Present Fresh Wakefulness: A Meditation Manual on Nonconceptual Wisdom

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Summary: Meditation Manual on Dzogchen/Mahamudra
Review: This book records sessions at several seminars and retreats. It is basically advice on how to meditate via Shamatha and Vipashyana, what the view of Mahamudra and Dzogchen is, and how to be mindfully present in meditation and post-meditation--to experience "Present Fresh Wakefulness" in your life. It is very practical and includes many questions and answers. My favorite part is pages 86-88 where Chokyi Nyima describes Trekcho and Mental Nondoing quite succinctly (and mentions Togal). He also has a summary chapter near the end of the book ("The Heart of the Practice"). He also wrote "The Union of Mahamudra and Dzogchen" that I enjoyed even more than this work. Readers who like this work, which is like meeting with your own Guru or Lama, might like the works of his brother Drubwang Tsoknyi (Carefree Dignity & Fearless Simplicity) and his father Tulku Urgyen (Rainbow Painting etc.).