Sounds of Innate Freedom The Indian Texts of Mahamudra Volume 2

<b>The second volume in a historic six-volume series containing many of the first English translations of the classic mahamudra</b><b> literature compiled by the Seventh Karmapa.</b><BR><BR><i>Sounds of Innate Freedom: The Indian Texts of Mahamudra</i> are historic volumes containing many of the first English translations of the classic mahamudra literature. The texts and songs in these volumes constitute the large compendium called <I>The Indian Texts of the Mahamudra of Definitive Meaning</I>, compiled by the Seventh Karmapa Chötra Gyatso (1456–1539). Translated, introduced, and annotated by Karl Brunnhölzl, acclaimed senior teacher at the Nalandabodhi community of Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, the collection offers a brilliant window into the richness of the vast ocean of Indian mahamudra texts cherished in all Tibetan lineages, particularly in the Kagyü tradition, giving us a clear view of the sources of one of the world’s great contemplative traditions.<BR> <BR> This volume 2 (thirty-four texts) contains two long-established sets of Mahamudra works: “The Sixfold Pith Cycle” and short texts of Maitripa’s “Twenty-Five Dharmas of Mental Nonengagement,” which present a blend of Madhyamaka, Mahamudra, and certain tantric principles, as well as two commentaries by Maitripa’s students. The vital focus of this volume is the accomplishment of true reality.