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Summary: Carefree liberation
Review: Combine Rainbow Painting with the author's son, Tsoknyi Rinpoche's book "Carefree Dignity"... it is clear how simple it really can be to live our daily lives, all day--all night, as a spiritual path. Simple and straight foward, recognize your own nature. A very special teacher. Highly recommended!
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Summary: Carefree liberation
Review: Combine Rainbow Painting with the author's son, Tsoknyi Rinpoche's book "Carefree Dignity"... it is clear how simple it really can be to live our daily lives, all day--all night, as a spiritual path. Simple and straight foward, recognize your own nature. A very special teacher. Highly recommended!
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Summary: very sweet
Review: Tulku Urgyen was a fine example of a true yogi.
His devotion to his teachers shines through in these pages, and there's more to be learned here than just the verbal info.
I highly recomend keeping this book around.
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Summary: Just Like Zen
Review: While the author teaches in the Dzogchen tradition as he clearly explains in this book, for this reader I can see no difference between it and Zen. "Direct pointing" to that which we call mind is the essence of this book, a real "how-to-do-it" explanation. I have studied Buddhism, and Zen in particular, for over 20 years and this is one of the most helpful texts I have ever come across. I would recommend it to any serious student of Buddhism. Too often people think that the only way to practice Buddhism is to sit and quiet or empty the mind. Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche effectively rebuts that view. Since this book was published there have been two additional volumes, both of which are excellect (5 stars). They are titled "As It Is," volumes 1 and 2.
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Summary: Just Like Zen
Review: While the author teaches in the Dzogchen tradition as he clearly explains in this book, for this reader I can see no difference between it and Zen. "Direct pointing" to that which we call mind is the essence of this book, a real "how-to-do-it" explanation. I have studied Buddhism, and Zen in particular, for over 20 years and this is one of the most helpful texts I have ever come across. I would recommend it to any serious student of Buddhism. Too often people think that the only way to practice Buddhism is to sit and quiet or empty the mind. Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche effectively rebuts that view. Since this book was published there have been two additional volumes, both of which are excellect (5 stars). They are titled "As It Is," volumes 1 and 2.
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Summary: Analogy Central
Review: While this book includes some exposition of standard material (usually in shortened form) such as Ngondro, tales of past gurus, etc., it also includes more advanced knowledge. The stories are fun, but I refer the reader to Jan Brunvand's many books on Urban Legends. But, the author does a lot more in 210 pages. This is NOT an introductory text--it's more advanced. The author clearly and concisely delineates the differences between approaches (yanas) but also with Mahamudra and Dzogchen. He also explains the Dzogchen view of the relationship between development and completion stages--which in the 100 or so Vajrayana books I've read, I've never heard before. And, it actually makes sense to me! Amazing. He also gives a bit of information about the relationship between Trekcho and Togal, though most of this work is more Trekcho oriented. Overall, the book is written in an easily read style, and the author uses many, many analogies to improve communications and help the reader visualize what is being transmitted. Analogies, while not actually proving anything can certainly illustrate points being made so as to elicit an understanding response from the reader. Several chapters of this book are included in "The Dzogchen Primer," but they are the more elementary ones and, IMHO, not the really fine ones. After reading some more introductory Dzogchen and/or Mahamudra books (there are lots of them out there by Norbu or Thrangu Rinpoche or others), this would be a fine book to read.
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