Wild Awakening: The Heart of Mahamudra and Dzogchen

Mahamudraand Dzogchen are perhaps the most profound teachings within all of TibetanBuddhism. The experience of Mahamudra,or “great symbol,” is an overwhelming sense of extraordinary clarity,totally open and nondualistic. Dzogchen,or “great perfection,” is the ultimate teaching according to theNyingma tradition and also represents the pinnacle of spiritual development.These are the two paths that provide practitioners with the most skillful meansto experience the fully awakened state and directly taste the reality of ourmind and environment. And yet these concepts are notoriously difficult to graspand challenging to explain. In WildAwakening,Tibetan Buddhist master Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche presents these esotericteachings in a style that reveals their surprising simplicity and greatpractical value, emphasizing that we can all experience our world moredirectly, with responsibility, freedom, and confidence. With a straightforwardapproach and informal style, he presents these essential teachings in a waythat even those very new to Tibetan Buddhism can understand.