Dudjom Rinpoche was one of the seminal figures in Tibetan Buddhism in the twentieth century, yet very few of this great Nyingma master's religious writings have so far been translated. This volume contains a generous selection of his inspiring teachings and writings, the core of which is a lengthy discussion of the entire path of Dzogchen, including key instructions on view, meditation, and conduct, along with direct advice on how to bring one's experiences onto the path.
Also included in this book in their entirety are the oral instructions, tantric songs, and songs of realization from His Holiness's Collected Works, along with a generous selection of the aspiration and supplication prayers.

Wisdom Nectar: Dudjom Rinpoche's Heart Advice, translator Ron Garry, Snow Lion Publications, Paperback, 2005, 427 pp, $34.95

His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche (1904-1987) was the head of the Nyingma lineage during his lifetime. He was a treasure revealer, teacher, and poet; he also built monasteries, retreat centers, and stupas.

Ron Garry has an M.A. in integral psychotherapy and a Ph.D. in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, and has completed the traditional three-year retreat. He is also translator of the The Teacher-Student Relationship.

I HEART ADVICE
Introduction: Heart Advice (zhal gdams)
Essential Advice for Solitary Meditation Practice
Nectar for Fortunate Disciples� Hearts:
A Compilation of Essential Words of Advice
1 Lama, incomparable lord
2 Incomparable Lama, wish-fulfilling jewel
3 O friend! As you wander aimlessly
4 Sublime nectar of profound meaning
5 Your present naked awareness
6 How wonderful! If you wish to embark
7 Listen, faithful nuns!
8 Now that you have found a free and fully endowed human body
9 Glorious Lama
10 The realization that all phenomena
11 Irreversible faith
12 You have now obtained
13 Realization of the empty nature of apparent existence
14 Without great incisive knowledge
15 This fresh state of present awareness, unspoiled
16 Externally, this age of conflict�s chaos erupts
17 Rest at ease within the naturally settled state
18 Rest at ease within the uncontrived nature of mind
19 All phenomena of existence, samsara and enlightenment
20 Within the continuity of uncontrived present awareness
21 Lord Lotus-Born, chief of a hundred Buddha families
22 In any virtue you accomplish, large and small
23 You have the fortune to practice the sacred Dharma
24 Now that your spiritual connection has been forged
25 Listen! While practicing the sacred Dharma
26 Stable, unchanging devotion
27 Among methods to practice the sacred Dharma
28 Unfailing devotion to your Lama
29 Inspire yourself with faith, devotion, and renunciation
30 These are the heart jewels
31 When you have a human body so difficult to achieve
32 Lodr�, sir, in practicing a teaching
33 Samsara and enlightenment�s emptiness
34 All that appears
35 To accomplish enlightenment during your lifetime
36 This fresh state of present awareness transcends fabrication
37 Relax without grasping in the natural state
38 This fresh fundamental nature of self-manifest awareness
39 The essence of Great Perfection practice
40 To extract the essence from this life
41 One�s own awareness, fresh and uncontrived
42 Heart advice sufficient in itself
43 This is the essence of practice
44 Faith opens the door to the Dharma
45 This fresh present knowing, unbound
46 Faithful disciple, any thought at all can arise

Heart Gem for Fortunate Disciples
Unspoiled by thoughts of past, present, or future

II SONGS OF REALIZATION AND SONGS OF TANTRIC GATHERINGS
Introduction: Songs of Realization and Songs of Tantric Gatherings (mgur tshogs)
The Celebration of Fortunate Ones: A Compilation of the Cycle of Songs of Realization and Songs of Tantric Gatherings
1 In the center of the palace
2 In the pollen heart of a blossoming eight-petalled blue lotus
3 From the beginning, the essential original nature of luminosity
4 Uncontrived luminosity, wisdom�s music
5 The Wall Song
6 The lofty snow mountains� upper summits
7 When the sun arrives at the center
8 I, a roaring lion
9 The Magical Play of the Original State
10 Dudjom Lingpa�s Song of Tantric Gathering

III SUPPLICATION PRAYERS
Introduction: Supplication Prayers (gsol �debs)
The Chariot of Devotion: A Prayer
Based upon Traktung Dudjom Lingpa�s Life and Liberation
The Chariot of Devotion: Supplications to the Kind Lamas
The Pearl Necklace
The Concise Pearl Necklace
Great Clouds of Blessings� Nectar: A Compilation of Prayers of Supplication
1 A Spontaneous Song of the Original State
2 Blessings Swiftly Received
3 My kind, precious root Lama
4 Essence of all Buddhas of the three times
5 All Buddhas� compassion combined into one
6 Embodiment of the supreme knowledge and love
7 Essential embodiment of all Buddhas
8 Supplication based on Dudjom Rinpoche�s names
9 H�ruka, dancer in indestructible great exaltation
10 Dance of the accomplished translator
11 Lord of a hundred families without exception
12 Lord Lake Born Guru�s heart son
13 Supreme regent of Kuntu Zangpo, Lake Born Guru
14 Magical display�s dance
15 Lotus Skull-garlanded Adept, the union of the three roots
16 You received the blessings of the Lake Born Guru�s lineage
17 The great master from Orgyen, knower of the three times
18 The great master from Orgyen bestowed upon you
19 Kind Lama who ripens through empowerment
20 Lotus-Born�s regent, lord of all Buddha families
21 Light of supreme knowledge and love
22 The supreme knowledge of Sun of Speech dawns
23 You obtained the blessings of the Lama
24 Unborn awareness is Buddha Kuntu Zangpo�s essential nature
25 Lotus-Born�s regent, gr eat treasure-revealer
26 Supreme epitome of excellent supreme knowledge
27 The great master from Orgyen, overwhelming phenomenal existence
28 Magical dance of Lake Born Guru�s wisdom
29 The second Buddha, Lotus Skull-garlanded Adept
30 Renunciation arose in your mind
31 Original lord-protector, root Lama
32 Calling the Lama from Afar: In the depth of my heart
33 Requesting Your Vital Heart Promise
34 The Victorious Ones and their heirs� enlightened activity
35 Infallible lasting sole refuge
36 Calling the Lama from Afar: Embodied essence of all Buddhas
37 Vajra speech, crown ornament of all Victorious Ones
38 The Concise Pearl Necklace
39 A Supplication to the Guru: To Dispel All Obstacles and for the Swift Fulfillment of Wishes

IV ASPIRATION PRAYERS
Introduction: Aspiration Prayers (smon lam)
The Ship of Entirely Pure Benefit and Happiness:
A Compilation of Aspiration Prayers 257
1 The Awareness-holders� Sublime Path of Exaltation
2 The Chariot of Joy and Good Fortune: An Aspiration to Journey to the Glorious Copper-Colored Mountain
3 The Sublime Quintessence 269
4 Those who have gone and those who remain
5 An Aspiration Prayer Related to Bringing the Intermediate State onto the Path
6 Glorious Lama, the original protector

APPENDICES
Appendix 1: An Explanation of the Nine Vehicles
Appendix 2: Transmission of the Literary Expression
of Buddha�s Teachings
Word List
Abbreviations
Bibliography
Notes