Journey to Certainty: The Quintessence of the Dzogchen View: An Exploration of Mipham's Beacon of Certainty

250 Pages·2012·12.351 MB·English

by  Anyen Rinpoche, Allison Graboski

ANYEN
RINPOCHE
JOURNEY
TO
CERTAINTY
THE QUINTESSENCE OF
THE DZOGCHEN VIEW
An Exploration of
Mipham's Beacon of Certainty
Translated and Edited by Allison Choying Zangmo

Journey to Certainty
The Quintessence of the Dzogchen View
An Exploration of Mipham's Beacon of Certainty
Anyen Rinpoche
Translated and edited by Allison Choying Zangmo
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Anyen Rinpoche.
Journey to certainty : the quintessence of the Dzogchen view : an exploration of
Mipham's Beacon of certainty / Anyen Rinpoche ; translated and edited by Allison Choy
ingZangmo.
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Includes translation from Tibetan.
Includes index.
ISBN I·6I429-009-I (pbk. : alk. paper)
I. Mi-pham-rgya-mtsho, 'Jam-mgon 'Ju, 1846-1912. Nes ses sgron me. 2. Riiin-ma-pa
(Sect)-Doctrines. 3· Rdzogs-chen. I. Graboski, Allison, I974-translator, editor. II. Tide.
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Table of Contents
Introducing Certainty
CHAPTER I:
Introducing Mipham Rinpoche's Beacon of Certainty I
CHAPTER 2:
The Introductory Sections IS
CHAPTER 3:
Introducing the Seven Questions 27
Exploring Certainty through the Seven Questions
CHAPTER 4:
The First Question-
Do you explain the view according to an affirming
negative or a nonaffirming negative? 35
CHAPTER 5:
The Second Question-
Do shravaka and pratyeka arhats realize both the
selflessness ofp henomena and the selflessness of the individual? 6 3
CHAPTER 6:
The Third Question-
When abiding in the unborn, ultimate nature,
is conceptual grasping present or not? ss
VIII 7· JOURNEY TO CERTAINTY
CHAPTER 7:
The Fourth Question-
Which is best: analytical meditation or actual abiding? I09
CHAPTER 8:
The Fifth Question-
Of the two truths, which is most important? I29
CHAPTER 9:
The Sixth Question-
Is the perception ofs entient beings based upon common objects? I 53
CHAPTER IO:
The Seventh Question-
In our own tradition ofM adhyamaka,
is any position taken? I75
CHAPTER II :
Concluding the Text 2I7
Index 225
About the Author 235
INTRODUCING CERTAINTY