ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SUBTLE INSTRUCTION, by Bruce Nelson

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SUBTLE INSTRUCTION

by Bruce Nelson

The Encyclopedia of Subtle Instruction is a collection of dharma teachings on the essential nature of awareness drawn from the Yogacara and Dzogchen lineages of Tibetan Buddhism.

The first part of the book consists of short talks on topics such as the Bardos, Buddhist Yoga, the Cardinal Virtues, Consciousness Only, Dreaming, The Dzogchen Lineage, The Elements of Existence, Emptiness, Enlightened Kingdoms, Feminine Wisdom, Goodness, Guru Rinpoche, Immortality, Karma, The Middle Way, Pure Experience, Selflessness, Suchness, the Three Kayas, and the Yoga of Subtle Awareness.

The second part of the book is a series of seventy-two short poems in traditional doha style envisioned as instructions for practice given by the embodiment of wisdom, Yeshe Tsogyal.

Bruce Nelson was an early student of Trungpa Rinpoche. and offers retreats at the Wutai center in Kansas.

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