Wonders of the Natural Mind: The Essense of Dzogchen in the Native Bon Tradition of Tibet, Paperback/Tenzin Wangyal

Although the Dzogchen teachings are principally familiar to Westerners through the teachings of the Nyingma school, they also survive in the ancient B n Religion of Tibet. Wonders of the Natural Mind presents Dzogchen as taught in the Zhang Zhung Nyan Gyud, the fundamental B n text. The book summarizes the main points of Dzogchen and its relation to the various systems of B n teaching. In offering these teachings, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche provides the reader with a vivid and engaging portrait of B n culture as he interweaves the teachings with his personal story and reflections on the practice of Dzogchen in the West. About the Author: Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, a lama in the B n tradition of Tibet, presently resides in Charlottesville, Virginia. He is the founder and director of Ligmincha Institute, an organization dedicated to the study and practice of the teachings of the B n tradition. He was born in Amritsar, India, after his parents fled the Chinese invasion of Tibet and received training from both Buddhist and B n teachers, attaining the degree of Geshe, the highest academic degree of traditional Tibetan culture. He has been in the United States since 1991 and has taught widely in Europe and America.