Quintessential Dzogchen Confusion Dawns as Wisdom

by Kunsang, Erik Pema; Schmidt, Marcia Binder; Rinpoche, Tulku Urgyen

• ISBN13: 9789627341581
• ISBN10: 9627341584
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-08-07
• Publisher: Rangjung Yeshe Publications

Summary

This hands-on guidebook adapts the Dzogchen path for the modern student while adhering to traditional principles. The book is based on the direct, accessible style of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche and offers a thorough grounding in how to study, contemplate, and meditate in this rich spiritual environment. Guided by an introductory teaching by Rinpoche, as well as 42 selected teachings from great Dzogchen masters, readers learn to access the pure, clear awareness that lies hidden under the constant flow of anxious thoughts.

Author Biography

Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche was born in eastern Tibet on the tenth day of the fourth Tibetan month in 1920 and passed away in Nepal on February 13, 1996. H. H. Khakyab Dorje, the fifteenth Gylwang Karmapa, recognized him as an incarnate lama. He studied and practiced the teachings of both the Kagu and Nyingma orders of Tibetan Buddhism.

Tulku Urgyen established several monasteries and retreat centers in Nepal. The most important ones in the Kathmandu region are Boudhanath, the site of the Great Stupa; at the Asura Cave, where Padmasambhava manifested the Mahamudra Vidyadhara level; and at the Swayambhu stupa.

Marcia Binder Schmidt has been an editor and publisher of Vajrayana Buddhist literature for over eighteen years. She and her husband, Erik Pema Kunsang, author and translator, have produced many Buddhist books and translations in English.

Table of Contents

Preface	11	(6)
INTRODUCTORY TEACHINGS	17	(20)
A MIRROR TO REFLECT THE MOST ESSENTIAL, Longchen Rabjam	19	(2)
DZOGCHEN KEY POINTS, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche	21	(6)
THE VITAL ESSENCE, Shakya Shri Jñana	27	(10)
PART ONE BACKGROUND	37	(40)
1. THE WRITTEN NARRATION: IN INDIA, Vimalamitra	39	(6)
2. THE STORY OF VIMALAMITRA & VAIROTSANA, Yeshe Tsogyal	45	(6)
3. THE HISTORY OF THE HEART ESSENCE OF THE DAKINIS, Padmasambhava	51	(2)
4. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche	53	(5)
5. GUIDANCE MANUALS, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche	58	(2)
6. SONG OF ENCOURAGEMENT TO READ THE SEVEN TREASURIES, Paltrul Rinpoche	60	(8)
7. THE ASPIRATION FOR ALL THE WRITINGS OF THE GREAT OMNISCIENT ONE, Khenpo Ngakchung, Ngawang Palzang	68	(4)
8. THE DZOGCHEN SCRIPTURES, Khenpo Ngakchung, Ngawang Palzang	72	(5)
PART TWO THE GROUND	77	(26)
9. THE PRAYER OF KUNTUZANGPO, Samantabhadra	79	(6)
10. ATI YOGA, Padmasambhava & Jamgön Kongtrül	85	(6)
11. THE SPONTANEOUS VAJRA MANIFESTATION OF AWARENESS & EMPTINESS, Jamgön Mipham Rinpoche	91	(4)
12. THE FOURTH DHARMA OF GAMPOPA, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche	95	(8)
PART THREE THE PATH	103	(146)
13. POINTING THE STAFF AT THE OLD MAN, Padmasambhava	105	(3)
14. A DEAR TREASURE FOR DESTINED DISCIPLES, Dudjom Rinpoche	108	(4)
15. TEN PROFOUND POINTS OF ESSENTIAL ADVICE, Shri Singha	112	(8)
16. THE INHERITANCE, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche	120	(12)
17. THE DZOGCHEN PRELIMINARIES, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche	132	(3)
18. SONGS OF EXAMINING, Lama Shabkar	135	(4)
19. TAKING DIRECT PERCEPTION AS THE PATH, Thrangu Rinpoche	139	(8)
20. SHAMATHA & VIPASHYANA, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche	147	(14)
21. THE ACTUAL VIEW OF TREKCHÖ, Tsele Natsok Rangdröl	161	(3)
22. BUDDHA NOWHERE ELSE, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche	164	(12)
23. THE MIRROR OF ESSENTIAL POINTS, Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche	176	(9)
24. THREE WORDS, Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche	185	(5)
25. SPACE, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche	190	(7)
26. FAMILIARIZATION, Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche	197	(9)
27. A COMPARISON BETWEEN MAHAMUDRA & DZOGCHEN, Tsele Natsok Rangdröl	206	(2)
28. CORRELATING MAHAMUDRA & DZOGCHEN, Trulshik Adeu Rinpoche	208	(7)
29. MAINTENANCE, Tsoknyi Rinpoche	215	(14)
30. SPACE WITHOUT CENTER OR EDGE, Longchen Rabjam	229	(4)
31. CONDUCT, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche	233	(6)
32. ENHANCEMENT, Tsele Natsok Rangdröl	239	(5)
33. TÖGAL, Tsele Natsok Rangdröl	244	(5)
PART FOUR THE FRUITION	249	(20)
34. THE FINAL FRUITION, Padmasambhava & Jamgön Kongtrül	251	(6)
35. SIGNS AND LEVELS OF PROGRESS, Padmasambhava	257	(5)
36. SONG OF FRUITION, Latna Shabkar	262	(2)
37. FRUITION, Tsele Natsok Rangdröl	264	(5)
AUSPICIOUS COMPLETION	269	(6)
BARDO ASPIRATION, Longchen Rabjam	271	(4)
Notes	275	(4)
Contributors	279	(4)
Credits	283