“From today on, I will be teaching the Maha Mudra. Maha Mudra for practice, not for intellectual understanding only. Maha Mudra for practice.

The teaching of Maha Mudra is the all-encompassing teaching of Lord Buddha--Theravada, Mahayana, Vajrayana. The essence of all of it is taught in Maha Mudra, all taught as Maha Mudra, and practiced as Maha Mudra.

Everything is Maha Mudra. But the difference between that kind of Maha Mudra and the practice of Maha Mudra Ocean of Certainty is Maha Mudra Ocean of Certainty is for the enlightenment, enlightenment for the benefit of all sentient beings to attain enlightenment.

Maha Mudra is to help all of us to realize the ultimate truth through the relative truth. And relative truth is the relative truth of the ultimate truth. Ultimate truth is the ultimate truth of the relative truth. Now this way, Maha Mudra."

~ by H.E. The 12 th Tai Situpa in the Maha Mudra teaching in Sherab Ling, Year 2004~

Requested by Venerable Thutop Rinpoche, the spirit director of Taiwan Sherab Ling, H.E. the 12 th Tai Situpa started the Maha Mudra Transmission in Palpung Sherab Ling Monastery in 2004. And the Maha Mudra Transmission has lasted for 2 years.

The text for the Maha Mudra practice teaching is called “Chachen Ngedon Gyaltso”, which is compiled by the 9 th Gyalwa Karmapa. It translates as “Maha Mudra Ocean of Certainty”. H.E. Tai Situpa planned to take 5 years at least to complete the teachings.

In the first year teaching, H.E. The 12th Tai Situpa completed the Maha Mudra Ocean of Certainty 12 Preliminaries Practices, which includes Four Ordinary Preliminary Contemplations, Four Extro-ordinary Preliminary Practices and Four Special Condition Contemplation. The subject of the second year teaching is “Samatha”; Tai Situpa has completed following transmissions:

• The essential points concerning the body and the mind;
• Concentrating on Ordinary Objects;
• Concentrating on Sacred Objects external;
• Concentration on Sacred Objects Internal;
• Concentrating without an Object;
• Concentrating on Breathing.

The third year teaching would continue the “Samatha” teachings. If you would like to attend the transmission, you have to complete the Maha Mudra Ocean of Certainty 12 Preliminaries Practices at least. And you could start the third year’s transmission practice, only after you received and completed the practice of the second year’s transmission. The transmission would be given in English and with Chinese translation.

The Maha Mudra Ocean of Certainty Teaching schedule - 2007

Registering or having any question, please send e-mail to service@the-mahamudra.org ,
or fax to 886-22446823, or contact Sharon Hsu (M) 886-918656380.

website http://www.the-mahamudra.org/activities/Mahamudra%282007%29.html



Our related report : the previous files
* His Eminence Tai Situ Rinphce gave a teaching of Mahamudra in Palpung Sherabling 17-Jan-2005

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The DVDs of the first year Maha Mudra Transmission given by H.E. The XIIth Tai Situpa in 2004 were published.
Please kindly be advised if you didn't receive the Maha Mudra Ocean of Certainty oral transmission from lineage masters,
you could not pratice the 12 preliminaries just based upon the teachings in the DVDs.



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