Refining Our Perception of Reality

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.

Dudjom Lingpa's Usage of Buddha-Nature in Buddhahood Without Meditation

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• Forewordix
• Translator’s Introductionxi
• The Excellent Path to Liberation1
  • I. General Guidance on How to Listen to the Teachings
  • II. Specific Guidance on How to Listen to the Teachings
• The Necklace That Delights Fortunate Disciples13
  • Introductory Verses15
  • The Introduction19
  • The Main Text27

I. The Foundation, Arriving at Certainty Through the View 28 Nonexistence 28 A Single Nature 104 Pervasive Insubstantial Evenness 127 Spontaneous Presence 156 II. The Spiritual Path, How to Cultivate Experience in Meditation 216 III. The Conduct That Accompanies the View and Meditation 225 IV. The Final Result, Arrival at the Stage of Eternal Liberation 241 Acknowledgments 257 Appendix: The Excellent Path of Devotion 259 An autobiography by Sera Khandro Index 299

1. sera mkha' 'gro. snang sbyang sogs khrid yig rnams kyi sngon 'gro bshad bya'i yan lag bshad pa rnam grol lam bzang. In gter chos bdud 'joms gling pa. The Collected Treasure Text of bdud-'joms-gling-pa. sprul pa'i gter chen bdud 'joms gling pa'i zab gter gsang ba'i chos sde, Vol. 21: 1-18. Thimphu, Bhutan: Lama Kuenzang Wangdue, 2004.
2. sera mkha' 'gro. rang bzhin rdzogs pa chen po ma bsgom sangs rgyas kyi zin bris dpal ldan bla ma'i zhal rgyun nag 'gros su bkod pa tshig don rab gsal skal ldan dgyes pa'i mgul rgyan. In gter chos bdud 'joms gling pa. The Collected Treasure Text of bdud-'joms-gling-pa. sprul pa'i gter chen bdud 'joms gling pa'i zab gter gsang ba'i chos sde, Vol. 21: 19-338. Thimphu, Bhutan: Lama Kuenzang Wangdue, 2004.
3. sera mkha' 'gro. rang rnam tshigs bcad ma ku su la'i nyams byung gi gtam. In gsung 'bum kun bzang bde skyong dbang mo, Vol. 1: 548-568. Chengdu: si khron mi rigs dpe skrun khang, 2009.