A wonderful Garland of infrequent gem stones: Biographies of Masters of expertise within the Dzogchen Lineage is the single finished historical past of the Nyingtik lineage, which kinds the center of the physique of teachings often called Dzogchen (Great Perfection) within the Tibetan Buddhist culture. It was once written by way of the past due Nyoshul Khen Rinpoché, Jamyang Dorjé (1931-1999), probably the most striking and a professional exponents of Dzogchen. during this paintings, framed as a chain of biographical debts, Nyoshul Khenpo offers a wealth of data worthy to non secular practitioners in addition to to historians learning the cultures of vital Asia. In his creation, Sogyal Rinpoche underscores the significance of this paintings: “‘There may perhaps come a time within the future,’ [Nyoshul Khenpo] wrote, ‘when holders of the lineage could profess to transmit the lineage with no having the ability to remember even the names of its masters.’ the reason for this is that he thought of this historical past to be ‘as quintessential as our eyes or our lifestyles force,’ supplying the entire grounds and concept ever wanted for overall conviction. He in comparison the lifestyles tales of the vidyadhara masters during this lineage to an exceptional chain of gold or a garland of infrequent gemstones. …With substantial cognizance to element, Nyoshul Khenpo maps out the ‘ultimate lineage of direct transmission,’ the center of the entire traces of transmission of Dzogpachenpo from the primordial buddha to the current day, exhibiting the relationship among masters and scholars in an unbroken line of succession. His paintings stands proud due to its completeness, for it comprises all the particular lineages, besides the lives of the scholars of the good masters, tales from the oral culture, and different instructing kinds. someone who issues is represented right here, each hyperlink within the chain, together with masters of our time. …It is a milestone, and that i don't feel that it'll ever be equaled.”
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