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Dzogchen is the consummate practice of Tibetan Buddhism. A pure awareness practice applicable to any circumstance and readily integrated into modern life, Dzogchen directly introduces us to the inherent freedom, purity, and perfection of being that is our true nature. Natural Great Perfection is an inspiring collection of teachings providing the deepest possible insight into the practice of the Dzogchen path. The teachings are followed by a collection of spontaneous vajra songs composed in the tradition of Milarepa as the delightful play of wisdom consciousness. (Source: Shambhala Publications)

Citation	Nyoshul Khenpo and Lama Surya Das. Natural Great Perfection: Dzogchen Teachings and Vajra Songs. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 1995.

ContentsSources

• Preface7
• Prologue—Free and Easy: A Spontaneous Vajra Song by Lama Gendun Rinpoche11
  • 1. Enlightened Vagabond: An Autobiographical Sketch13

• Teachings
  • 2. Basic Buddhadharma: A Teaching in the Kingdom of Bhutan31
  • 3. You Are Dzogpa Chenpo: A Teaching on Relative and Absolute
        Bodhicitta at a Two-Month Dzogchen Retreat in America56
  • 4. Ground, Path, and Fruition: Mind-Nature Teachings Concerning
        the View, Meditation, and Action of Dzogpa Chenpo, the Innate Great
        Perfection69
  • 5. Dzogchen and the Buddhism of Tibet: A Teaching in Cambridge,     Massachusetts83

• Songs and Commentary
  • 6. The Mirror of Essential Points: A letter in Praise of Emptiness, from
        Khenpo Jamyang Dorje to His Mother93
  • 7. Khenpo Comments on "The Mirror of Essential Points: A Letter in Praise
        of Emptiness"102
  • 8. The Vajra Mirror of Mindfulness: A Spontaneous Song123
  • 9. Deer Park Retreat125
  • 10. The Song of Illusion: Khenpo Jamyang Dorje's Letter of Instructions to
         His Holiness128
  • 11. A Spontaneous Song to My Wife: Sacred Heart Essence of
         Pith Instructions134
  • 12. The Essential Meaning151

• History
  • 13. The Dzogchen Lineage of Nyoshul Khenpo by Lama Surya Das155

• Glossary187
• Notes195
• A Long Life Prayer for Nyoshul Khenpo Rinpoche197

1. oral teachings and vajra songs by Nyoshul Khenpo.

Dzogchen - Dzogchen is an advanced system of meditation techniques to reveal the innate state of perfection primarily, but not exclusively, espoused by the Nyingma Buddhist tradition and the Tibetan Bön tradition. Skt. महासन्धि Tib. རྫོགས་ཆེན།

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Dzogchen - Dzogchen is an advanced system of meditation techniques to reveal the innate state of perfection primarily, but not exclusively, espoused by the Nyingma Buddhist tradition and the Tibetan Bön tradition. Skt. महासन्धि Tib. རྫོགས་ཆེན།

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bodhicitta - The altruistic thought to seek enlightenment for the sake of all sentient beings. It is said to have two aspects: compassion aimed at sentient beings and their problems and the wisdom of enlightenment as the solution. Skt. बोधिचित्त Tib. བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས། Ch. 菩提心

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