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Reddit mentions of A Guide to the Words of My Perfect Teacher

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We found 4 Reddit mentions of A Guide to the Words of My Perfect Teacher. Here are the top ones.

A Guide to the Words of My Perfect Teacher
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Found 4 comments on A Guide to the Words of My Perfect Teacher:

u/Elijah_Silva · 8 pointsr/Buddhism

Definitely buy the guide that accompanies Words of My Perfect Teacher.

WOMPT is not a book you want to get through quickly. Read it carefully, and reflect on the teachings.

If you come across a profound thought: try your best to understand it, then reflect on the passage, and lastly mediate meditate on it.

It truly is a life changing book if you take your time with it.

u/Vystril · 7 pointsr/Buddhism

The Words of My Perfect Teacher and it's Commentary by Khenpo Ngawang Pelzang go into these states in a lot of detail. As do most Tibetan texts which teach the preliminary practices (ngöndro) or the four thoughts that turn the mind to Dharma.

u/ThuptenSonamTashi · 2 pointsr/TibetanBuddhism

In addition to what the others said, get A Guide to the Words of My Perfect Teacher and read them alongside each other.

u/LodroSenge · 1 pointr/TibetanBuddhism

Oh my God. Your own post itself is full of pure preciousness and wisdom it needs its own companion.

Commentaries are, IMHO, necessary for both texts (especially so for the Treasury). The Zindri (Zindri means Kunzang Lama’i Shyalung Zindri. Kunzang Lama’i Shyalung Zindri means a text by Khenpo Ngawang Palzang that elaborates on The Words of My Perfect Teacher. It other words Zindri means the book called "A Guide to the Words of My Perfect Teacher") by Khenpo Ngawang Palzang is the standard companion to Words of my Perfect Teacher (at least for practitioners of the Longchen Nyingthik; (Longchen Nyingthig is a hidden Nyingma teachings & practices on Dzogchen revealed by Jigme Lingpa in the 1700s) *there may be others, though I suspect all Nyingmapa lamas and lay teachers use the KLS (*Kunzang Lama’i Shyalung, the Zindri, the book "A Guide To The Words of my Perfect Teacher) and the Zindri side-by-side as their standard teaching and study texts for the LN ngöndro).

Building on u/Namkha_'s comment, the Treasury is presented as a lam rim (literally a "graded path"). The tertön Kangyur Rinpoche's (KR was the teacher to Matthieu Ricard and Jigme Khyentse Rinpoche. He made commentaries on (Yonten Dzo by Jigme Lingpa) and translated in English it's called the Treasury of Precious Qualities ) commentary is one that I've heard many people describe as accessible. The translation group overseen by Kangyur Rinpoche's son, Jigme Khyentse Rinpoche, translated and published the elder Rinpoche's commentary.

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Note to self: Get the Guide to the Words of...and skip the Treasury for now.