhist Studies. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kurukulla.org\/resources\/Prayers_and_Texts\/Mahamudra\/Geluk_Mahamudra_Lineage_Prayer-Tib_and_Eng-Digital.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">kurukulla.org<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-4 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-5 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-flex-start\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-padding-right:0px;--awb-padding-bottom:0px;--awb-padding-left:0px;--awb-bg-color:#ffffff;--awb-bg-color-hover:#ffffff;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-border-color:#999999;--awb-border-top:0;--awb-border-right:0;--awb-border-bottom:0;--awb-border-left:0;--awb-border-style:solid;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:21px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.44%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:21px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.44%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-menu-anchor\" id=\"panchen\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"><h3>Panchen Lama Lobzang Ch\u00f6kyi Gyeltsen<\/h3>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-10\"><p><strong>Lobzang Ch\u00f6kyi Gyaltsen<\/strong><br \/>\n\u0f56\u0fb3\u0f7c\u0f0b\u0f56\u0f5f\u0f44\u0f0b\u0f46\u0f7c\u0f66\u0f0b\u0f40\u0fb1\u0f72\u0f0b\u0f62\u0f92\u0fb1\u0f63\u0f0b\u0f58\u0f5a\u0f53\u0f0b<br \/>\nblo bzang chos kyi rgyal mtshan<br \/>\nb.1570 &#8211; d.1662<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Berzin, Alexander. n.d. \u201cThe Fourth Panchen Lama.\u201d Study Buddhism by Berzin Archives. <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/index\/subject-guides\/songs-of-realization\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">studybuddhism.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gardner, Alexander. 2009. \u201cThe Fourth Panchen Lama, Lobzang Chokyi Gyeltsen = \u0f54\u0f4e\u0f0b\u0f46\u0f7a\u0f53\u0f0b\u0f56\u0fb3\u0f0b\u0f58 \u0f20\u0f24 \u0f56\u0fb3\u0f7c\u0f0b\u0f56\u0f5f\u0f44\u0f0b\u0f46\u0f7c\u0f66\u0f0b\u0f40\u0fb1\u0f72\u0f0b\u0f62\u0f92\u0fb1\u0f63\u0f0b\u0f58\u0f5a\u0f53\u0f0b\u201d The Treasury of Lives. October. <a href=\"https:\/\/treasuryoflives.org\/biographies\/view\/Lobzang-Chokyi-Gyeltsen\/9839.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">treasuryoflives.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-5 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-6 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-menu-anchor\" id=\"root\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-11\"><h3>Root Text and Autocommentary&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-7 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.28%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.28%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-12\"><p><strong>Lamp So Bright: An Extensive Explanation of the Maha\u0304mudra\u0304 Root-Text of the Teaching Tradition of the Precious Geden Oral Transmission<br \/>\n<\/strong>Pa\u1e47chen Lobzang Ch\u00f6kyi Gyaltsen&nbsp;<br \/>\nDge-ldan bka\u02bc brgyud rin po che\u02bci bka\u2019 srol phyag rgya chen po\u2019i rtsa rgyas par bshad pa yang gsal sgron me<br \/>\n\u0f51\u0f42\u0f7a\u0f0b\u0f63\u0fa1\u0f53\u0f0b\u0f56\u0f40\u0f60\u0f0b\u0f56\u0f62\u0f92\u0fb1\u0f74\u0f51\u0f0b\u0f62\u0f72\u0f53\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f7c\u0f0b\u0f46\u0f7a\u0f60\u0f72\u0f0b\u0f56\u0f40\u0f60\u0f66\u0fb2\u0f7c\u0f63\u0f0b\u0f55\u0fb1\u0f42\u0f0b\u0f62\u0f92\u0fb1\u0f0b\u0f46\u0f7a\u0f53\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f7c\u0f60\u0f72\u0f0b\u0f62\u0fa9\u0f0b\u0f62\u0f92\u0fb1\u0f66\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f62\u0f0b\u0f56\u0f64\u0f51\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f0b\u0f61\u0f44\u0f0b\u0f42\u0f66\u0f63\u0f0b\u0f66\u0f42\u0fb2\u0f7c\u0f53\u0f0b\u0f58\u0f7a\u0f0b<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/studybuddhism.com\/bo\/bod-kyi-nang-chos\/ma-dpe-khag\/sngags-kyi-dpe-cha\/dge-ldan-bka-brgyud-rin-po-che-i-phyag-chen-rtsa-ba-rgyal-b-i-gzhung-lma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tibetan<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-13\"><h4><strong>Root Text translation by Alex Berzin, Commentary by Tenzin Gyatso, Dalai Lama XIV<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Bstan-\u02bcdzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, Alexander Berzin, and Blo-bzang-chos-kyi-rgyal-mtshan. 1997.&nbsp;<em>The Gelug\/Kagyu\u0308 Tradition of Mahamudra<\/em>. Snow Lion. <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/resources\/8313163\/show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Root text translation and commentary by Roger R. Jackson<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Jackson, Roger R. 2021. <em>Mind Seeing Mind: Maha\u0304mudra\u0304 and the Geluk Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism<\/em>. Wisdom Publications <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/resources\/13396111\/show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Root text translation and commentary by Thupten Jinpa<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Jinpa, Thupten, Rosemary Patton, and Dagpo Rinpoche, trans. 2022. <em>Stages of the Path and the Oral Transmission: Selected Teachings of the Geluk School<\/em>. Wisdom Publications. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/title\/1355054996\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WorldCat<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-6 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-8 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:10px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-menu-anchor\" id=\"sources\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-14\"><h3>Indo-Tibetan Sources<\/h3>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-15\"><ul>\n<li>Abhayadatta, Keith Dowman and Hugh Downs, trans. 1985. <em>Masters of Mahamudra<\/em>. Marcombo. <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/resources\/8325277\/show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Abhayadatta, Robert Beer, and Keith Dowman, trans. 1998. <em>Buddhist Masters of Enchantment: The Lives and Legends of the Mahasiddhas<\/em>. Inner Traditions. <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/resources\/13946641\/show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gtsan-Smyon He-Ru-Ka, and Lobsang Phuntshok Lhalungpa. 1984. <em>The Life of Milarepa<\/em>. Shambhala. <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/resources\/8319235\/show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JABL<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Jackson, Roger R, and Klaus-Dieter Mathes. 2020. <em>Maha\u0304mudra\u0304 in India and Tibet<\/em>. Brill. <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/resources\/14145223\/show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Klaus-Dieter Mathes. 2021. <em>Maitri\u0304pa: Master of Maha\u0304mudra\u0304 and Emptiness<\/em>. Shambhala. <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/resources\/14145202\/show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Mi-la-ras-pa, and Garma CC Chang, trans. 1999. <em>The Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa<\/em>. Shambala. <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/resources\/8328901\/show\">JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Mi-La-Ras-Pa, Dzogchen Ponlop and Christopher Stagg, trans. 2016. <em>The Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa: A New Translation<\/em>. Shambhala. <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/resources\/11187086\/show\">JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-7 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-9 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:10px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-menu-anchor\" id=\"biographies\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-16\"><h3>Biographies of Ganden-Kagyu Lineage Masters<\/h3>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-17\"><ul>\n<li>Willis, Janice Dean. 1995. <em>Enlightened Beings.<\/em> Simon and Schuster. <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/resources\/8309011\/show\">JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jackson, Roger R. 2017. &#8220;The dGe ldan-bKa&#8217; brgyud Tradition of Mahamudra How Much dGe ldan? How Much bKa&#8217; brgyud?&#8221; in Guy Newland, ed., <em>Changing Minds: Contributions to the Study of Buddhism and Tibet in Honor of Jeffrey Hopkins.<\/em> p. 155. <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/resources\/12587666\/show\">JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-8 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-10 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-menu-anchor\" id=\"media\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-18\"><h3 style=\"text-align: left\">Media&nbsp;and Other Resources<\/h3>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-19\"><ul>\n<li>Bstan-\u2018dzin\u2019rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV\/ 2009. \u201cHis Holiness the Dalai lama talks on the \u2018Nature of the Mind\u2019 at the University of California Santa Barbara Events Center, April 24<sup>th<\/sup>.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gO7RQi55asY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Wallace, Alan B. 2016. \u201cIntroduction to Gelug Mahamudra.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JkP3tdmWILw&amp;list=PLtUZW2znAHL30r2SjJRZWQpq7p0isGsSW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Yangsi Rinpoche. 2019. \u201cCommentary on \u2018The Root Verses on Ganden\/Kagyu Mahamudra.\u2019\u201d Tse Chen Ling Center, San Francisco, October 12 and 13. YouTube: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zyqVKt_xsbU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Part 1<\/a>&#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GLXgBxVnmek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Part 2<\/a> &#8212;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5a-tidt8I4k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Part 3<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-9 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-background-color:#f1f1f1;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-11 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-20\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Subject Guides<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/action-research-project\/\">Action Research Project<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp; 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