Refining Our Perception of Reality

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Translator’s Introduction xi
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The Excellent Path to Liberation 1
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I. General Guidance on How to Listen to the Teachings
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II. Specific Guidance on How to Listen to the Teachings
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The Necklace That Delights Fortunate Disciples 13
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Introductory Verses 15
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The Introduction 19
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The Main Text 27
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I. The Foundation, Arriving at Certainty Through the View 28
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Nonexistence 28
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A Single Nature 104
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Pervasive Insubstantial Evenness 127
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Spontaneous Presence 156
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II. The Spiritual Path, How to Cultivate Experience in Meditation 216
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III. The Conduct That Accompanies the View and Meditation 225
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IV. The Final Result, Arrival at the Stage of Eternal Liberation 241
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Acknowledgments 257
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Appendix: The Excellent Path of Devotion 259
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An autobiography by Sera Khandro
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Index 299
 
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Revision as of 20:02, 10 February 2020

Refining Our Perception of Reality
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Dakini Sukha Vajra, widely known as Sera Khandro, wrote this commentary of an account by the great Dudjom Lingpa of visions he had of enlightened beings and the teachings he received from them regarding our perception of reality.

This book contains four Tibetan texts in translation. First, The Excellent Path to Liberation explains how to give our attention to the teachings, and how to ground our spiritual practice in harmonious relationships with others and the world at large. Second, Dudjom Lingpa’s account of his visionary journey, Enlightenment without Meditation, teaches by example that as practitioners we should ask ourselves sincere questions concerning our perception of reality, and that we should not be content with superficial answers.

In the third book, Sera Khandro’s commentary, she presents Dudjom Lingpa’s work within two frameworks. She first clarifies the view on which the spiritual path is founded, the path of meditation; the ensuing conduct that reflects and enriches meditative experience; and the path’s result—awakening and enlightenment. Next she illuminates the subtleties of the great perfection view, the four tantric bonds: nonexistence, a single nature, pervasive insubstantial evenness, and spontaneous presence.

Source: Shambhala Publications

Citation Zangpo, Ngawang (Hugh Leslie Thompson), trans. Refining Our Perception of Reality: Sera Khandro's Commentary on Dudjom Lingpa's Account of His Visionary Journey. Boston: Snow Lion Publications, 2013.