Wisdom Publications :: Natural Liberation : Padmasambhava’s Teachings on the Six Bardos : Gyatrul Rinpoche : B. Alan Wallace

"...illuminates the most profound questions about who we are and provides a roadmap for the journey through life, death, and rebirth in great depth and simplicity."—Tulku Thondup

Natural Liberation
Padmasambhava’s Teachings on the Six Bardos
Gyatrul Rinpoche, Author
B. Alan Wallace, Translator

In the spirit of the Buddhist tantric tradition, Natural Liberation is concerned primarily with how to take the commonplace states of consciousness experienced in life and death and turn them into opportunities for the highest liberation. In this work, Padmasambhava, the great eighth-century Indian master who established Buddhism in Tibet, describes in detail six life-processes, or bardos, and how to transform them into vehicles for enlightenment. This most extraordinary teaching is here accompanied by meditation instructions and edifying anecdotes in a lucid commentary by Gyatrul Rinpoche, an esteemed teacher of the Nyingma tradition.

Praise & Reviews

"This rare teaching of Guru Padmasambhava, the founder of Buddhism in Tibet, is finally here for English readers, as the heart of this book. Rediscoverd as a mystical revelation (gter) in the fourteenth century by Karma Lingpa, this teaching illuminates the most profound questions about who we are and provides a roadmap for the journey through life, death, and rebirth in great depth and simplicity."—Tulku Thondup

"Very readable..."—The Tibet Journal

Gyatrul Rinpoche, Author

Venerable Gyatrul Rinpoche was born in 1924 in China near the Tibetan border. At the age of seven he was recognized to be a reincarnate tulku and trained at Payul Dhomang Monastery in eastern Tibet. Rinpoche spent many years in solitary retreat before fleeing the Communist invasion of Tibet in 1959. After living in India for twelve years, Rinpoche moved to America and in 1976 was appointed as H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche’s spiritual representative in America. Rinpoche has founded many Buddhist centers, including Tashi Choling in Oregon, Orgyen Dorje Den in the San Francisco Bay area, Norbu Ling in Texas, Namdroling in Montana, and a center in Ensenada, Mexico.

B. Alan Wallace, Translator

B. Alan Wallace, one of the first Westerners ordained in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, was a monk for fourteen years. Scholar, teacher, and practitioner, he is widely respected for the depth of his understanding of Buddhist philosophy, as well as his ability to render the teachings relevant to modern life. Author of several books in this field, he is one of the foremost translators of Tibetan Buddhist teachings, having interpreted for many eminent Tibetan lamas, including His Holiness the Dalai Lama. He received his Ph.D. from Stanford University and now runs the Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies.

Natural Liberation
Padmasambhava’s Teachings on the Six Bardos
Gyatrul Rinpoche, Author

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Pages: 360 pp
Size: 5.25x8.5 inches
Binding: Paper
ISBN: 0-86171-131-9
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