{"product_id":"9781614293149","title":"Dudjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the preeminent Tibetan scholar B. Alan Wallace comes the much-anticipated \u003ci\u003eDudjom Lingpa’s Visions of the Great Perfection. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis limited-edition set includes elegant clothbound editions of all three volumes, beautifully presented in a slipcase.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDüdjom Lingpa (1835–1904) was one of the foremost tantric masters of nineteenth-century Tibet. This new series includes Düdjom Lingpa’s five visionary teachings on the Great Perfection (\u003ci\u003eDzogchen\u003c\/i\u003e), the pinnacle of practice in Tibet’s oldest Buddhist school, along with three essential commentaries. The teachings in this series have inspired generations of Tibetans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVolume 1 contains four works, beginning with \u003ci\u003eThe Sharp Vajra of Conscious Awareness Tantra\u003c\/i\u003e, considered the root distillation of Düdjom Lingpa’s wisdom. Unpacking these quintessential verses is the \u003ci\u003eEssence of Clear Meaning\u003c\/i\u003e, a definitive commentary based on Düdjom Lingpa’s oral teachings recorded by his disciple Pema Tashi. In \u003ci\u003eThe Foolish Dharma of an Idiot Clothed in Mu\u003c\/i\u003ed and Feathers, Düdjom Lingpa narrates the essential Dharma teachings from the perspective of an old man rejecting superficial appearances. Finally, \u003ci\u003eThe Enlightened View of Samantabhadra\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterful exposition of the Great Perfection revealed as a dialogue between wisdom beings who bestow a treasury of pith instructions and specific advice for practitioners.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVolume 2 includes Düdjom Lingpa’s most widely taught work, \u003ci\u003eBuddhism Without Meditation,\u003c\/i\u003e and two complementary works by his charismatic female disciple, Sera Khandro, who is accomplished and well loved in her own right. \u003ci\u003eHer Garland for the Delight of the Fortunate\u003c\/i\u003e spells out the implications of the root text’s highly condensed verses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVolume 3 contains Düdjom Lingpa’s magisterial \u003ci\u003eVajra Essence,\u003c\/i\u003e his most extended meditation on the path of Great Perfection, in many senses a commentary on all his other Dzogchen works.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wisdom Publications MA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47050645831920,"sku":"9781614293149","price":138.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781614293149_p0.jpg?v=1763847049","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781614293149","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}