{"title":"Dilgo Khyentse","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDilgo Khyentse\u003c\/strong\u003e's works delve into profound teachings on compassion, wisdom, and spiritual practice rooted in Tibetan Buddhist tradition. His writings offer insightful reflections and heartfelt guidance, inviting readers to explore the depths of inner peace and primordial purity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough contemplative texts like \u003cem\u003ePrimordial Purity\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Heart of Compassion\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as revered spiritual legacies such as \u003cem\u003eZurchungpa's Testament\u003c\/em\u003e, these books reveal a path to awakening that balances rigorous scholarship with deep experiential understanding.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"primordial-purity-by-dilgo-khyentse-9781611803402","title":"Primordial Purity","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDilgo Khyentse Rinpoche illuminates the path of \u003cem\u003etrekchö\u003c\/em\u003e, or cutting through the confusion of samsara to the primordial purity of the mind's essential nature, based on the atiyoga dzogchen instructions of Paltrul Rinpoche.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA meditation master illuminates the path \u003cem\u003etrekchö\u003c\/em\u003e and provides his commentary on the atiyoga dzogchen instructions from the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe path of \u003cem\u003etrekchö\u003c\/em\u003e is the way of directly and thoroughly cutting through the misconceptions of samsara to lay bare the primordial purity of the nature of mind. This powerful practice is illuminated by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche in his commentary on an essential text based on the atiyoga dzogchen instructions of the outstanding nineteenth-century master Patrul Rinpoche.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThree Words That Strike the Vital Point\u003c\/em\u003e is the famous seminal statement by Garap Dorje that is said to encapsulate all the myriad dzogchen tantras. The key instructions on it by Patrul Rinpoche— the verses known as \"The Special Teaching of Khepa Shri Gyalpo\"— form the basis for the discourse in \u003cem\u003ePrimordial Purity\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt explains that in dzogchen, when one has fully recognized that all the confusion of samsara is the expressive power of great emptiness, confusion is spontaneously liberated into the primordial purity of mind's essential nature. Compassion spontaneously arises, accomplishing the benefit of sentient beings. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche illuminates this beautifully in this profound work, which will inspire students of Buddhism and deepen their experiential appreciation of the teachings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46213094244588,"sku":"9781611803402","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781611803402.jpg?v=1740457149"},{"product_id":"the-heart-of-compassion-by-dilgo-khyentse-9781590304570","title":"The Heart of Compassion","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Tibetan Buddhist master shares his commentary on Santideva's \u003cem\u003eWay of the Bodhisattva\u003c\/em\u003e, illuminating the path to enlightenment and the meaning of true compassion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat would be the practical implications of caring more about others than about yourself? This is the radical theme of this extraordinary set of instructions, a training manual composed in the fourteenth century by the Buddhist hermit Ngulchu Thogme, here explained in detail by one of the great Tibetan Buddhist masters of the twentieth century, Dilgo Khyentse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the Mahayana tradition, those who have the courage to undertake the profound change of attitude required to develop true compassion are called bodhisattvas. Their great resolve—to consider others' needs as paramount, and thus to attain enlightenment for the sake of all living creatures—carries them beyond the limits imposed by the illusions of \"I\" and \"mine,\" culminating in the direct realization of reality, transcending dualistic notions of self and other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis classic text presents ways that we can work with our own hearts and minds, starting wherever we find ourselves now, to unravel our small-minded preoccupations and discover our own potential for compassion, love, and wisdom. Many generations of Buddhist practitioners have been inspired by these teachings, and the great masters of all traditions have written numerous commentaries. Dilgo Khyentse's commentary is probably his most extensive recorded teaching on Mahayana practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47599457960172,"sku":"9781590304570","price":59.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781590304570-the-heart-of-compassion.jpg?v=1777980186"},{"product_id":"zurchungpas-testament-by-dilgo-khyentse-9781559394925","title":"Zurchungpa's Testament","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA valuable guide full of rich commentary and instructions for the entire path of Dzogchen, based off of the final teaching of the great Nyingma master Zurchung Sherab Trakpa—with commentary by beloved Tibetan lama Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eZurchungpa's Eighty Chapters of Personal Advice\u003c\/em\u003e was the final teaching given by the great Nyingma master Zurchung Sherab Trakpa before he passed away. His counsels are the distillation of a lifetime's experience and comprise the practical instructions of a master who had made the teachings of the Great Perfection truly part of himself. The original text consists of almost 580 maxims, organized into eighty chapters covering the entire path of Dzogchen, from fundamental teachings on devotion and renunciation, through to a whole series of pith instructions that bring the Dzogchen view to life. Much of the meaning of these pithy, often cryptic, instructions could be lost on the reader without the help of the notes Shechen Gyaltsap Rinpoche provided in his annotated edition, which he based on the explanations he received from his own teacher, Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book contains a complete detailed teaching on Zurchungpa's text by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, based on Shechen Gyaltsap's notes. Originally intended as essential instructions for a group of practitioners in a three-year retreat, it will undoubtedly serve as an indispensable guide to anyone who seriously wishes to practice the Great Perfection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eZurchung Sherab Trakpa (1014-1074) was a key teacher in the Zur tradition, one of the handful of kama lineages through which the teachings of the Ancient Tradition were transmitted from master to disciple, beginning with Guru Padmasambhava and Vimalamitra, right down to the Nyingma masters of the present day. He was a learned scholar and accomplished meditation master who spent many years in retreat, practicing the teachings of the Great Perfection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShechen Gyaltsap Rinpoche (1871-1926) was an important disciple of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo the Great and one of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche's root teachers. An accomplished meditator, he was also one of the most respected scholars of his day, whose writings fill thirteen volumes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48244907049196,"sku":"9781559394925","price":65.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781559394925-zurchungpa-s-testament-1.jpg?v=1788020960"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/dilgo-khyentse.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}