Mind in Comfort and Ease

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The Dalai Lama delves deep into the teaching of the Great Perfection, or Dzogchen. His enthusiasm and admiration for this profound tradition shine through as he comments on an important work by the great Dzogchen master Longchen Rabjam, Finding Comfort and Ease in Meditation on the Great Perfection.

This teaching, with its remarkable breadth and richness, was originally given to an audience of ten thousand in France in 2000, and this book perfectly captures the majesty of the occasion. As Sogyal Rinpoche, the Dalai Lama’s host for the occasion, said, "All of us were moved by the depth, relevance, and accessibility of these teachings; there were those who said that they were among the most remarkable they had ever heard him give. To receive these teachings from him was the opportunity of a lifetime." (Source: Wisdom Publications)

Citation	Dalai Lama, 14th. Mind in Comfort in Ease: The Vision of Enlightenment in the Great Perfection. Translated by Matthieu Ricard, Richard Barron, and Adam Pearcey. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2007.

The Clear Light as Buddha Nature

Book Excerpt

Verses of Homage by Kyabjé Trulshik Rinpochevi
Foreword by Sogyal Rinpocheix
Prefacexv
PART ONE:
KEY PRINCIPLES OF THE BUDDHADHARMA1
- 1 Introduction3
- 2 Transforming the Mind15
- 3 Appearance and Reality29
- 4 The Question of Consciousness41
- 5 Overcoming the Causes of Suffering49

PART TWO:
FINDING COMFORT AND EASE IN MEDITATION ON THE GREAT PERFECTION69
- 6 The Ancient Tradition of the Nyingmapas71
- 7 The Uniqueness of the Great Perfection77
- 8 The Environment and Places Conducive to Meditation91
- 9 The Individual Practitioner101
- 10 Self and Selflessness117
- 11 Life, Death, and Practice131
- 12 The Dharma to Be Practiced: The Preliminaries139
- 13 Bodhichitta, the Heart of the Awakened Mind143
- 14 Taking the Bodhisattva Vow155
- 15 The Empowerment of Padmasambhava and His Eight
  Manifestations173
- 16 The Clear Light179
- 17 A Review of the Teaching193
- 18 The Wisdom of Rigpa205

THE ROOT TEXT
Finding Comfort and Ease in Meditation on the Great Perfection

by Longchen Rabjam227

Appendix: Historical Perspectives253
Notes267
Glossary283
Bibliography289
Acknowledgments299
Index301

Dalai Lama, 14th. Oral teachings on klong chen pa's rdzogs pa chen po bsam gtan ngal gso. See for root text.

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