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Meditation, Transformation, and Dream Yoga Meditation, Transformation, and Dream Yoga by Ven. Gyatrul Rinpoche Translations by Sangye Khandro and B. Alan Wallace Contents Introduction ................................................................... 7 TRANSFORMATION Transforming Felicity and Adversity into the Spiritual Path Part 1: Root Text by Jigme Tenpe Nyima ..........13 Part 2: Commentary by Venerable Gyatrul Rinpoche ....................................................29 DREAM YOGA Releasing Oneself from Essential Delusion Part 1: Root Text by Lochen Dharma Shri .........75 Part 2: Commentary by Venerable Gyatrul Rinpoche ....................................................93 MEDITATION The Illumination of Primordial Wisdom Part 1: Root Text by His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche ..................................133 Part 2: Commentary by Venerable Gyatrul Rinpoche ..................................................143 Notes ..........................................................................173 Introduction If we were to consider condensing all Dharma practices and required daily commitments into the most essential practices necessary to accomplish realization in this immediate lifetime, we must then consider our own time and how it is spent. A slot of time is usually dedicated to a daily practice or routine of formal practice. Most of the daytime is spent involved in various activities with family, friends and in the job place. Finally there is the time that we spend sleeping and dreaming during the night. It is with these three time periods in mind that the three texts were chosen for this book. Each of these three texts and their commentaries give the methods and practical instructions that are applicable to these times so that our goal of liberation in this very life can be achieved. First, Transforming Felicity and Adversity into the Spiritual Path by Jigme Tenpe Nyima was selected as the contemporary classic for improving the quality of daily life experiences and teaching the precise methods through which extremes can be brought to the path. This new English translation by B. Alan Wallace is illuminating and superb. The second selection, Releasing Oneself from Essential Delusion by Lochen Dharma Shri, is one of the most direct and useful dream yoga accomplishment manuals available. Translated from the original Tibetan by B. Alan Wallace, it is as clear as it is precise. The commentary to it presented here was taught by Gyatrul Rinpoche during the summer of 1990 in Ashland, Oregon. The third selection, The Illumination of Primordial Wisdom by H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche, again is one of the most simple, direct and useful manuals on ascertaining the view, meditation and conduct through the Great Perfection practices of quiescence and insight (samatha and vipassana). This teaching is meant to be accomplished in formal sitting sessions and carried into daily life experience. Even if we are successful in our formal practice and lucid dream awareness, if our daily life experiences are still the cause of hope and fear - thus increasing our excitement and disappointment - then the goal of liberation in this life is impaired. This little key to the transformation of all highs and lows into true spiritual awareness is truly indispensable. The commentary to this text was given by Gyatrul Rinpoche to the Vajradhatu community at Boulder, Colorado in the fall of 1991. Hours before the teaching was scheduled to begin, we received the sad news of the parinirvana of H.H. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche in Thimphu, Bhutan. The impact of this news, combined with the subject material, was yet another miraculous display of the guru's kindness. I would like to thank B. Alan Wallace for the excellent translation he has made of the three root texts. In the twenty years that we have known one another as dharma friends, Alan has always been a source of knowledge and an inspiration, as well as a good friend. I would also like to thank Kay Henry for all the effort she has put into the preparation of this manuscript. Her enthusiasm to work hard for the Dharma is a source of joy. - Sangye Khandro Tashi Choling August, 1992 PART I TRANSFORMATION Transforming Felicity and Adversity into the Spiritual Path by Jigme Tenpe Nyima, The Third Dodrupchen Rinpoche Translated by B. Alan Wallace Commentary by Venerable Gyatrul Rinpoche Translated by Sangye Khandro