In The Three Cycles of Resting at Ease, Longchenpa provides a complete Dzogchen practitioner path. The first and longest cycle, Resting at Ease in Mind Itself, teaches foundation practices necessary to support a genuine dharma path. Resting at Ease in Meditative Concentration (the second cycle) presents more details on meditation techniques. Bringing practice into our phenomenal world is taught in the third cycle, Resting at Ease. During this weekend teaching, Rinpoche teaches on the third section of Resting at Ease in Mind Itself. This section (Virtue at the End) presents gradual instructions on the practice of Dzogchen in three stages, Being Decisive in the View, Sustaining the Nature, and Abandoning Hope and Fear. Here, Longchenpa provides profound Dzogchen meditation practice instructions. For example, the meditation practices in the first stage develop certainty in the emptiness of appearances, thoughts, and awareness. Later stages present Dzogchen instructions on Shamatha, Vipashyana, and the Union of Shamatha and Vipashyana as well as the meditations of emptiness, clarity, and arising.\ Rinpoche�s teaching on this text can be characterized as continuous practice instruction. Rinpoche provides detailed, clear, and animated instructions and commentary on the numerous practices contained in the three stages (Decisive, Sustaining, and Abandoning). He encourages us to take these instructions into our practice. Rinpoche�s teachings are supported and complemented by Acharya Lhakpa�s talks on the four reminders, relying on a spiritual friend, going for refuge, the four immeasurables, and giving rise to the motivation and intention of supreme Bodhicitta. Taught primarily in English with translation assistance provided by Chris Stagg. Five talks by Rinpoche and two talks by Acharya Lhakpa Tsering.
Restricted Teaching: Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche restricts the use of these DVDs to dharma students who have at least started Ngondro Practices (Vajrayana students).
The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche is acknowledged as one of the foremost scholars of his generation in the Nyingma and Kagyu schools of Tibetan Buddhism. Fluent in English and well-versed in Western culture, Rinpooche has worked to develop and adapt traditional Tibetan education curriculums for Western audiences. Nitartha Institute (www.nitharthainstitute.org), where Rinpoche is the main teacher, provides a focused Buddhist studies program. Rinpoche is a visiting professor of buddhist philosopy at Naropa University, Boulder, Colorado. In 1997, Rinpoche founded Nalanabodhi to preserve the genuine lineage of the Nyingma and Kagyu Schools of Tibetan Buddhism. There are Nalandabodhi centers in North America and Europe, and curriculum materials are available to people worldwide.
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