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Tackling two of the fundamental questions of humanity--on the one
hand, the natural, instinctive search for daily health and
well-being, and on the other, the cultivation of a spiritual
dimension--this study argues that in both cases it's necessary to
address birth, life, and death profoundly and concretely. Chogyal
Namkhai Norbu, one of the world's leading teachers of the Dzogchen
tradition, which seeks to restore an individual to his natural or
primordial state, begins by explaining the characteristics of the
human organism as they are understood by traditional Tibetan
medicine. He proceeds to analyze birth, discussing issues such as
the secondary causes that determine a baby's sex and the different
constitutions of a child. The section on life shows how an
understanding of the three doors of the organism--body, voice, and
energy--can lead to better physical, mental, and spiritual health.
A final section on the topic of death evaluates human reactions
toward this inevitability and offers an illuminating guide, based
on the teachings in the Bardo Thodol, or the Tibetan Book of the
Dead, for the change of state that abandoning the physical body
entails. This book is not solely intended for Dzogchen
practitioners or followers of Tibetan Buddhism, but for anyone who
seeks alternatives paths toward health and well-being.
This volume offers a complete introduction to Yantra yoga, a
traditional form of Tibetan yoga that originated from an eighth
century Tibetan Buddhist sacred text. Passed down from teacher to
student, Yantra yoga's current lineage holder is Dzogchen Buddhist
master Chogyal Namkhai Norbu who has been teaching the method in
the West since the 1970s. This book describes the 108 sets of
movements (yantras) and presents each yantra as a sequence of seven
phases of movement connected with seven phases of breathing.
In "Dream Yoga and the Practice of Natural Light," Chogyal Namkhai
Norbu gives instructions for developing clarity within the sleep
and dream states. He goes beyond the practices of lucid dreaming
that have been popularized in the West by presenting methods for
guiding dream states that are part of a broader system for
enhancing self-awareness called "Dzogchen." In this tradition, the
development of lucidity in the dream state is understood in the
context of generating greater awareness for the ultimate purpose of
attaining liberation.
This revised and expanded edition includes additional material from
a profound and personal Dzogchen book, which Chogyal Namkhai Norbu
wrote over many years. This material deepens the first edition's
emphasis on specific exercises to develop awareness within the
dream and sleep states. Also included in this book is a text
written by Mipham, the nineteenth-century master of Dzogchen, which
offers additional insights into this extraordinary form of
meditation and awareness.
Yantra Yoga, the Buddhist parallel to the Hathayoga of the Hindu
tradition, is a system of practice entailing bodily movements,
breathing exercises, and visualizations. Originally transmitted by
the mahasiddhas of India and Oddiyana, its practice is nowadays
found in all schools of Tibetan Buddhism in relation to the
Anuttaratantras, more generally known under the Tibetan term
"trulkhor," whose Sanskrit equivalent is "yantra." The Union of the
Sun and Moon Yantra (Phrul 'khor nyi zla kha sbyor), orally
transmitted in Tibet in the eighth century by the great master
Padmasambhava to the Tibetan translator and Dzogchen master
Vairochana, can be considered the most ancient of all the systems
of Yantra, and its peculiarity is that it contains also numerous
positions which are also found in the classic Yoga tradition.
Chogyal Namkhai Norbu, one of the great living masters of Dzogchen
and Tantra, started transmitting this profound Yoga in the
seventies and at that time wrote this commentary, which is based on
the oral explanations of some Tibetan yogins and siddhas of the
twentieth century. All Western practitioners will benefit from the
extraordinary instructions contained in this volume.
In "The Crystal and the Way of Light," Chogyal Namkhai Norbu
examines the spiritual path from the viewpoint of Dzogchen. He
discusses the base path and fruit of Dzogchen practice, and
describes his education and how he met his principal master who
showed him the real meaning of direct introduction to Dzogchen. By
interweaving his life story with the teachings, he both sets
Dzogchen in its traditional context and reveals its powerful
contemporary relevance. The book is richly illustrated with photos
of Buddhist masters, meditational deities, and Dzogchen symbols.
The aim of Dzogchen is the reawakening of the individual to the
primordial state of enlightenment, which is naturally found in all
beings. The master introduces the student to his or her real nature
already perfected and enlightened, but it is only by recognizing
this nature and remaining in this state of recognition in all daily
activities that the student becomes a real Dzogchen practitioner of
the direct path of self-liberation. In this book the Dzogchen
teaching is presented through the tantra Kunjed Gyalpo, or "The
King Who Creates Everything"--a personification of the primordial
state of enlightenment. This tantra is the fundamental scripture of
the Semde, or "Nature of Mind," tradition of Dzogchen and is the
most authoritative source for understanding the Dzogchen view. The
commentary by Chogyal Namkhai Norbu gives easier insight into the
depths of these teachings. Adriano Clemente translated the main
selections of the original tantra.
This work offers a new translation of the ancient Buddhist text
originally composed by Padmasambhava, an Indian spiritual master of
the eighth century. Hidden in the mountains of Tibet, the text
remained concealed until the 14th century when it was discovered
and revealed by Karma Lingpa. A manual of instructions designed to
facilitate the inner liberation of the dead or dying person at the
moment of death, this new translation of one of the world's
greatest spiritual classics includes a detailed introduction by
Dzogchen Buddhist master Chogyal Namkhai Norbu.
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