Unbounded Wholeness Dzogchen, Bon, and the Logic of the Nonconceptual

by Klein, Anne Carolyn; Wangyal, Tenzin

• ISBN13: 9780195178494
• ISBN10: 0195178491
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-04-20
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

In this book, Anne Carolyn Klein, an American scholar and teacher of Buddhism, and Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, a rigorously trained Tibetan Lama who was among the first to bring Bon Dzogchen teachings to the West, provide a study and translation of the Authenticity of Open Awareness, afoundational text of the Bon Dzogchen tradition. This is the first time a Bon philosophical text of this scope has been translated into any Western language, and as such it is a significant addition to the study of Tibetan religion and Eastern thought. Klein and Rinpoche provide extensiveintroductory, explanatory and historical material that situates the text in the context of Tibetan thought and culture, thus making it accessible to nonspecialists, and an essential reference for scholars and practitioners alike.

Author Biography

Anne Carolyn Klein is Professor of Religious Studies at Rice University and founding co-director of Dawn Mountain, a Tibetan Temple, community center and research institute. She is the author of several books, including Meeting the Great Bliss Queen: Buddhists, Feminists and the Art of the Self (1994). Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche is President of the Ligmincha Institute, which he founded in 1992 to preserve Tibetan Bon culture and teachings. His most recent book is Healing with Form, Energy, and Light: The Five Elements in Tibetan Shamanism, Tantra, and Dzogchen (2002).

Table of Contents

Introduction	3	(22)
PART I Core Philosophical Issues
Authentication and Authenticity	25	(28)
Authenticity 47.1-53.6
Unbounded Wholeness: Multiplicity and Indefiniteness	53	(34)
Authenticity 53.6-66.6
Primordial Nondelusion: Artful Endeavor and Spontaneity	87	(32)
Authenticity 66.6-86.3
The Path of Continuity: Spontaneity and Dependent Arising	119	(18)
Authenticity 86.3-104.2
Samantabhadra and Scripture: Reasoning Resolved	137	(32)
Authenticity 104.3-126.1
PART II Mythic and Historical Narratives of Discovery
Colophon Kaleidoscope: Bon's Matrix of Authenticity	169	(32)
Authenticity 126.1-129.2
Lishu Daring and a Tangle of Terma Tales	201	(136)
Authenticity 126.2-129.1
PART III The Text in Translation
The Authenticity of Open Awareness: A Collection of the Essential Reasonings	223	(88)
Appendix
Authenticity: Background Texts, Locus, and Chronology	311	(22)
Texts Cited in Authenticity	333	(4)
Glssaries	337	(26)
Bibliography	363	(18)
Index	381
Photo gallery appears after page	166