Wild Awakening The Heart of Mahamudra and Dzogchen

by Ponlop, Dzogchen; H.H. the Fourteenth Dalai Lama; The Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje

• ISBN13: 9781590300961
• ISBN10: 1590300963
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-12-16
• Publisher: Shambhala

Summary

Mahamudra and Dzogchen are perhaps the most profound teachings within all of Tibetan Buddhism. The experience ofMahamudra,or "great symbol," is an overwhelming sense of extraordinary clarity, totally open and nondualistic.Dzogchen,or "great perfection," is the ultimate teaching according to the Nyingma tradition and also represents the pinnacle of spiritual development. These are the two paths that provide practitioners with the most skillful means to experience the fully awakened state and directly taste the reality of our mind and environment. And yet these concepts are notoriously difficult to grasp and challenging to explain. InWild Awakening,Tibetan Buddhist master Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche presents these esoteric teachings in a style that reveals their surprising simplicity and great practical value, emphasizing that we can all experience our world more directly, with responsibility, freedom, and confidence. With a straightforward approach and informal style, he presents these essential teachings in a way that even those very new to Tibetan Buddhism can understand.

Author Biography

Dzogchen Ponlop is one of the foremost scholars and educators of his generation in the Nyingma and Kagyu schools of Tibetan Buddhism. An accomplished meditation master, calligrapher, visual artist and poet, he is also well versed in Western culture and technology. He is the primary architect for the many websites and publisher of Bodhi magazine

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xi
Foreword	p. xiii
Editor's Preface	p. xv
Surveying the Path	p. 1
The Nature of the Path	p. 3
Buddhism: The Science of Mind	p. 5
Preparing for the Journey	p. 7
The Stages of Mahamudra and Dzogchen	p. 9
Entering the Path	p. 16
The Mahamudra Journey	p. 19
Mahamudra: The Great Seal	p. 21
The Glacier Mountain	p. 23
Mahamudra Lineage History	p. 28
Three Classifications of Mahamudra	p. 30
Perspectives on the Mahamudra Journey	p. 35
The Path That Brings Experience	p. 39
The Four Common Preliminaries: The Four Reminders	p. 40
The Four Uncommon Preliminaries	p. 46
The Four Special Preliminaries	p. 47
Ground Mahamudra: The Groundless Ground	p. 59
Two Aspects of Ground: Emptiness and Ego	p. 59
Breaking through Obstacles to Enlightenment	p. 70
Generating Perfect Mind	p. 73
The Inseparability of Samsara and Nirvana	p. 75
The Path of Instructions: Mahamudra Shamatha	p. 80
Mahamudra Pointing-Out Instructions	p. 81
Three Stages of Resting	p. 86
Three Methods of Resting	p. 88
General Techniques of Shamatha Meditation	p. 94
Nine Stages of Resting the Mind	p. 100
The Path of Instructions: Mahamudra Vipashyana	p. 111
Vipashyana Pointing Out	p. 111
Coemergent Mind: The Dharmakaya	p. 113
Coemergent Thought: The Display of Dharmakaya	p. 113
Coemergent Appearance: The Light of Dharmakaya	p. 116
Working with the Pointing-Out Instructions	p. 117
The Path to Enlightenment: The Four Yogas of Mahamudra	p. 128
One-Pointedness	p. 128
Nonfabrication	p. 129
One Taste	p. 130
Nonmeditation	p. 131
Fruition Mahamudra: The Three Kayas	p. 134
Transcending Reference Points	p. 135
The Wisdom of the Buddha	p. 135
The Three Kayas in Everyday Life	p. 140
Mantra Mahamudra	p. 142
Names of the Secret Mantrayana	p. 143
Shunyata and Sacred Outlook	p. 146
Qualities and Marks of the Mantrayana Path	p. 147
The Three Vajras	p. 152
The Teacher-Student Relationship	p. 154
Essence Mahamudra: The Mind of Nowness	p. 159
Wild Awakening	p. 159
The Ground of Essence Mahamudra	p. 161
The Path: Mahamudra Shamatha and Vipashyana	p. 163
The Fruition: The Stainless Trikaya	p. 169
The Dzogchen Journey	p. 175
Dzogchen: The Nine-Yana Journey	p. 177
The Great Exhaustion	p. 178
The Lineage of Dzogchen	p. 180
Not Losing the Way	p. 182
The Nine Stages of the Path	p. 183
The Shravakayana and the Pratyekabuddhayana	p. 186
The Shravakayana: Vehicle of the Hearers	p. 186
The Three Stages of Meditation	p. 188
The Four Noble Truths	p. 193
Pratimoksha: Individual Salvation	p. 199
The Pratyekabuddhayana: Vehicle of the Solitary Realizers	p. 200
The Hinayana Journey	p. 203
The Bodhisattvayana	p. 205
The Greater Vehicle	p. 205
The Fence of "Mine"	p. 207
Nurturing the Seed of Enlightenment	p. 208
Relative and Ultimate Bodhichitta	p. 209
The Six Paramitas	p. 214
The Bodhisattva	p. 217
The Two Main Streams of the Mahayana Lineage	p. 223
The Emotions: Friends and Enemies	p. 226
The Chittamatra and Madhyamaka Schools	p. 228
The Ground of the Two Truths	p. 231
Entering the Vajrayana	p. 237
Taking Risks	p. 237
Entering the Royal Banquet	p. 238
View and Meditation	p. 240
The Vehicle of Austerity and Awareness	p. 240
The Final Breakthrough	p. 247
The Vehicle of Overpowering Means	p. 247
The Guru in the Dzogchen Lineage	p. 248
Maha Yoga	p. 248
Anu Yoga	p. 250
Ati Yoga	p. 251
Waking Up	p. 255
Notes	p. 257
Glossary	p. 261
Nalandabodhi Centers	p. 277
Editors' Acknowledgments	p. 283
Illustration Credits	p. 286
Index	p. 287
About the Author	p. 302
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