Here for the first time in English is a complete Dzogchen meditation manual from the ancient religious tradition of Tibet known as Bon. The Kunzang Nying-tig by Shardza Tashi Gyaltsen is a powerful and practical instructional text which cuts to the heart of Dzogchen meditation. Dzogchen is regarded by Bonpos as the highest and most esoteric religious practice.
Written in the style of personal instruction from Shardza to his students, the manual is supplemented with a commentary by Lopon Tenzin Namdak, who is himself an acknowledged master of Dzogchen. The translation was carried out by Lopon in the course of teaching the text to Western students at his monastery in the Kathmandu Valley.
The book has four parts: preliminary practices, the practice of trekcho, the practice of tongel, and bardo and phowa practices. Also included are a discussion of the rainbow body, a short history of Bon, and biographies of the authors.

Heart Drops of Dharmakaya, Shardza Tashi Gyaltsen, Snow Lion Publications, 2002, 183 pp, $24.95

Shardza Tashi Gyaltsen (1859-1935) was born in the Kham region of Tibet. An unusually gifted child, he became a monk at age nine. At thirty-four, he retired to a mountain hermitage where he passed the rest of his life in retreat-meditating, writing and teaching students from both Buddhist and Bonpo backgrounds.
Lopon Tenzin Namdak was born in 1926 in Eastern Tibet. He is the founder and Master of Studies of the Bonpo monastic colleges at Dolanji, India and Kathmandu, Nepal.

Preface	7
Introduction	13
Biography of Shardza Tashi Gyaltsen	17
Heart Drops of Dharmakaya: The Text	31
Preliminary Practices	35
The Practice of Trekcho	51
The Practice of Togel	75
Phowa and Bardo Practices	115
The Rainbow Body	135
A Short History of Bon	139
Biography of Lopon Tenzin Namdak	147
Illustrations	155
Bibliographic Essay	161
Tibetan Text	165