Tao Te Ching
Wangchuk Dorje
(9th Gyalwa Karmapa)
1556 – 1603 CE
Not only a great scholar and spiritual leader, Wangchuk Dorje became an important political influence. While helping the king of Sikkim settle a dispute, he founded three monasteries including Rumtek—still today the most important Kagyu monastery. As the 9th Karmapa and head of the Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism he travelled throughout Tibet, Mongolia, Bhutan, and Sikkim. He wrote many classic texts still studied and taught today.
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Tibetan Vajrayana
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Western
Renaissance (1304 – 1576 CE)Chinese
Ming dynasty (1368 – 1644 CE)Unlisted Sources
Mahamudra: The Ocean of Definitive Meaning
Quotes by Wangchuk Dorje (6 quotes)
“When the mind is not altered, it is clear. When water is not disturbed, it is transparent.”
from Mahamudra: The Ocean of Definitive Meaning
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“Whatever thoughts arise, do not do anything contrived, such as deliberately abandoning or adopting them — look at their very essence.”
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“All phenomena—from form through omniscience—are not established whatsoever as any extreme elaboration such as existent, nonexistent, arisen, ceased, permanent, impermanent, empty, not empty, true, or false. Although conventional terms such as 'emptiness' and 'suchness' are given, it is nothing more than looking at the essence of thoughts.”
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“Rest the mind by directing one-pointed attention on a specific object.”
from Mahamudra: The Ocean of Definitive Meaning
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“Give up whatever you're attached to.”
from Mahamudra: The Ocean of Definitive Meaning
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“Be free from grasping for experience.”
from Mahamudra: the Ocean of Definitive Meaning
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