Natural Mind Meditation: Dzogchen Mahamudra and the Dynamic Awakening of Consciousness
This volume contains the complete text in translation of Kunkhyen Pema Karpo's mid-sixteenth century originalMahamudra Manual (Phyag-chen gyi Zin-bris), a meditation textbook that captures the epitome of esoteric practice in the Yoga tradition. The commentary is based on the instructions of many of the greatest teachers on the subject, including that of Kunkhyen Jigme Lingpa, Ju Mipham Namgyal, the Drukpa Kagyü master Shakyashri, as well as modern exponents the likes of the very great Namgyal Rinpoche, Trungpa Rinpoche, and Kalu Rinpoche under whom the author practiced for many years. Early chapters include an outline of analytical psychology from the perspective of Yogacara metaphysics, information theory, and Asaṃkhyeya Cosmology, with the complete process of dynamic awakening as seen through the teachings of Mipham Namgyal's three volume work onNatural Mind MeditationentitledClear Light of Natural Mind, a treatise on the Vajra-Matrix explained in accordance with the Transmission of the Cosmic Wisdom-holders.