Dzogchen Master: Advanced Guru Rinpoche

Ian A. Baker — Tibetologist and author of The Heart of the World — on the secret yogas of Tibet.

dzogchen — the Great Perfection — is the pinnacle of Tibetan Buddhist practice, the direct recognition of rigpa (pure awareness) without any modification, effort, or technique. This module channels the transmission of Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava) for advanced practitioners. — .

dzogchen view: your mind is already perfect. There is nothing to fix, nothing to improve, nothing to attain. rigpa — naked, luminous awareness — is your original condition. It was never lost, never damaged, never obscured. It only appears obscured because you keep looking for it instead of recognizing it.