Primordial Experience: An Introduction to rDzogs-chen Meditation

The Tibetan teaching of Dzog-chen (pronounced ZOAK-chen), also known as Ati yoga, is considered by its adherents to be the definitive and most secret teaching of the Buddha. Primordial Experience is a translation of a key text articulating the Dzog-chen teachings, "Gold Refined from Ore," by Mañjusrimitra, an Indian disciple of the first teacher of Ati yoga. According to the Dzog-chen teachings, purity of mind is always present and only needs to be recognized. About the Authors Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, was born in Tibet in 1938, and was one of the primary masters of Dzogchen. Kennard Lipman, Ph.D., studied at the University of Chicago and at the University of California, Berkeley, completing his doctorate under Dr. H. V. Guenther. He received teachings from masters in all four schools of Tibetan Buddhism, his principal teacher was Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche. OCR(Optical Character Recognition), bitonal, and unabridged scan.