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'''Finding Comfort and Ease in Meditation''' (Tib. Samten Ngalso; [[Wyl.]] ''bsam gtan ngal gso'') - Part of the [[Trilogy of Finding Comfort and Ease]] by [[Longchenpa]].
'''Finding Comfort and Ease in Meditation''' (Tib. ''Samten Ngalso''; [[Wyl.]] ''bsam gtan ngal gso'') — part of the [[Trilogy of Finding Comfort and Ease]] by [[Longchenpa]].


==Outline==
==Outline==
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Aside from the root text, there are three other texts on the same topic:
Aside from the root text, there are three other texts on the same topic:


#A Summary called The Pundarika Garland (''rdzogs pa chen po bsam gtan ngal gso'i bsdus don Pundarika'i phreng ba'')
#''A Summary called The Pundarika Garland'' (''rdzogs pa chen po bsam gtan ngal gso'i bsdus don Pundarika'i phreng ba'')
#A Commentary called The Pure Chariot (''rdzogs pa chen po bsam gtan ngal gso'i 'grel pa Shing rta rnam par dag pa'')
#A Commentary called ''The Pure Chariot'' (''rdzogs pa chen po bsam gtan ngal gso'i 'grel pa Shing rta rnam par dag pa'')
#A Practical Instruction called The Quintessential Heart Essence (''rdzogs pa chen po bsam gtan ngal gso'i don khrid snying po bcud bsdus'')
#A Practical Instruction called ''The Quintessential Heart Essence'' (''rdzogs pa chen po bsam gtan ngal gso'i don khrid snying po bcud bsdus'')


==Translations and Commentaries==
==Translations and Commentaries==

Revision as of 18:40, 30 December 2008

Longchen Rabjam

Finding Comfort and Ease in Meditation (Tib. Samten Ngalso; Wyl. bsam gtan ngal gso) — part of the Trilogy of Finding Comfort and Ease by Longchenpa.

Outline

The root text consists of three chapters:

  1. Locations for Cultivating Samadhi
  2. The Meditator
  3. The Dharma to be Practised

Related Texts

Aside from the root text, there are three other texts on the same topic:

  1. A Summary called The Pundarika Garland (rdzogs pa chen po bsam gtan ngal gso'i bsdus don Pundarika'i phreng ba)
  2. A Commentary called The Pure Chariot (rdzogs pa chen po bsam gtan ngal gso'i 'grel pa Shing rta rnam par dag pa)
  3. A Practical Instruction called The Quintessential Heart Essence (rdzogs pa chen po bsam gtan ngal gso'i don khrid snying po bcud bsdus)

Translations and Commentaries

English

  • The Dalai Lama, Mind in Comfort and Ease: The Vision of Enlightenment in the Great Perfection, Wisdom, 2007
  • H.V. Guenther, Kindly Bent to Ease Us, Part 2: Meditation, Dharma Publishing, 1975

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