The Four Themed Precious Garland An Introduction To Dzogchen The Great Completeness Chosbzhi Rinchen Phrengba Longchen Rabjampa Drime Wozer His Holiness Dudjom Rimpoche Beru Khyentse Rinpoche Alexander Berzin Sharpa Tulku Matthew Kapstein by Longchen Rabjampa Drime Wozer; His Holiness Dudjom Rimpoche; Beru Khyentse Rinpoche; Alexander Berzin; Sharpa Tulku; Matthew Kapstein 9788185102405, 8185102406 instant download after payment.

To realize the beginningless purity and perfection of all reality as an indivisible unity of Voidness and appearance is to realize Dzogchen, the Great Completeness. The lineage of this Mahayana system of meditation traces from Shakyamuni Buddha and was taken from India to Tibet by such masters as Guru Rinpoche Padmasambhava and Vimalamitra. It has been transmitted mainly through the Nyingma Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism and its oral teachings are preserved unbroken until the present day.
This text by Longchen Ram-jam-pa (1303-1363), one of the greatest codifiers of the Dzogchen teachings as witnessed by his trilogy Kindly Bent to Ease Us, is an exposition on the "Four Themes of Gampopa, "the author of The Jewel Ornament of Liberation. It includes a survey of the nine vehicles to enlightenment as traveled progressively through the sutra, tantra, and Dzogchen modes of approach, as well as a description of the goal. This is done primarily by expounding the techniques utilized at each of these stages for removing confusion about the abiding nature of reality.
The commentary of this text was provided orally by His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche and Beru Khyentse Rinpoche.