Primordial Experience: An Introduction to rDzogs-chen Meditation PDF
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ManyjuSrimitra PPrriimmoorrddiiaall EExxppeerriieennccee AAnn IInnttrroodduuccttiioonn ttoo rrDDzzooggss--cchheenn MMeeddiittaattiioonn ©— mMM umt ic ! tM TTrraannssllaatteedd bbyy NaNa a —~NNNNAARRDD LLIIPPMMAANN Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2022 with funding from Kahle/Austin Foundation https://archive.org/details/primordialexperi0000man| Primordial Experience IC LI : WITHDRAWN FROM STOCK Primordial Experience AN INTRODUCTION TO RDZOGS-CHEN MEDITATION MafyuSsrimitra Translated by NAMKHAI NorBuU avd KENNARD LIPMAN in collaboration with BARRIE SIMMONS e ey ee « Shambhala Boston & London 1987 So To | AGLE RY JT __ BUN FROM STOCK L ween Ld SHAMBHALA PUBLICATIONS, INC. 314 DARTMOUTH STREET BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02116 © 1983, 1986 by Namkhai Norbu, Kennard Lipman, and Barrie Simmons All rights reserved 98 76453 2 1 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
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