As Chogyal Namkhai Norbu explains in this very readable book, our natural condition is self-perfected from the very beginning. What is necessary is that we re-awaken and remain in our true nature. Through understanding and practice, we can rediscover the effortless knowledge of the Self-Perfected State that lies beyond our habitual anguish and confusion, and remain in this uninterrupted flow of contemplation, completely relaxed but fully present, through all activities. Rinpoche begins by clearly explaining the Dzogchen teachings and then reveals, in a simple and non-intellectual manner, what is meant by the practice of Dzogchen.

Dzogchen The Self-Perfected State, Chogyal Namkhai Norbu, Snow Lion Publications, 149 pp, $22.95

Chogyal Namkhai Norbu, born in Tibet in 1938, is one of the primary living masters of Dzogchen. After having taught for more than twenty years at the Istituto Universitario Orientale of Naples, Italy, he is at present fully dedicating his time to the transmission and preservation of Dzogchen teachings and Tibetan culture at large. He is the founder of the Dzogchen Community, whose centers of study and practice are found all over the world. He is the author of many books and scholarly articles not only on Dzogchen but on all the main branches of Tibetan culture including history, medicine, astrology, and Bon. His previous books on Dzogchen have become classics.

	Contents: Dzogchen: The Self-Perfected State
	Illustrations	7
	Translator's Note	9
	Editor's Introduction	13
	Part One
1.	The Individual: Body, Voice, and Mind	23
2.	The Paths of Renunciation and of Transformation	39
3.	The Path of Self-Liberation	51
4.	The Importance of Transmission	61
	Part Two "The Cuckoo of the State of Presence"
	Introduction	77
5.	The Six Vajra Verses	81
6.	The Base and the Way of Seeing	83
7.	The Path and the the Way of Practicing	101
8.	The Fruit and the Way of Behaving	119
	Notes and References	131
	Index	146