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Available
Collection
Publication
Snow Lion (2002), Edition: New edition, 488 pages
Description
Dzogpa Chenpo (Dzogchen) is the pinnacle of Vajrayana Buddhist practice in the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. It employs a meditative technique that effortlessly uncovers the emotional and intellectual layers of the mind and instantly awakens its essential nature, buddhahood itself. In addition to presenting selections from the writings of Longchenpa, this book draws on the works of later masters of the tradition to clarify the view and practice of the Great Perfection.
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LibraryThing member jvalamala
There's a lot of material in this ambitious work, translated with fidelity and compassion. It's heavy reading though - repetitive, dry (very idealist), abstract and disorganized (at least, my mind was disorganized after reading it - perhaps one of its unsaid objectives.) It was compiled at a time
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much like when it was written, i.e. when ideas were being thrashed out and the language still unsure of its place as a medium for such profound meaning. As a bridge from Tibetan to English for impatient westerners with a penetrating mind, or those just looking to pick up on any page to set the mind in a contemplative frame - dig right in. If you're interested in a more gradual exposition and are serious about understanding and remembering what you've read - I would suggest a more honed work of less profundity like Vairocana's five original transmissions or the Life of Vairotsana; or one where the doctrines are the topic of a thematic investigation such as van Schaik's Approaching the Great Perfection. Show Less
Physical description
488 p.; 9.18 inches
ISBN
1559391790 / 9781559391795
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