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Hinting at Dzogchen, Teachings of Tsoknyi Rinpoche

Hinting at Dzogchen, Teachings of Tsoknyi Rinpoche


 
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Title Hinting at Dzogchen
Sub-title A Compendium of Teachings by Tsoknyi Rinpoche
Author Tony Duff
Details 303 pages, 5.5" X 8.5", US$25, available in paper and e-book formats
ISBN paper book 978-9937-202-24-4, e-book 978-9937-572-39-2
Texts Tibetan text in Tibetan script: no Tibetan texts in book
The book is a compendium of public talks given during the 1990’s. Three weekend intensives are included in their entirety as are several single talks. The talks all point at the ultimate meaning as taught in Mahamudra and Dzogpa chenpo but also contain an enormous amount of Tibetan Buddhist teaching of more general interest. The book will of course be of special interest to Tsoknyi Rinpoche’s students. It will also be of special interest to students of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche and also Shambhala because a number of the talks were given at Dharmadhatus, now Shambhala Centres. The talks span the whole period of the 1990’s and have been selected by Lotsawa Tony not only for their dharma content but also to show the development of Tsoknyi Rinpoche’s teaching style during that time. Thus it is also a historical record that shows the development of Tsoknyi Rinpoche’s teaching style through the 1990’s.

The talks in this book were chosen specifically to complement a second book, called Ground, Path, and Fruition, displayed further down this page.

1. Heart of Enlightenment, The Path of Compassion In the summer of 1992, Tsoknyi Rinpoche taught a weekend course at the request of the members of Karma Dzong,the Dharma­dhatu dharma assembly in Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A. The course, entitled, ‘Awakened Heart, the Path of Compassion’, addressed the teach­ings of the Mahayana in general and the Tibetan Nyingma tradition in particular.

2. Uncovering Enlightened Mind In the summer of 1994, Tsoknyi Rinpoche taught a five-session course for the summer session of Buddhist Studies department of the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A. The course, entitled, ‘Uncovering the Heart of Enlightenment’ addressed the subject from the point of view of the teachings of the Mahayana in general and the Tibetan Nyingma tradition in particular.

3. Self-knowing Knower On June 28th and 29th, 1995, Tsoknyi Rinpoche gave a two-talk public course at the request of the San Francisco Dharmadhatu dharma assembly in San Francisco, California, U.S.A. The talks emphasized the fact that ultimate meditation depends on reflexive understanding, i.e., that one’s own mind has to recognize itself.

4. A Weekend of Meditation In the summer of 1996, Tsoknyi Rinpoche taught a public, weekend course on meditation at therequest of the Berkeley Shambhala Centre dharma assembly in Berkeley, California, U.S.A. The course dealt with the practice of Dzogchen. The first talk is available here.

5. Ultimate Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha In the summer of 1997, Tsoknyi Rinpoche taught a public, weekend course on meditation at the request of the Berkeley Shambhala Centre dharma assembly in Berkeley, California, U.S.A. The course, entitled ‘Nature of Mind’, dealt with the meaning of Dzogchen meditation in general. The first talk, which was a public talk, showed the meaning of Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha, and the meaning of meditation in general. That first talk is reproduced here.

6. Dzogchen View of Mind In the summer of 1997, on the night of August the eleventh, Tsoknyi Rinpoche gave a public talk at the request of the students of Spirit Rock dharma centre, California, U.S.A. The talk wasentitled, ‘Dzogchen View of Mind’. The talk explained that the whole meaning of the Buddha’s teaching is contained in the two things emptiness and compassion then showed what those mean and how they are developed in the Dzogchen practice.

7. Advice at Tara Mandala In the summer of 1997, Tsoknyi Rinpoche gave a ten-day retreat at Tara Mandala in southern Colorado,U.S.A. Some interesting questions and answers from the retreat are given here.

8. Compassion as Ground, Path, Fruition In the summer of 1997, on the night of August the twenty-first, Tsoknyi Rinpoche gave a public talkat the request of the Shambhala Centre, Karma Dzong, in Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A. The talk was entitled, ‘Compassion as Ground, Path, and Fruition’. The talk began by showing clearly how emptiness is needed for real compassion and then moved on to give a complete description of ground, path, and fruition.

9. Tsoknyi Rinpoche Summarizes His Approach to Teaching the Path of Thorough Cut I On September 9, 1999, Tsoknyi Rinpoche gave a public talk at the request of Berkeley Shambhala Centre dharma assembly in Berkeley, California, U.S.A. The talk was a summary, in general terms, of the longer meditation retreats that he was teaching at the time. It explains his approach to Dzogchen meditation in a way that is suitable for public presentation.

10. Tsoknyi Rinpoche Summarizes His Approach to Teaching the Path of Thorough Cut II On October 4, 1999, Tsoknyi Rinpoche gave a public talk at the request of the Kagyu Centre in Crestone, Colorado, USA. The talk was a summary, in general terms, of the longer meditationretreats that he was teaching at the time. It explains his approach to Dzogchen meditation in a way that is suitable for public presentation.

11. Tsoknyi Rinpoche Summarizes His Approach to Teaching the Path of Thorough Cut III On October 6, 1999, Tsoknyi Rinpoche gave a public talk at the request of the Boulder Shambhala Centre dharma assembly in Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A. The talk was a summary, in general terms, of the longer meditation retreats that he was teaching at the time. It explains his approach to Dzogchen meditation in a way that is suitable for public presentation.

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