{"product_id":"practicing-the-great-perfection-instructions-on-the-crucial-points-9781559394932","title":"Practicing the Great Perfection: Instructions on the Crucial Points","description":"\u003cb\u003eA collection of essential instructions on the practice of Dzogchen, or The Great Perfection, from one of the great early 20th century Buddhist masters.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShechen Gyaltsap (1871-1926) was widely recognized as one of the greatest meditation masters and most compassionate bodhisattvas in the history of Tibetan Buddhism. He lived a life of complete devotion and commitment to monastic discipline and study, and became the root teacher of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, who said of Shechen Gyaltsap's teachings that they were \"worth more than all the gold in the entire world.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis collection, intended for the advanced Buddhist practitioner who has received initiation from a qualified master, provides the essential instructions of Dzogchen, or Great Perfection, practice. Written with a clear simplicity that belies their profundity, the teachings give practical and pointed advice on how students should meditate and behave in ordinary life. The work begins with an extensive reflection on the problem of self-clinging and the analytical meditation designed to uproot it, and proceeds to more specific instructions for the mind practice itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Shambhala\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/02\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781559394932\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.60w x 0.90d","brand":"Padmakara Translation Group, Schechen Gyaltsap Gyurme Pema Namgyal, Shechen Gyaltsap","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51616338870453,"sku":"9781559394932","price":25.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_cf72f2b7-3569-4251-8e7b-f9f2389ca86e.jpg?v=1756189042","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/practicing-the-great-perfection-instructions-on-the-crucial-points-9781559394932","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}