The Dzogchen Path of Clear-Light — Teachings and Practices of the Great Perfection, by Jean-Luc Achard, Khyung-Lung Editions, 125 pages, 2021.
The teachings of the Great Perfection represent both the heart and the apex of the Bönpo tradition. Their essence is based on the Direct Introduction to the nature of the mind and on the clear understanding of Awareness (rig pa). With this knowledge, the followers of the Great Perfection engage in the practice of the Path and walk through its many stages until they obtain the Fruit. It is all of these principles that are analyzed and explained in this volume, based on the teachings of Shardza Rinpoche.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
I. The Primordial Buddha, the source of the transmission
1. The Base of the Natural State and its epiphany
1-1. The Base and its abiding mode
1-2. Raising contradictions
1-3. Resolving contradictions
2. The Enlightenment of the Primordial Buddha
II. The Origin of Liberation and Delusion
1. How Liberation and delusion arise from the Natural State
2. The two aspects of the Universal Base
3. The delusion of sentient beings
3-1. The process of delusion
3-2. Unqualified vessels
III. The Direct Introduction
1. The Direct Introduction to the Wisdom of Awareness
2. The definitive funerals of presence
3. The three kinds of Rigpa
4. The manner of explaining Awareness according to Shardza Rinpoche
5. The four modes of Awareness
IV. General Advice
1. Fourfold Advice
1-1. Memorizing the words of the teachings
1-2. Understanding their meaning
1-3. Practicing the teachings
1-4. Gaining experience and results
2. How to impart advanced Dzogchen teachings
3. General advice to Western practitioners regarding the correct form of transmission
4. What to make of discursive thoughts
5. The real practice of integration
V. The Actual Path of Dzogchen
1. The ultimate Clear-Light teachings of Kuntuzangpo
2. The epiphanic arising of the manifestations of the Base
2-1. The abiding mode of the Essence of the Natural State
2-2. The manifestations of the Precious Spontaneity
2-3. The great manifestations of the Base
2-4. The manifestations of the Perfection Body
3. The extraordinary simplicity of the Clear-Light practice of the Path
4. The summary of the Six Lamps
4-1. The abridged explanation
4-2. The detailed explanation
4-2-1. The Lamp of the Abiding Base
4-2-2. The Lamp of the Flesh-Heart
4-2-3. The Lamp of the White and Smooth Channel
4-2-4. The Water Lamp of the Far-Reaching Lasso
4-2-5. The Lamp of the Direct Introductions to the Pure Realms
4-2-6. The Lamp of the Time of the Bardo
4-3. Conclusion
VI. The Visions of the Natural State
1. The Four Visions of Thögel
1-1. The Vision of Manifest Reality
1-2. The Vision of Increasing Luminous Experiences
1-3. The Vision of the Full Measure of Awareness
1-4. The Vision of the Exhaustion of Reality
2. The system of the Five Visions
3. The twelve signs associated with the Four Visions
VII. Bardos and Phowa
1. The abridged presentation of the seven Bardos
1-1. The seven Bardos
1-2. The practices associated with the seven Bardos
2. The Phowa practice of the Zhangzhung Nyengyü
2-1. Post-mortem Phowa
2-2. Phowa at the time of death
VIII. The Manifestations of the Fruit
1. Bodies, Wisdoms and Activities
2. The mode of Liberation of the three categories of practitioners
2-1. Practitioners of lower capacities
2-2. Practitioners of intermediate capacities
2-3. Practitioners of higher capacities
2-3-1. Dying in the manner of the Ḍākinīs
2-3-2. Dying in the manner of the Knowledge-Holders
2-3-3. Dying like a mass of fire
2-3-4. Dying while merging with the sky
Appendix— The List of the Forty-Two Key Points of Thögel
Glossary
Bibliography
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