Self-Liberation Through Seeing with Naked Awareness - Softcover

John Myrdhin Reynolds

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1559391448 ISBN 13: 9781559391443

Publisher: Snow Lion Pubns, 2000

Synopsis

Self-Liberation presents the essence of Dzogchen, the Great Perfection, regarded in Tibet as the highest and most esoteric teaching of the Buddha.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

A text belonging to the same cycle of teachings 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.

"If you understand intrinsic awareness, all of your merits and sins will be liberated into their own condition...If he practices, then even a cowherd can realize liberation."

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

"I very much enjoyed this incredible book that provides an in-depth view into dzogchen."--Edward Elliott, New Age Retailer

"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

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 Nyingmapa tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. He has taught widely in the United States and Europe. He is also the author of The Golden Letters.

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 Nyingmapa tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. He has taught widely in the United States and Europe. He is also the author of The Golden Letters.

About this edition

• Publisher: Snow Lion Pubns
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1559391448
• ISBN 13: 9781559391443
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 170