Primordial Experience An Introduction to Dzog-chen Meditation,9781570628986

Primordial Experience An Introduction to Dzog-chen Meditation

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ISBN13: 9781570628986
ISBN10: 157062898X
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-12-11
Publisher(s): Shambhala
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Summary

The Tibetan teaching of Dzog-chen (pronounced ZOAK-chen), also known as Ati yoga, is considered by its adherents to be the definitive and most secret teaching of the Buddha. Primordial Experience is a translation of a key text articulating the Dzog-chen teachings, "Gold Refined from Ore," by Mantilde;jusrimitra, an Indian disciple of the first teacher of Ati yoga. According to the Dzog-chen teachings, purity of mind is always present and only needs to be recognized.

Author Biography

Kennard Lipman, PhD, studied at the University of Chicago and at the University of California, Berkeley, completing his doctorate under Dr. H. V. Guenther. He received teachings from masters in all four schools of Tibetan Buddhism, his principal teacher being Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche.

Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, born in Tibet in 1938, is one of the primary living masters of Dzogchen.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix
Namkhai Norbu
Preface: How This Book Was Written xvii
A Note xxvii
Barrie Simmons
Introduction
The Text and Its Author
3(10)
Sems tsam (Cittamatra) and Sems sde
13(18)
Meditation: The Oral Instructions of Manjusrimitra
31(84)
The Text
The Verses
55(14)
The Commentary
69(46)
Appendix 1. Edition of the Tibetan Verse Text 115(13)
Appendix 2. The Topical Outline (Sa bcad) of the Theg gcod 'khor lo 128(5)
Notes 133(18)
Glossary of Important Technical Terms 151(6)
Index of Tibetan Terms 157

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