Heart Drops of Dharmakaya: Dzogchen Practice of the Bön Tradition

by Shardza Tashi Gyaltsen, Tenzin Namdak (Commentary)

This book presents a complete Dzogchen meditation manual from the ancient religious tradition of Tibet known as Bön. The Kunzang Nying-tig by Shardza Tashi Gyaltsen is a powerful and practical instruction text which cuts to the heart of Dzogchen meditation. Dzogchen is regarded by Bönpos as the highest and most esoteric religious practice.

Written in the style of personal instruction from Shardza to his students, the manual is supplemented with a commentary by Lopön Tenzin Namdak, who is himself an acknowledged master of Dzogchen. The translation was carried out by Lopön in the course of teaching the text to Western students at his monastery in the Kathmandu Valley.

Includes a facsimile copy of the Tibetan root pecha text, "The Teaching of the Progressive Great Perfection Called the Heart Drops of Dharmakaya" ('Od gsal rdzogs-pa chen po'i lam-gyi rim-pa khrid-yig kun-tu bzang-po'i snying-tig shes-bya-ba bzhugs).

Genres: Buddhism, Religion, Spirituality, Meditation

200 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1990

About the author

Shardza Tashi Gyaltsen (Tibetan: ཤར་རྫ་བཀྲ་ཤིས་རྒྱལ་མཚན, Wylie: shar rdza bkra shis rgyal mtshan) was a Dzogchen master of the Tibetan Bön tradition who gathered disciples from all traditions of Tibetan Buddhism.