Great Perfection - Volume II - Separation and Breakthrough

255 Pages·2008·12.513 MB·English

by  Third Dzogchen Rinpoche

The Third Dzogchen Rinpoche
Great
Perfection
Volume II: Separation and Breakthrough
Foreword by Dzogchen Ponlop
Translated by Cortland Dahl

GREAT PERFECTION
Volume 11· Separation and Breakthrough
by the Third Dzogchen Rinpoche
Foreword by The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
Translated by Cortland Dahl
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Nes-don Bstan-'dzin-bzan-po.
[Rdzogs pa chen po mkha' 'gro sflin thig gi khrid yig thar lam
bgrod byed sin rca bzan po. English. Selections]
Great perfection. Volume II, Separation and breakthrough I by
the Third Dzogchen Rinpoche ; foreword by the Dzogchen Ponlop
Rinpoche ; translation and introduction by Cortland Dahl.
p. em.- {The heart essence series)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-I·SS939-316-4 {alk. paper)
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1. Rdzogs-chen-Early works to 18oo. I. Title. II. Title: Separa
tion and breakthrough.
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Table of Contents
List of Illustrations ix
Foreword by The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche xi
Translator's Introduction 1
The Excellent Chariot: A Vehicle for the Path to Liberation
The Unique Heart Essence Preliminaries:
Ascertaining the True Nature 41
7. The Outer Separation ofSamsara and Nirvana 43
Following a Guru 43
The Nature of the Student and Conducive Circumstances 46
Lineage History 48
The Separation ofSamsara and Nirvana S 1
8. The Inner Separation ofSamsara and Nirvana SS
How to Receive Teachings SS
The Buddha Shakyamuni 59
The Inner Separation ofSamsara and Nirvana 62
9. The VajraStance 69
Teaching the Dharma: The Buddhas 71
The Vajra Stance 74
10. Sealing Appearances and the Aggregates 77
Teaching the Dharma: The Foe Destroyers 78
Sealing Appearances and the Aggregates 79
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11. Advanced Training 83
Teaching the Dharma: The Scholars 84
Advanced Training with Appearances and the Aggregates 86
12. Malleability and Taking to the Road 89
The Three Kayas and Five Perfections 90
Malleability 93
Taking to the Road 94
13. The Mental Preliminaries 97
The Liberation of Garap Dorje 98
The Liberation ofShri Simha 101
Searching for the Mind 103
14. Resting in the Natural State 107
The Liberation of Padmasambhava 108
Resting in the Natural State 115
15. Revitalization 119
The Coming of Buddhism to Tibet and the
Heart Essence Teachings 119
Revitalization 125
The Main Practices of the Heart Essence 129
16. Probing the Mind and Searching for Its Hidden Flaw 131
The Incarnations of Princess Pemasel 131
Probing the Mind 138
Searching for Mind's Hidden Flaw 140
The Origin, Presence, and Departure ofMind 141
17. Empowerment into the Display of Awareness
and Pointing Out the Nature of Mind 145
Empowerment into the Display of Awareness 145
Pointing Out the Nature of Mind 149
Concluding Instructions 161
Colophon 169
CONTENTS I vii
Concluding Prayer 173
Appendix 1: Beginning a Meditation Session 175
Appendix II: Garap Dorje's Three Statements
That Strike the Vital Point 179
Notes 185
List ofP roper Names 199
Texts Cited 207
Bibliography 215
Index 221

lllustrations
The Third Dzogchen Rinpoche, Ngeton Tc:nZin Zangpo 42
Namkha Osd, the First Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche 50
Shri Simha 102
Yeshe Tsogyal 123
Longchen Rabjarn 137