Primordial Experience: An Introduction to rDzogs-chen Meditation

196 Pages·1987·6.143 MB·English

by  Manjusrimitra, Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche, Kennard Lipman, Barrie Simmons

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Primordial Experience
AN INTRODUCTION TO
RDZOGS-CHEN MEDITATION
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Translated by NAMKHAI NorBuU avd KENNARD LIPMAN
in collaboration with BARRIE SIMMONS

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© 1983, 1986 by Namkhai Norbu, Kennard Lipman,
and Barrie Simmons
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FIRST EDITION
Printed in the United States of America
Distributed in the United States by Random House
and in Canada by Random House of Canada Ltd.
Lisrary OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-1N-PUBLICATION Data
Manjusrimitra.
Primordial experience.
Translation of: Rdo la gser zun.
1, Rdzogs-chen (Riin-ma-pa) 2. Yoga (Tantric
Buddhism) I. Lipman, Kennard. II. Norbu, Namkhaa.
III. Semmons, Barre. IV. Title. V_ Title: Introduction
to Dzog-chen meditation.
BQ7662.4.M313 1986 294.3'923 86-11842
ISBN 0-87773-372-4 (PBK.)
Front cover: The dharmakaya buddhas Kuntuzangpo
and Kuntuzangmo (Samantabhadra and Samantabhadri).
TO OUR TEACHERS

CONTENTS
Foreword by Namkhai Norbu 1x
Preface: How This Book Was Written xvii
A Note by Barrie Simmons xxvit
INTRODUCTION
I. The Text and Its Author 3
Il. Sems tsam (Cittamatva) and Sems sde 13
Ill. Meditation: The Oral Instructions of 31
Mafijusrimitra
THE TEXT
The Verses 55
The Commentary 69
APPENDIX 1. Edition of the Tibetan Verse Text 115
APPENDIX 2. The Topical Outline (Sa bead) of 128
the Theg geod 'khor lo
NOTES 133
GLOSSARY OF IMPORTANT TECHNICAL TERMS — 151
INDEX OF TIBETAN TERMS 157