In a short 20 minute teaching — followed by a brief guided meditation — Venerable Zasep Rinpoche introduces and clarifies the complex concepts of Vipashyana Mahamudra (Vipassana in Pali): literally: "liberating the mind."

Practices include;
-mind observing the mind
-mind as object
- mind as subject
- mind as object
- "I" as subject.

Although the teaching is an advanced topic, Rinpoche helps clarify a subject that sometimes baffles students.

The Meaning of Mahamudra: "Maha" means "great" and "Mu" means "Emptiness"; "Dra" means "Liberating." Literally: "When you experience shunyata — emptiness — then your mind will be liberated."

Quoting from numerous texts, and eloquently illustrating with examples, Rinpoche helps spark at least an initial understanding of concept — then, encouraging students to study and learn more on this important topic.

Rinpoche explains the two levels of Mahamudra: Sutra and Tantra. Sutra Mahamudra has two levels: Samatha (which is common amongst Buddhist practitioners) and Vipassana (which is much less practiced.) "Usually when we do Mahamudra, we meditate on the mind... the subject is the coarse mind. The object is the subtle mind."


Venerable Zasep Rinpoche is the author of the in-depth book Gelegu Mahamudra
CONTENTS of book, found on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Gelug-Mahamudra-Eloquent-Speech-Manjushri/dp/0646995073/

PRELIMINARIES

CHAPTER 1 Introduction to Mahamudra

CHAPTER 2 Praises and Supplication to the Lineage Gurus of Gelug Mahamudra

CHAPTER 3 Brief Stories of Prominent Lineage Gurus

CHAPTER 4 Taking Refuge and Generating Bodhicitta

CHAPTER 5 Mandala Offerings

CHAPTER 6 Vajrasattva Practice

CHAPTER 7 Guru Yoga

THE ACTUAL PRACTICE OF MAHAMUDRA

CHAPTER 8 Seven Limb Practice

CHAPTER 9 Sutra Mahamudra – Actual Samatha Mahamudra

CHAPTER 10 Vipassana – Superior Insight (Lhag Tong in Tibetan)

CHAPTER 11 Emptiness of Personality and Phenomena

CHAPTER 12 Mahamudra by Four Great Gelug Masters

CHAPTER 13 Tantric Empowerment

CHAPTER 14 Tantric Mahamudra

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DEDICATION

INDEX
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