The Mirror: Advice on the Presence of Awareness - Softcover

Norbu, Namkhai

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1886449104 ISBN 13: 9781886449107

Publisher: Barrytown Ltd ,U.S., 1996

Synopsis

A concise introduction to the Tibetan Buddhist practice of Dzogchen, this text presents the quintessence of this path to spiritual attainment and contains instruction in awareness and meditation.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

This book was created by a Tibetan master especially for Western students interested in practicing Dzogchen, the long-secret teaching of the "Great Perfection". This teaching has only been presented openly, if selectively, in recent times by a small number of teachers. In this concise text Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche offers straightforward and practical instruction on exactly how, in everyday life, to apply the sophisticated, direct and refined teaching of Dzogchen. In particular, The Mirror aims to precisely define the principle of innate awareness (rig-pa). It makes clear how the practice of the continuous presence of such awareness is, for the serious practitioner, the only real alternative to the rules and limitations characteristic of most religious traditions. The text includes detailed instruction in discovering the "State" of Rig-pa both in sitting meditation, as it is practiced in Dzogchen, and in integrating this awareness with all of one's activities.

About the Author:

Namkhai Norbu has held a chair as Professor of Tibetan and Mongolian Language and Literature at the Oriental Institute of the University of Naples, Italy since 1964.

About this edition

• Publisher: Barrytown Ltd ,U.S.
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1886449104
• ISBN 13: 9781886449107
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80
• Editor: Clemente Adriano