The Mirror: Advice on the Presence of Awareness

About this book

This book was created by a Tibetan master especially for Western students interested in practicing Dzogchen the long-secret teaching of the "Great Perfection." This teaching has only been presented openly if selectively in recent times by a small number of teachers. In this concise text Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche offers straightforward and practical instruction on exactly how in everyday life to apply the sophisticated direct and refined teaching of Dzogchen. In particular The Mirror aims to precisely define the principle of innate awareness (rig-pa). It makes clear how the practice of the continuous presence of such awareness is for the serious practitioner the only real alternative to the rules and limitations characteristic of most religious traditions. The text includes detailed instruction in discovering the "State" of Rig-pa both in sitting meditation as it is practiced in Dzogchen and in integrating this awareness with all of ones activities.