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    Self-Liberation through Seeing with Naked Awareness

    Author Padmasambhava, Karma Lingpa
    Foreword by Chogyal Namkhai Norbu
    Translated by John Myrdhin Reynolds
    Commentaries by John Myrdhin Reynolds
    Paperback
    $24.95 US
    Shambhala | Snow Lion
    6"W x 9"H x 0.5"D   | 10 oz | 44 per carton
    On sale Nov 16, 2010 | 192 Pages | 9781559393522
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    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.
    "This text is perhaps the clearest most comprehensive and accessible of medium-length writing on rigpa, and as such is highly recommended."—Religious Studies Review

    "This important work should be of interest to most Buddhist readers."—Library Journal
    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.
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    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.

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    "This text is perhaps the clearest most comprehensive and accessible of medium-length writing on rigpa, and as such is highly recommended."—Religious Studies Review

    "This important work should be of interest to most Buddhist readers."—Library Journal

    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.
    Padmasambhava View titles by Padmasambhava
    Karma Lingpa View titles by Karma Lingpa

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