Quintessential Dzogchen: Confusion Dawns as Wisdom

by Tulku Urgyen

This hands-on guidebook adapts the Dzogchen path for the modern student while adhering to traditional principles. The book is based on the direct, accessible style of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche and offers a thorough grounding in how to study, contemplate, and meditate in this rich spiritual environment. Guided by an introductory teaching by Rinpoche, as well as 42 selected teachings from great Dzogchen masters, readers learn to access the pure, clear awareness that lies hidden under the constant flow of anxious thoughts.


From the Trade Paperback edition.

Genres: Buddhism, Spirituality, Philosophy, Meditation, Nonfiction, Eastern Philosophy, Personal Development

290 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche ((Tibetan: སྤྲུལ་སྐུ་ཨོ་རྒྱན་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་, Wylie: Sprul-sku O-rgyan Rin-po-che, where "Rinpoche" is an honorific meaning "Precious One," not a surname) was a Tibetan Buddhist Lama of the Kagyü and Nyingma schools, and a teacher of Dzogchen. He is most widely known in the West through the works of Erik Pema Kunsang and Marcia Binder Schmidt.

Reviews

[Tyler Jackson]

Great book. Only criticism is the obsession with masters and their role in "enlightenment."

[Eugene Pustoshkin]

Книга не для новичков, а для тех, кто более-менее имеет опыт исследования буддийской Дхармы на практике, особенно учения дзогчен. Представляет собой сборник текстов, содержащих важные учения и наставления. Особенно важными я нашёл наставления Тулку Ургьена, Падмасамбхавы, Шабкара и, конечно же, Лонгчена Рабджама (а также некоторых других мастеров).

Некоторый (незначительный с точки зрения содержания) недостаток книги — в отсутствии единой сквозной редактуры: например, в одних местах пишут «сансара», в других — «самсара». С другой стороны, обложка и оформление изумительны. На самом деле, иной раз удивляешься, что издатели западных буддийских книг порою совсем не заботятся об эстетике и дизайне обложке, чего не скажешь о замечательной традиции внимательного отношения к оформлению книг в легендарной серии «Самадхи».

[Richard]

I am at a loss. What about this is different from any of the other contemplative texts that use vague language and inject magical nonsense into meditation instructions? On Having No Head keeps the practical dzogchen crown.

[Bonnie]

What a wonderful book! A collection of writings by different masters, well translated and compiled by students of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, Erik Pema Kunsang and Marcia Binder Schmidt. The readings take you gradually along the path to awakening with clear concise teachings that leave no doubt.

[Joseph Josephson]

This is a very beautiful book. I thank all the Deities, Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Great Masters for making this profound ocean of wisdom available to a common westerner. This instruction is very straightforward and cuts to the core of experiencing rigpa.