Being Right Here

A Dzogchen Treasure Text of Nuden Dorje Entitled The Mirror of Clear Meaning

By: JAMES LOW

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Paperback | 24 February 2004 | Edition Number 1

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This treasure text of Nuden Dorje renders a very clear and authentic account of the view and essential meditation of dzogchen, the practice of nondual experience. The presentation is in the Men ngag style, a personal instruction distilling the author's own realization in a manner both beautiful and deeply meaningful. Short verses show, with pithy clarity, how the various aspects of dzogchen fit together. The text provides both an authentic portrayal of the practice and a clear instruction in how to apply it.
Dzogchen, often considered the highest practice of Tibetan Buddhism, is an ancient system of realizing one's own authentic nature. Carrying on an unbroken line of transmission, this text presents a traditional consideration of the system's key points. It speaks to the heart of the human condition, highlighting the need to integrate all the aspects of one's being. In the process, the practitioner learns to overcome fear, anxiety and denial.

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James Low has made an invaluable contribution to Dzogchen studies with his excellent translation and commentary on this precious Tibetan text. Anyone interested in the view and meditation practices of Dzogchen, the Natural Great Perfection teachings, would benefit from keeping this handbook close to their hearts and minds, as I myself do.--Lama Surya Das, author of Awakening the Buddha Within and founder of the Dzogchen Center

Being Right Here is a must-read for anyone interested in awakening the enlightened nature of the mind.--Tulku Thondup Rinpoche, author of The Practice of Dzogchen and The Healing Power of Mind

The text is itself a condensed presentation of the entire Buddhist path from meditations on suffering, compassion, and emptiness through tantric visualizations to the effortless freedom and spontaneity of Dzogchen. This short, readable text offers an excellent introduction to the feel, thought, and practice of this ancient Tibetan philosophy of awareness in easily understandable terms and analogies.--Altar Magazine

Renders a clear and authentic account of the view and essential meditation of dzogchen. . . . An expansion of the traditional concepts embodied in the text and an examination of how they can function in contemporary life.--Watkins Review

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Preface	p. 7
General introductory prayers	p. 11
Introduction	p. 15
The view of dzogchen	p. 17
General instructions	p. 33
Meditation about samsara	p. 36
The opportunity of this life	p. 39
Repugnance for samsara	p. 42
Taking refuge	p. 45
The commitment of bodhicitta	p. 47
Awareness, karma and virtuous action	p. 50
The terrifying experience of death	p. 55
The living experience of the guru	p. 58
Buddhahood in our hand	p. 61
Looking for the nature of the mind	p. 66
The nature of mind	p. 74
The ground of everything	p. 78
The beginning of samsara	p. 84
"I" and "me"	p. 87
Recognising the falsity	p. 90
Relax, free of holding	p. 92
"Eat the soup!"	p. 95
Get the point	p. 104
Busy being lost	p. 106
Just a pinball	p. 108
The fault of focusing on objects	p. 110
The great completion	p. 113
Abide naturally	p. 116
Confusion resolves itself	p. 119
Always already present	p. 121
Give it a rest	p. 123
The chain of thoughts	p. 126
Illusion and ethics	p. 128
Awareness, awareness, awareness	p. 134
The lie of our lives	p. 137
Be kind to yourself	p. 139
Nothing better than this	p. 141
The proper way	p. 143
Maintain the lineage	p. 145
Teaching for the heart and not the intellect	p. 147
Colophon	p. 149
Appendix	p. 151
General concluding prayers	p. 156
Further reading	p. 159
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