Heart of the Great Perfection

Dudjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection

Dudjom Lingpa, B. Alan Wallace

• Publisher: Wisdom Publications
• Year: 2016
• ISBN:
  9781614292364
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Buddhism

The revelations of Düdjom Lingpa, a highly influential mystic of 19th century Tibet, translated by B. Alan Wallace, widely respected for his lucid and readable translations of Tibetan Buddhism. Düdjom Lingpa (1835–1904) was one of the foremost tantric masters of his time. This new series includes his visionary teachings on the Great Perfection (Dzogchen), the pinnacle of practice in Tibet's oldest Buddhist school. Volume 1 contains four works explaining the view and practice of the Great Perfection, the signature style of meditation of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism: The Sharp Vajra of Conscious Awareness Tantra: This work is considered the root distillation of Düdjom Lingpa's wisdom. Essence of Clear Meaning: This definitive commentary, which unpacks the quintessential verses of The Sharp Vajra, is based on Düdjom Lingpa's oral teachings recorded by his disciple Pema Tashi. The Foolish Dharma of an Idiot Clothed in Mud and Feathers: Düdjom Lingpa narrates the essential Dharma teachings from the perspective of an old man rejecting superficial appearances. The Enlightened View of Samantabhadra: A masterful exposition of the Great Perfection is revealed as a dialogue between wisdom beings who bestow a treasury of pith instructions and specific advice for practitioners. While the teachings in this series have inspired generations of Tibetans, few have been published in translation—until now.

Index

Abhirati (mngon par dga’ ba), 132, 176

Abhyadvīpa, 132

abiding

in alternating stillness and delusion, 102, 192

in consciousness, 167

as dharmakāya, 133

in displays of practice, 136

in inactivity, 106

motionlessly, 115

in natural openness, 61

in nature of existence, 106

in silence, 205

in stillness, 167

without mindfulness, 30, 51, 52

absolute space. See space, absolute

accomplishment

primordial consciousness of (see consciousness, primordial: of accomplishment)

worship and, 95

accumulations of merit and knowledge, two

enlightenment not from three countless eons of, 86

perfecting, 44, 62

activities, enlightened

accomplished, 176, 177

effortless, 156

four, 13

wrathful, 13

activities, mundane

nine kinds of, 71, 115

wasting life in, 189

aggregate of

compositional factors, 185, 198

consciousness, conditioned, 185, 198

feelings, 185, 198

form, 185, 198

recognition, 185, 198

aggregates, elements, and sense bases, 95

aggregates, five

as displays of kāyas, 200

extinction of defiled, 122, 210

air, 185

Akaniṣṭha (’og min), 141, 165

Akṣobhya (mi bskyod pa), 121, 209

all-creating sovereign, 29, 48, 49, 165

ambrosia

devas see water as, 154

dispels misery, 160

ocean of, 1, 165

pills, 127, 206

skull cup of, 12, 148

of teachings, 141...

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Contents
• Foreword by Sogyal Rinpoche
• Preface
• Introduction
• The Sharp Vajra of Conscious Awareness Tantra
• Essence of Clear Meaning
• The Foolish Dharma of an Idiot Clothed in Mud and Feathers
• The Enlightened View of Samantabhadra
• Outline of Essence of Clear Meaning
• Glossary
• Bibliography
• Index
• About the Translator
• Copyright