The revelations of Dudjom Lingpa, a highly influential mystic of 19th century Tibet, translated by B. Alan Wallace, widely respected for his lucid and readable translations of Tibetan Buddhism.

Dudjom Lingpa (1835-1904) was one of the foremost tantric masters of his time. This new series includes his visionary teachings on the Great Perfection (Dzogchen), the pinnacle of practice in Tibet's oldest Buddhist school.

Volume 1 contains four works explaining the view and practice of the Great Perfection, the signature style of meditation of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism:

• The Sharp Vajra of Conscious Awareness Tantra: This work is considered the root distillation of Dudjom Lingpa's wisdom.
• Essence of Clear Meaning: This definitive commentary, which unpacks the quintessential verses of The Sharp Vajra, is based on Dudjom Lingpa's oral teachings recorded by his disciple Pema Tashi.
• The Foolish Dharma of an Idiot Clothed in Mud and Feathers: Dudjom Lingpa narrates the essential Dharma teachings from the perspective of an old man rejecting superficial appearances.
• The Enlightened View of Samantabhadra: A masterful exposition of the Great Perfection is revealed as a dialogue between wisdom beings who bestow a treasury of pith instructions and specific advice for practitioners.

While the teachings in this series have inspired generations of Tibetans, few have been published in translation-until now.

Heart of the Great Perfection: Dudjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection Book 1, Dudjom Lingpa, Wisdom Publications, Paperback, 344 pages, $24.95

Dudjom Lingpa (1835-1904) was one of the foremost tantric masters of his time. This new series includes his visionary teachings on the Great Perfection (Dzogchen), the pinnacle of practice in Tibet's oldest Buddhist school.

B. Alan Wallace (translator) is president of the Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies. He trained for many years as a monk in Buddhist monasteries in India and Switzerland. He has taught Buddhist theory and practice in Europe and America since 1976 and has served as interpreter for numerous Tibetan scholars and contemplatives, including H. H. the Dalai Lama. After graduating summa cum laude from Amherst College, where he studied physics and the philosophy of science, he earned his MA and PhD in religious studies at Stanford University. He has edited, translated, authored, and contributed to more than forty books on Tibetan Buddhism, medicine, language, and culture, and the interface between science and religion.

Contents: Heart of the Great Perfection
Foreword by Sogyal Rinpoche	ix
Preface	xxiii
Introduction	1
The Sharp Vajra of Counscious Awareness Tantra by Dudjom Lingpa	27
Essence of clear meaning by Pema Tashi	39
Phase 1: Taking the impure mind as the path	47
Phase 2: Revealing your own face as the sharp vajra of vipasyana	59
Phase 3: Revea;ing the ground dharmakaya	65
Phase 4: Determining the characteristics and qualities of the ground	77
Phase 5: Determining secret dualistic grasping and revealing the way of natural liberation	89
Phase 6: Teachings on the essential points of practice and their key distinctions	97
Phase 7: How to follow the path of the great clear light, direct crossing over	107
Phase 8: How to dwell in the ground of being	131
The Foolish Dharma of an Idiot Clothed in Mud and Feathers by Dudjom Lingpa	139
The Enlightened View of Samantabhadra by Dudjom Lingpa	163
Phase 1: Taking the impure mind as the path	165
Phase 2: Revealing your own face as the sharp vajra of vipasyana	169
Phase 3: Revealing the ground dharmakaya	170
Phase 4: Determining the characteristics and qualitiesof the ground	173
Phase 5: Determining secret dualistic grasping and revealing the way of natural liberation	181
Phase 6: Teachings on the essential points of practice and thei key distinctions	188
Phase 7: How to follow the path of the great clear light, direct crossing over	200
Outline of Essence of Clear Meaning	213
Glossary	221
Blbliography	265
Index	269
About the translator	305