White Lotus: An Explanation of the Seven-Line Prayer to Guru Padmasambhava

by Jamgön Mipham

Book Overview

The commentary translated in these pages is unusual and rare. But if the commentary is a rarity, its subject matter--the seven-line invocation of Padmasambhava--is one of the best-known prayers in the Tibetan Buddhist world.

The overall significance of the Seven-Line Prayer is perhaps best appreciated in relation to a practice called guru-yoga, or "union with the nature of the guru." The purpose of guru-yoga is to purify and deepen the student's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611802938
• ISBN13: 9781611802931
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Shambhala
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 7.6"