NATURAL RADIANCE: Awakening to Your Great Perfection, by Lama Surya Das

NATURAL RADIANCE: Awakening to Your Great Perfection

by Lama Surya Das

"One moment of total awareness is one moment of perfect enlightenment." This is the ultimate teaching of Tibetan Buddhism, renowned as Dzogchen, the subject of Lama Surya Das' newest book. In this book/CD set, he teaches for the first time a complete daily Dzogchen practice in the oral tradition as it was originally transmitted, including guided meditations and chants.

Dzogchen affirms that we are all Buddhas by nature--infinitely open, luminous, compassionate, wise, and free. This profound realization, say the teachings, cannot be understood intellectually or studied mentally, but it can be passed from teacher to student through the spoken word. Natural Radiance offers the first complete daily practice program for the personal experience of the "swift and direct path" of Dzogchen, and teaches these time-honored practices as they have been shared for centuries--through direct transmission from master to student. Join Lama Surya Das as your trusted guide to help you awaken to the sky-like nature of mind--what is known in Tibetan as rigpa, or total and pure presence.

Lama Surya Das is an author, meditation teacher, poet, and founder of the Dzogchen Meditation Center. He is an American-born lama trained in the Tibetan tradition, and author of Buddha is As Buddha Does, Awakening the Buddha Within, and others.