Heart Drops of Kuntuzangpo -- Shardza Tashi Gyaltsen

<p>This precious set of teachings was translated by Geshe Sonam Gurung & Daniel P. Brown, Ph.D. under the Guidance of H.H. the 33rd Menri Trizin for the Pointing Out the Great Way Foundation.</p><p><br></p><p>This book is the shortest of Shar rdza Rinpoche's trilogy on Bon Great Completion by-passing meditation. It contains: </p><p><br></p><p>(1) a detailed set of by-passing preliminary practices, including very detailed emptiness meditations;</p><p><br></p><p>(2) thoroughly cutting through pith instructions on view, meditation, conduct, and fruition to establish stable awakening. Emphasis is given the "the great non-action" as the essential point for crossing over from ordinary mind to awakened mind-itself;</p><p><br></p><p>(3) by-passing pith instructions to purify ordinary perception so as to directly experience each of the levels of by-passing visions. Emphasis is given to the specialness of by-passing pith instructions as compared to thoroughly cutting through pith instructions, drawing from the teachings in Awakened Awareness of the Cuckoo and</p><p><br></p><p>(4) pith instructions for recognizing the very similar visions in the dying process and after-death bardos, so as to transfer-consciousness at that time.</p><p><br></p><p>This text was originally translated into English by Lopon Tenzin Namdak entitled Heart Drops of Dharmak&#257;ya, Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion, 1993. That translation was based on lectures he gave on the text to Western students in Nepal in 1991. Howeve