Hinting at Dzogchen:
Public Teachings of Tsoknyi Rinpoche

by Lotsawa Tony Duff
Padma Karpo Translations

Unrestricted publication

302 pages, perfect-bound, 5.5" x 8.5"
ISBN: 978-9937-2-0224-4
Published January, 2008 by
Padma Karpo Translation Committee
P.O. Box 4957
Kathmandu
NEPAL

The book is a compendium of public talks given during the 1990's.  Three weekend intensives are included in their entirety as are several single talks.  The talks all point at the ultimate meaning as taught in Mahamudra and Dzogpa chenpo but are given in a way that allows them to be published publicly.  The book contains an enormous amount of Tibetan Buddhist teaching that will be of interest to anyone.  The book will be of special interest to students of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche because a number of the talks were given at Dharmadhatus and also Naropa Institute specifically for students there.  The book will of course be of special interest to Tsoknyi Rinpoche's students in general.  The talks span the whole period of the 1990's and have been selected by Lotsawa Tony not only for their dharma content but also to show the development of Tsoknyi Rinpoche's teaching style during that time.  Thus it is also a historical record that shows the development of Tsoknyi Rinpoche's teaching style through the 1990's and this also should be of special interest to those interested in knowing more about Tsoknyi Rinpoche. The book can be purchased by anyone, without restriction.  The dharma in the book is clear and profound but it does not contain the specific, oral instructions called upadesha needed to do the practice of Thorough Cut.  These special instructions are secret and not for public display.  They are clearly laid out in the restricted book Ground, Path, and Fruition displayed further down this page.  The two books were specifically designed to complement each other.  The first contains full expositions of Tibetan Buddhist teaching, including a great deal of instruction on the ultimate teachings of Mahamudra and Dzogpa Chenpo, which are suitable for anyone to read.  The second book contains, in addition, the specific instructions on how to do the practice of these ultimate teachings and is suitable for those who have received those instructions in person.

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Here is the table of contents from Hinting at Dzogchen:
1. Heart of Enlightenment, The Path of Compassion In the summer of 1992, Tsoknyi Rinpoche taught a weekend course at the request of the members of Karma Dzong, the Dharma­dhatu dharma assembly in Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.  The course, entitled, ‘Awa­kened Heart, the Path of Compassion’, ad­dres­sed the teach­ings of the Maha­yana in general and the Tibetan Nying­ma tradition in particular.

2. Uncovering Enlightened Mind In the summer of 1994, Tsoknyi Rinpoche taught a five-session course for the summer session of Buddhist Studies department of the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.  The course, entitled, ‘Uncovering the Heart of Enlightenment’ addressed the subject from the point of view of the teachings of the Mahayana in general and the Tibetan Nyingma tradition in particular.

3. Self-knowing Knower On June 28th and 29th, 1995, Tsoknyi Rinpoche gave a two-talk public course at the request of the San Francisco Dharmadhatu dharma assembly in San Francisco, California, U.S.A.  The talks emphasized the fact that ultimate meditation depends on reflexive understanding, i.e., that one’s own mind has to recognize itself.

4. A Weekend of Meditation In the summer of 1996, Tsoknyi Rinpoche taught a public, weekend course on meditation at the request of the Berkeley Shambhala Centre dharma assembly in Berkeley, California, U.S.A.  The course dealt with the practice of Dzogchen.  The first talk is available here.

5. Ultimate Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha In the summer of 1997, Tsoknyi Rinpoche taught a public, weekend course on meditation at the request of the Berkeley Shambhala Centre dharma assembly in Berkeley, California, U.S.A.  The course, entitled ‘Nature of Mind’, dealt with the meaning of Dzogchen meditation in general.  The first talk, which was a public talk, showed the meaning of Buddha, Dharma, and Sa?gha, and the meaning of meditation in general.  That first talk is reproduced here.

6. Dzogchen View of Mind In the summer of 1997, on the night of August the eleventh, Tsoknyi Rinpoche gave a public talk at the request of the students of Spirit Rock dharma centre, California, U.S.A.  The talk was entitled, ‘Dzogchen View of Mind’.  The talk explained that the whole meaning of the Buddha’s teaching is contained in the two things emptiness and compassion then showed what those mean and how they are developed in the Dzogchen practice.

7. Advice at Tara Mandala In the summer of 1997, Tsoknyi Rinpoche gave a ten-day retreat at Tara Mandala in southern Colorado, U.S.A.  Some interesting questions and answers from the retreat are given here.

8. Compassion as Ground, Path, Fruition In the summer of 1997, on the night of August the twenty-first, Tsoknyi Rinpoche gave a public talk at the request of the Shambhala Centre, Karma Dzong, in Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.  The talk was entitled, ‘Compassion as Ground, Path, and Fruition’.  The talk began by showing clearly how emptiness is needed for real compassion and then moved on to give a complete description of ground, path, and fruition.

9. Tsoknyi Rinpoche Summarizes His Approach to Teaching the Path of Thorough Cut I On September 9, 1999, Tsoknyi Rinpoche gave a public talk at the request of Berkeley Shambhala Centre dharma assembly in Berkeley, California, U.S.A.  The talk was a summary, in general terms, of the longer meditation retreats that he was teaching at the time.  It explains his approach to Dzogchen meditation in a way that is suitable for public presentation.

10. Tsoknyi Rinpoche Summarizes His Approach to Teaching the Path of Thorough Cut II On October 4, 1999, Tsoknyi Rinpoche gave a public talk at the request of the Kagyu Centre in Crestone, Colorado, USA.  The talk was a summary, in general terms, of the longer meditation retreats that he was teaching at the time.  It explains his approach to Dzogchen meditation in a way that is suitable for public presentation.

11. Tsoknyi Rinpoche Summarizes His Approach to Teaching the Path of Thorough Cut III On October 6, 1999, Tsoknyi Rinpoche gave a public talk at the request of the Boulder Shambhala Centre dharma assembly in Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.  The talk was a summary, in general terms, of the longer meditation retreats that he was teaching at the time.  It explains his approach to Dzogchen meditation in a way that is suitable for public presentation.

Ground, Path, And Fruition:
Teachings of Tsoknyi Rinpoche on Mind and Mind Essence

by Lotsawa Tony Duff
Padma Karpo Translations

206 pages, perfect-bound, 5.5" x 8.5",
Published 17th January, 2008
Restricted publication available through limited outlets

Back cover text: Ground, path, and fruition is a type of logic used to understand a whole subject clearly.  Here, it is applied to teachings on mind and mind essence from Tsoknyi Rinpoche by Lotsawa Tony Duff to make a complete guide to the higher practices of Essence Mahamudra and the Thorough Cut of Great Completion.  The book contains several, complete teachings on these subjects all carefully arranged into ground, path, and fruition presentations.  Moreover, the path instructions are extensively presented using the logic of view, meditation, and conduct.  Tony has additionally highlighted the special type of instructions, called upadesha, that form the core teachings of these practices. From the Introduction by the author: "Tsoknyi Rinpoche approached me, his translator, and asked me to create a book of his teachings that would show the tenets (of the Dzogchen and Essence Mahamudra teachings) and asked specifically for a ground, path, and fruition presentation.  I selected three sets of his teachings for the purpose.  The first gave extensive ground, path, and fruition teachings from both Kagyu Mahamudra and Nyingma Dzogchen perspectives.  The second gave extensive instructions on the path from both perspectives.  The third gave an extensive presentation just of the Dzogchen path.  The selections chosen and the arrangements made of the teachings in them make the book into a manual both of the theory and practice of the Thorough Cut practice of Dzogchen that can be used by students of Tsoknyi Rinpoche or others who are studying and practising the same material...".

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