Dzogchen Deity Practice: Meeting Your True Nature

331 Pages·2016·3.54 MB·English

by  Chokgyur Lingpa

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Title: Dzogchen Deity Practice: Meeting Your True Nature Padmasambhava,
Chokgyur Lingpa, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche, &
Marcia Binder Schmidt Translated from the Tibetan by Erik Pema Kunsang
(Erik Hein Schmidt). Compiled and edited by Marcia Binder Schmidt.
1. Vajrayana/Yidam—Tradition of Pith Instructions 2. Buddhism—Tibet
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CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright
PREFACE: Marcia Dechen Wangmo
INTRODUCTION
A Jewel in the Crown Ornament: Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche
1. ORIGIN: Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
1. Dzogchen Key Points
2. Background
3. Intent: To Recognize Mind’s Nature
1. APPLICATION: Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
1. Structure of the Kunzang Tuktig Cycle of Teachings
2. Train in Indivisibility
3. Lineage Supplication
4. From the Beginning
5. Preliminaries, with Questions & Answers
6. The Main Part, with Questions & Answers
7. Conclusion and the Zurgyen, with Questions & Answers
1. TEXTS