{"id":348,"date":"2021-04-27T02:04:54","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T02:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/registrar\/?p=348"},"modified":"2024-07-06T18:00:40","modified_gmt":"2024-07-06T18:00:40","slug":"phl308-mahamudra-realizing-the-nature-of-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/registrar\/phl308-mahamudra-realizing-the-nature-of-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"PHL308 Mahamudra: Realizing the Nature of Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 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-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: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-1\"><p><em>(2 credits)<\/em>&nbsp; The aim of this course is to explore the Great Seal, Mah\u0101mudr\u0101, which in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism is the attempt to realize the conventional and especially the ultimate nature of the mind through a combination of philosophical analysis, calm abiding meditation, and special insight meditation. Study of the function and nature of mind is considered in Indian and Tibetan Buddhist schools to be essential for understanding how to attain mental stability and cultivate realizations. Our primary focus will be on the history, theory, and practice of Mah\u0101mudr\u0101 in the Geluk tradition of Tibetan Buddhism\u2014especially as found in the writings of Panchen Losang Ch\u00f6lyi Gyaltsen (1570\u20131662)\u2014but attention also will be paid to the Indian background of Mah\u0101mudr\u0101 and the perspective on realizing the nature of mind found in other Tibetan traditions.<\/p>\n<p>After an introductory session, we will focus on early Mah\u0101y\u0101na approaches to the nature of the mind, through such sources as the Heart and Diamond sutras, the writings of N\u0101g\u0101rjuna and Vasubandhu, and Maitreya&#8217;s Budda-nature treatise, the&nbsp;Uttaratantra.&nbsp;We will begin our in-depth study of Mah\u0101mudr\u0101 with attention to the Indian sources of the Great Seal, including such figures as Saraha and Maitr\u012bpa, then proceed to the theory and practice of Mah\u0101mudr\u0101 as developed in Tibet among the Kagyu and other &#8220;Tibetan-renaissance&#8221; (11th\u201314th-century) traditions.<\/p>\n<p>Our study of Geluk Mah\u0101mudr\u0101 will begin with the&nbsp;history of the practice, followed by a close reading of the Panchen&#8217;s root-verses and auto-commentary on Mah\u0101mudr\u0101. 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