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THE PRACTICE OF DZOGCHEN by Longchen Rabjam, intro. & trans. by Tulku Thondup 488 pp., cloth, A Snow Lion Classic. #PRDZC - regular price $ 34.95 Our Price $27.96 Published by Snow Lion "This is one of the most significant works on Tibetan Buddhism to be published in recent years, treating with grace, beauty and depth a most important subject. This is undoubtedly one of the most comprehensive works on the Nyingma to appear in English."—Glenn H. Mullin, Tibetan Review More ... | |
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SELF-LIBERATION THROUGH SEEING WITH NAKED AWARENESS trans. & comm. by John Myrdhin Reynolds, fore. by Namkhai Norbu 172 pp., 4 line drawings, glossary, biblio., index. #SELI - regular price $ 16.95 Our Price $13.56 Published by Snow Lion A text belonging to the same cycle of teachings as The Tibetan Book of the Dead, this instruction on the method of "self-liberation" presents the essence of Dzogchen, "the Great Perfection," regarded in Tibet as the highest and most esoteric teaching of the Buddha. More ... | |
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A SPACIOUS PATH TO FREEDOM: Practical Instructions on the Union of Mahamudra and Atiyoga by Karma Chagmé, comm. by Gyatrul Rinpoche, trans. by B. Alan Wallace 250 pp. #SPPAFR - regular price $ 18.95 Our Price $15.16 Published by Snow Lion Karma Chagme sets forth the stages of meditation practice including the cultivation of meditative quiescence and insight, the experiential identification of awareness, and the highest steps of Mahamudra and Atiyoga leading to perfect enlightenment. Drawing from his enormous textual erudition and mastery of Tibetan oral traditions, he shows how these two meditative systems can be unified into a single, integrated approach to realizing the ultimate nature of consciousness. Karma Chagmé was a major lineage-holder of the Karma Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, and his writings are central to the Payul Nyingma order. More ... | |
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THE SUPREME SOURCE: The Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen Semde by Chogyal Namkhai Norbu & Adriano Clemente 325 pp. #SUSO - regular price $ 19.95 Our Price $15.96 Published by Snow Lion The aim of Dzogchen is the reawakening of the individual to the primordial state of enlightenment which is naturally found in all beings. The master introduces the student to his or her real nature, already perfected and enlightened, but it is only by recognizing this nature and remaining in this state of recognition in all daily activities that the student becomes a real Dzogchen practitioner of the direct path of self-liberation. In this book, the Dzogchen teaching is presented through the tantra Kunjed Gyalpo or "The King who Creates Everything"--a personification of the primordial state of enlightenment. This tantra is the fundamental scripture of the Semde or "Nature of Mind" tradition of Dzogchen and is the most authoritative source for understanding the Dzogchen view. The commentary by Chogyal Namkhai Norbu gives easier insight into the depths of these teachings. Adriano Clemente translated the main selections of the original tantra. "An exceptionally well written text, which could become the "bible" of the Dzogchen teachings."--Explorations More ... | |
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TANTRIC PRACTICE IN NYING-MA by Khetsun Sangpo Rinpoche, trans. & ed. by Jeffrey Hopkins, co-edited by Anne Klein 239 pp. #TAPRNY - regular price $ 14.95 Our Price $11.96 Published by Snow Lion Rinpoche's commentary on the Instructions on the "Preliminaries to the Great Perfection Teaching" contains the classical Nyingma presentation of the Dzogchen preliminaries and practices which lead to Buddhahood. It is an oral commentary on Patrul Rinboche's Kunzang Lamai Shelung (Words of My Perfect Teacher). More ... | |
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THE UNION OF DZOGCHEN AND BODHICHITTA: A Guide to the Attainment of Wisdom by Anyen Rinpoche 256 pp., paper. #UNDZBO - regular price $ 16.95 Our Price $13.56 Published by Snow Lion An illuminating look at key aspects of Tibetan Buddhist practice--of interest to many practitioners--is presented in this practical and interesting book. Through demonstrating the interrelationship of the outer, inner, and secret teachings and a textual analysis of the words of four renowned Dzogchen yogis, it makes clear that the practice of Bodhichitta is a necessary aspect of every practice within Tibetan Buddhism. Unlike other books that present either the teachings of Bodhichitta or the teachings of Dzogchen as their own system of practice, this book presents them not even as complementary practices, but as a deconstructed inner and outer which are fundamentally intertwined. More ... | |
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WISDOM NECTAR: Dudjom Rinpoche's Heart Advice trans. by Ron Garry, a Tsadra Foundation Series book Cloth. 428 pp. #WINEDU - regular price $ 29.95 Our Price $23.96 Published by Snow Lion Dudjom Rinpoche was one of the seminal figures in Tibetan Buddhism in the twentieth century, yet very few of his religious writings have been translated into English. This volume contains a generous selection of his inspiring teachings and writings, the core of which is a lengthy discussion of the entire path of Dzogchen, including key instructions on view, meditation, and conduct, along with direct advice on how to bring one's experiences onto the path. More ... | |
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WONDERS OF THE NATURAL MIND: The Essence of Dzogchen in the Native Bon Tradition of Tibet by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, fore. by H.H. the Dalai Lama 224 pp. #WONAMI - regular price $ 18.95 Our Price $15.16 Published by Snow Lion Although the Dzogchen teachings are principally familiar to Westerners through the teachings of the Nyingma school, they also survive in the ancient Bon Religion of Tibet. More ... | |
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YOU ARE THE EYES OF THE WORLD by Longchen Rabjam (Longchenpa), trans. by Kennard Lipman & Merrill Peterson, under the inspiration of Namkhai Norbu, a Copper Mountain Series book 114 pp. #YOAREY - regular price $ 18.95 Our Price $15.16 Published by Snow Lion Just as the images projected on television are nothing more than light, so are our experiences merely the dance of awareness. More ... | |
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ZURCHUNGPA'S TESTAMENT by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, translated by Padmakara Translation Group Cloth, 420 pp. #ZUTE - regular price $ 29.95 Our Price $23.96 Published by Snow Lion Zurchungpa's Eighty Chapters of Personal Advice was the final teaching given by the great Nyingma master Zurchung Sherab Trakpa; before he passed away. His counsels are the distillation of a lifetime's experience and comprise the practical instructions of a master who had made the teachings of the Great Perfection truly part of himself. The original text consists of almost 580 maxims organized into eighty chapters covering the entire path of Dzogchen, from fundamental teachings on devotion and renunciation through to a whole series of pith instructions that bring the Dzogchen view to life. Much of the meaning of these pithy, often cryptic instructions could be lost on the reader without the help of the notes Shechen Gyaltsap Rinpoche provided in his annotated edition, which he based on the explanations he received from his own teacher, Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo. More ... | |
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APPROACHING THE GREAT PERFECTION: Simultaneous and Gradual Methods of Dzogchen Practice in the Longchen Nyingtig by Sam van Schaik 448 pp. #APGRPE - regular price $ 29.95 Our Price $23.96 Does enlightenment come gradually or all at once? This book extensively analyzes this question, and takes a look at Jigme Lingpa, one of Dzogchen's seminal figures. | |
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BONPO DZOGCHEN TEACHINGS according to Lopon Tenzin Namdak, ed. & intro by John Myrdhin Reynolds 268 pp. #BODZTE - $ 22.95 The two Older Schools of Tibet, the Nyingmapa and the Bonpo, emphasize the Dzogchen point of view in elucidating their understanding of the Higher Tantras. Among the Older Schools, Dzogchen, the Great Perfection, which lies beyond the process of Tantric transformation, is regarded as the quintessential teaching of the Buddha, pointing directly to the Nature of Mind and its intrinsic awareness, known as Rigpa. However, according to Lopon Tenzin Namdak Yongdzin Rinpoche, the leading Dzogchen master among the Bonpo Lamas living today, "It is necessary for us as practitioners to know what Dzogchen is, how to practice it, and the result of this practice." Lopon Rinpoche undertakes this task in a series of nine teachings. Here the Lopon compares the Dzogchen view with the views of Madhyamaka, Chittamatra, Tantra and Mahamudra, clearly indicating the similarities and the differences among them. More ... | |
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BUDDHAHOOD WITHOUT MEDITATION by Dudjom Lingpa, Tibetan text edited by H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche, trans. by Richard Barron 254 pp., glossary, revised edition. #BUWIME - $ 23.95 Buddhahood Without Meditation, widely known by its subtitle, Nang-jang (Refining Apparent Phenomena), presents the view of the Great Perfection through the approach known as t'hreg-chhod (cutting through solidity). From the lineage of Dudjom Lingpa, it is a direct transmission of Dzogchen so powerful that hearing it read aloud is said to ensure that the listener will escape the suffering of cyclic existence. | |
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CAREFREE DIGNITY by Tsoknyi Rinpoche #CADI - $ 18.00 Using the Dzogchen perspective, Rinpoche unfolds a vivid play through guided meditations and delightful examples. "Carefree means being wide open from within, not constricted. Carefree is having compassion, being really simple, from the inside. Dignity is not conceit but rather what shines forth from this carefree confidence."--the author | |
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A DIRECT PATH TO THE BUDDHA WITHIN: Go Lotsawa's Mahamudra Interpretation of the Ratnagotravibhaga by Klaus-Dieter Mathes 608 pp. #DIPABU - $ 32.95 A thoughtful exploration of a renowned Buddhist master’s teachings on the key concept of Buddha-nature.The major Indian treatise on Buddha nature is the Ratnagotravibhaga, also known as the Uttaratantra, and it is this core text that Klaus-Dieter Mathes focuses on in this book. More ... | |
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DZOGCHEN ESSENTIALS: The Path that Clarifies Confusion ed. by Marcia Binder Schmidt 288 pp. #DZES - $ 18.00 Dzogchen Essentials offers an exciting, diverse selection of material, both new and traditional, for study and practice in the Dzogchen tradition. These teachings are principally about clarifying confusion, the mistaken ways we normally relate to our perceptions of environment, body, and senses. Rather than continue the habits of insisting on a solid reality, we are given skillful alternatives and practices and the method to integrate them with the view of the Great Perfection. More ... | |
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DZOGCHEN MEDITATION by Khamtrul Rinpoche, annotated by Gareth Sparham 117 pp. #DZME - $ 15.00 Dzog Chen Meditation offers an explanation of the complete dzogchen meditation practice. It is Lochen Dharmasri's guide through a treasure text first taught by Padmasambhava to his inner circle of thirty extraordinary women with wisdom. The text is explained by Khamtrul Rinpoche, a master of Dzogchen practice. | |
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DZOGCHEN PRIMER: An Anthology of Writings by Masters of the Great Perfection comp. & ed. by Marcia Schmidt 320 pp. #DZPR - $ 17.95 Marcia Schmidt, co-founder of Rangjung Yeshe Publications, has gathered here the most accessible writings published on Dzogchen and has organized them into an in-depth study guide for the serious beginner on the Buddhist and Dzogchen path. Includes writings from Milarepa, Padmasambhava, Shantideva, Chogyam Trungpa, and Tulku Urgyen. This book also includes guiding notes intended to assist both independent students and teachers in leading workshops. | |