Dudjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection (3-volume Set)

From the preeminent Tibetan scholar B. Alan Wallace comes the much-anticipated Dudjom Lingpas Visions of the Great Perfection. This limited-edition set includes elegant clothbound editions of all threevolumes, beautifully presented in a slipcase. Ddjom Lingpa (18351904) was one of the foremost tantric masters of nineteenth-century Tibet. This new series includes Ddjom Lingpas five visionary teachings on the Great Perfection ( Dzogchen ), the pinnacle of practice in Tibets oldest Buddhist school, along with three essential commentaries. The teachings in this series have inspired generations of Tibetans. Volume 1contains four works, beginning with The Sharp Vajra of Conscious Awareness Tantra , considered the root distillation of Ddjom Lingpas wisdom. Unpacking these quintessential verses is the Essence of Clear Meaning , a definitive commentary based on Ddjom Lingpas oral teachings recorded by his disciple Pema Tashi. In The Foolish Dharma of an Idiot Clothed in Mud and Feathers , Ddjom Lingpa narrates the essential Dharma teachings from the perspective of an old man rejecting superficial appearances. Finally, The Enlightened View of Samantabhadra 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. Volume 2includes Ddjom Lingpas most widely taught work, Buddhism Without Meditation, and two complementary works by his charismatic female disciple, Sera Khandro, who is accomplished and well loved in her own right.Her Garland for the Delight of the Fortunate spells out the implications of the root texts highly condensed verses. Volume 3contains Ddjom Lingpas magisterial Vajra Essence, his most extended meditation on the path of Great Perfection, in many senses a commentary on all his other Dzogchen works.