Dudjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Per
A systematic presentation of the path of Dzogchen, the Great Perfection, by one of its most renowned proponents and rendered by a master translator. DĂŒdjom Lingpa (1835â1904) was one of the foremost tantric masters of nineteenth-century Tibet, and his powerful voice resonates strongly among Buddhist practitioners today. The Vajra Essence is DĂŒdjom Lingpaâs most extended meditation on the path of Great Perfection, in many senses a commentary on all his other Dzogchen works. Dzogchen, the pinnacle of practice in the Nyingma school, is a radical revelation of the pure nature of consciousness that is delivered from master to disciple and perfected in a meditation that permeates every moment of our experience. Revealed to DĂŒdjom Lingpa as a visionary âtreasureâ text in 1862, the Vajra Essence takes the reader through seven stages of progressively deeper practice, from âtaking the impure mind as the pathâ up to the practice of âdirect crossing overâ (tögal). The longest of DĂŒdjom Lingpaâs five visionary works on Dzogchen, readers will find this a rich and masterful evocation of the enlightened experience. This is the first translation of this seminal work in any Western language, and B. Alan Wallace, with his forty-five-plus years of extensive learning and deep meditative experience, is one of the most accomplished translators of Tibetan texts into English.