Dzogchen

by Dalai Lama XIV; Thupten Jinpa; Barron, Richard; Gaffney, Patrick

• ISBN13: 9781559391573
• ISBN10: 155939157X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-06-01
• Publisher: Snow Lion Pubns

Summary

Exploring this esoteric subject in print for the first time, His Holiness offers the reader an unprecedented glimpse into one of Buddhism's most profound systems of meditation.

Author Biography

His Holiness the Dalai Lama, leader of the Tibetan people and Nobel Peace Laureate, is a remarkable Buddhist teacher and scholar, versed in the teachings of all the schools of Tibetan Buddhism. He has also become a global spiritual leader, whose commitment to peace and nonviolence has been widely recognized, and whose message of universal and individual responsibility has won worldwide admiration and acclaim

Table of Contents

Foreword	7	(6)
Sogyal Rinpoche
Preface	13	(6)
Part One: Ground Path and Fruition Paris, 1982	19	(18)
The Background	21	(5)
The Pure Visions	26	(4)
The Ground, Path and Fruition of Dzogchen	30	(7)
Part Two: Hitting the Essence in Three Words London, 1984	37	(56)
The Background	39	(12)
Liberation Upon Contact	51	(5)
The Special Teaching of the Wise and Glorious King	56	(37)
Part Three: Dzogchen and the Buddhadharma Helsinki, 1988	93	(20)
The Background	95	(2)
Four Truths, Four Seals and Dzogchen	97	(16)
Part Four: The Pinnacle of All Yanas San Jose, 1989	113	(88)
The Background	115	(11)
The Primacy of Mind	126	(13)
Mind is Devoid of Mind	139	(19)
Questions and Answers	158	(10)
The Nature of Mind is Clear Light	168	(33)
Afterword: A Gift to the World	201	(12)
Appendix: Compassion, the Heart of Enlightenment	213	(16)
Notes	229	(14)
Glossary	243	(6)
Bibliography	249	(8)
Acknowledgements	257	(4)
Index	261