Dzogchen

Noun

Meaning

(Tibetan Buddhism) The Great Perfection; the state of contemplation beyond the mind; not unconscious, but mental processes not conditioning of awareness.

(Tibetan Buddhism) The corresponding teachings found in Nyingmapa and the non-Buddhist Bonpo.

Examples

For Longchenpa, the basis for Dzogchen and Tantric practice in Vajrayana is the "Ground" (gzhi), the imminent Buddha nature, "the primordially luminous reality that is unconditioned and spontaneously present" which is "free from all elaborated extremes". Source: Internet

A new translation of the Tibetan master Longchenpa's famous work that systematically presents the path of meditation according to the Tibetan Dzogchen tradition. Source: Internet

His Eminence the 7th Dzogchen Rinpoche says emotions are actually neither good nor bad, it is the way we react to them that causes us problems. Source: Internet

The Nyingma school is strongly influenced by the view of Dzogchen (Great Perfection) and the Dzogchen Tantric literature. Source: Internet

Date unknown * Dzogchen Monastery is almost completely destroyed by an earthquake. Source: Internet

Longchenpa's works provide a philosophical understanding of Dzogchen, a defense of Dzogchen in light of the sutras, as well as practical instructions. Source: Internet

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