This manual of Tibetan meditation simply and thoroughly presents the profound Dzogchen and Mahamudra systems of practice. Karma Chagme sets forth the stages of meditation practice including the cultivation of meditative quiescence and insight, the experiential identification of awareness, and the highest steps of Mahamudra and Atiyoga leading to perfect enlightenment in one lifetime. Drawing from his enormous textual erudition and mastery of Tibetan oral tradition, he shows how these two meditative systems can be unified into a single , integrated approach to realizing the ultimate nature of consciousness. Karma Chagme was a major lineage-holder of the Karma Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, and his writings have also become central to the Payul Nyingma order, making him an ideal figure to integrate two of the great meditation systems of Tibet: Mahamudra and Atiyoga.

Spacious Path to Freedom, Karma Chagme, Commentary by Gyatrul Rinpoche, Translated by B. Alan Wallace, Snow Lion Publications, Paperback, 240 pages, $24.95

He was a major lineage holder of the Karma Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Since the early 1970s, he has taught thousands of studinets in North America, where he has established several centers for the study and practice of Tibetan Buddhism.

	Contents: Spacious Path to Freedom, Practical Instructions on the Union of Mahamudra and Atiyoga
	Preface by Sangye Khandro	7
	Translators Note	13
1.	A Treasury of Oral Transmissions	15
2.	The Stage of Generation	39
3.	The Cultivation of Quiescence	63
4.	The Cultivation of Insight	85
5.	Identification	103
6.	Practice	125
7.	Mahamudra	149
8.	Atiyoga	171
9.	Sealing with the Dedication	191
	Notes	215
	Glossary of Terms	219
	Glossary of Names	221
	Index of Texts Cited by the Author	225
	General Index	239