Steps to the Great Perfection: The Mind-Training Tradition of the Dzogchen Masters
The mind-training practices contained in the Dzogchen tradition of Tibetan Buddhism have never before been presented in the English language. The main text translated here, The Steps to Liberation, will be of great interest to Western practitioners, since its instructions are pithy and direct, and experiential rather than scholarly. The contemplations on core Buddhist principles like impermanence and karma, intended for beginning meditators, unfold as dramatic stories in which the meditator is to vividly imagine himself or herself as the main character who undergoes a sequence of experiences that result in transformative realizations. They distill the most essential teachings of the Buddha into a practical system that can be easily implemented in a daily meditation practice. At the same time, they bring together the most foundational Buddhist teachings with the profound methods of the Vajrayana (the esoteric teachings of Buddhist tantra). This is the hallmark of Dzogchen mind training and what sets it apart from other mind-training lineages.
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Steps to the Great Perfection: The Mind-Training Tradition of the Dzogchen Masters
The mind-training practices contained in the Dzogchen tradition of Tibetan Buddhism have never before been presented in the English language. The main text translated here, The Steps to Liberation, will be of great interest to Western practitioners, since its instructions are pithy and direct, and experiential rather than scholarly. The contemplations on core Buddhist principles like impermanence and karma, intended for beginning meditators, unfold as dramatic stories in which the meditator is to vividly imagine himself or herself as the main character who undergoes a sequence of experiences that result in transformative realizations. They distill the most essential teachings of the Buddha into a practical system that can be easily implemented in a daily meditation practice. At the same time, they bring together the most foundational Buddhist teachings with the profound methods of the Vajrayana (the esoteric teachings of Buddhist tantra). This is the hallmark of Dzogchen mind training and what sets it apart from other mind-training lineages.
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Steps to the Great Perfection: The Mind-Training Tradition of the Dzogchen Masters

Steps to the Great Perfection: The Mind-Training Tradition of the Dzogchen Masters

by Jigme Lingpa
Steps to the Great Perfection: The Mind-Training Tradition of the Dzogchen Masters

Steps to the Great Perfection: The Mind-Training Tradition of the Dzogchen Masters

by Jigme Lingpa

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The mind-training practices contained in the Dzogchen tradition of Tibetan Buddhism have never before been presented in the English language. The main text translated here, The Steps to Liberation, will be of great interest to Western practitioners, since its instructions are pithy and direct, and experiential rather than scholarly. The contemplations on core Buddhist principles like impermanence and karma, intended for beginning meditators, unfold as dramatic stories in which the meditator is to vividly imagine himself or herself as the main character who undergoes a sequence of experiences that result in transformative realizations. They distill the most essential teachings of the Buddha into a practical system that can be easily implemented in a daily meditation practice. At the same time, they bring together the most foundational Buddhist teachings with the profound methods of the Vajrayana (the esoteric teachings of Buddhist tantra). This is the hallmark of Dzogchen mind training and what sets it apart from other mind-training lineages.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780834840317
Publisher: Shambhala
Publication date: 07/05/2016
Sold by: Penguin Random House Publisher Services
Format: eBook
Pages: 192
File size: 1 MB

About the Author

Rigdzin Jigme Lingpa (1730–1798) was a great master of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. The root of the Khyentse lineage, he was a tertön, or discoverer of treasure teachings, and revealed the Longchen Nyingtik, one of the most important cycles of meditative practice in the Nyingma school.

Table of Contents

Foreword Tulku Thondup ix

Translator's Introduction xi

Excerpt from The Tantra of the Sole Offspring 3

Excerpt from The Secret Commentary on the Tantra of the Sole Offspring Garab Dorje 5

The Seven Mind Trainings: Essential Instructions on the Preliminary Practices Longchen Rabjam 7

The Steps to Liberation: Essential Instructions on the Common Preliminary Practice of the Sevenfold Mind Training Jigme Lingpa 15

Impermanence: The First Mind Training 27

Karma: The Second Mind Training 33

Suffering and Compassion: The Third Mind Training 37

The Guru: The Fourth Mind Training 57

Medication: The Fifth Mind Training 77

Negativity: The Sixth Mind Training 79

Wisdom: The Seventh Mind Training 91

Conclusion 97

Abbreviations 107

Notes 109

Glossary 113

Works Cited 151

Selected Bibliography 155

Recommended Reading 159

Index 165

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