{"product_id":"vajra-essence-the","title":"Vajra Essence The","description":"\u003cb\u003eA systematic presentation of the path of Dzogchen, the Great Perfection, by one of its most renowned proponents and rendered by a master translator.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDüdjom Lingpa (1835–1904) was one of the foremost tantric masters of nineteenth-century Tibet, and his powerful voice resonates strongly among Buddhist practitioners today. The \u003ci\u003eVajra Essence\u003c\/i\u003e is Düdjom Lingpa’s most extended meditation on the path of Great Perfection, in many senses a commentary on all his other Dzogchen works. Dzogchen, the pinnacle of practice in the Nyingma school, is a radical revelation of the pure nature of consciousness that is delivered from master to disciple and perfected in a meditation that permeates every moment of our experience.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Revealed to Düdjom Lingpa as a visionary “treasure” text in 1862, the \u003ci\u003eVajra Essence\u003c\/i\u003e takes the reader through seven stages of progressively deeper practice, from “taking the impure mind as the path” up to the practice of “direct crossing over” (\u003ci\u003etögal\u003c\/i\u003e). The longest of Düdjom Lingpa’s five visionary works on Dzogchen, readers will find this a rich and masterful evocation of the enlightened experience. This is the first translation of this seminal work in any Western language, and B. Alan Wallace, with his forty-five-plus years of extensive learning and deep meditative experience, is one of the most accomplished translators of Tibetan texts into English. ","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57317271306622,"sku":"NW9781614293477","price":12.47,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781614293477.jpg?v=1778658964","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/vajra-essence-the","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}