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Self-Liberation through Seeing with Naked Awareness

Self-Liberation through Seeing with Naked Awareness

Overview

A spiritual classic along the lines of The Tibetan Book of the Dead, this text is a clear and accessible guide to the essence of Dzogchen and the attainment of Buddhahood

A text belonging to the same cycle as The Tibetan Book of the Dead, this instruction on the method of self-liberation presents the essence of Dzogchen, The Great Perfection, regarded in Tibet as the highest and most esoteric teaching of the Buddha.

Teaching the attainment of Buddhahood in a single lifetime, this text was written and concealed by Guru Padmasambhava in the eighth century and rediscovered six centuries later by Karma Lingpa. The commentary by the translator is based on the oral teachings of Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche and Lama Tharchin Rinpoche.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781559393522
Publisher: Shambhala
Publication date: 11/16/2010
Edition description: 2nd Edition
Pages: 192
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

John Myrdhin Reynolds (Vajranatha) is a writer, teacher, translator and scholar/practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism. He was trained and ordained as a Tantric Yogin or Ngagpa in the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.

Padmasambhava (eighth century), the Indian meditation master, is the founder of the Nyingma tradition, the oldest Buddhist tradition in Tibet. In addition to introducing the practices of tantric Buddhism to Tibet, he also completed the building of Samye, the first Buddhist monastery in Tibet.

Table of Contents

Forword Namkhai Norbu ix

Translator's acknowledgements xv

Introduction 1

Self -liberation through seeing with naked awareness: Translation of the text 9

Outline of the translation of the text 29

Commentary to the translation 31

Appendix I The views on dzogchen of W.Y.Evans-Wentz and C.G.jung 71

1 The life and writings of W.Y.evans-wentz 71

2 The Tibetan book of the great liberation 78

3 The Buddhist concept of nirvana 81

4 The law of karma, the human condition, and salvation 87

5 The Buddhist view of god 96

6 Dzogchen and mahamudra 103

7 C.G.jung's "Psychological Commentary" 106

Appendix II The Tibetan text (with corrections) 117

Notes 129

Glossary of Tibetan Buddhist terms 155

Bibliography 163

Index of Tibetan terms 167

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