Wellsprings of the Great Perfection

The Lives and Insights of the Early Masters

Erik Pema Kunsang, Erik Pema Kunsang

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Rangjung Yeshe Publications,Nepal
15 December 2012

Buddhism

Wellsprings of the Great Perfection presents the primary sources explaining how the Dzogchen teachings came into this world, who received them and through whom they passed. It is an impressive collection of original translations from a vast number of classical Tibetan documents, including songs of realization by the early masters of the lineage. "" The Dzogchen teachings of the Greatest Secret, also known as the Great Perfection, are the words of the compassionate Buddha, and among the causal and resultant vehicles, they are of the type that employ the fruition as the path, Wellsprings of the Great Perfection describes the origin, and gives both short and detailed historical accounts and teachings. ""I see a profound importance in studying, reflecting upon and practicing the authentic statements and explanations of the Dzogchen lineage masters- especially for people who aspire to realize the Great Perfection- the Through cut of primordial purity, the view of Trekch. I therefore request readers to keep these scriptures in the center of their hearts.""

- Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche, author of Present Fresh Wakefulness ""The ultimate origin and absolute teachings of Dzogchen inscribed in this most sacred text and whispered by the greatest adepts of its lineage are finally available in this volume. Every serious student Dzogchen must study and enshrine it in their heart.""

- Tulku Thondup, author of The Healing Power of Mind

Translated by: Erik Pema Kunsang
Edited and translated by: Erik Pema Kunsang
Imprint: Rangjung Yeshe Publications,Nepal
Country of Publication: Hong Kong
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 33mm
Weight: 680g
ISBN: 9789627341819
ISBN 10: 9627341819
Pages: 464
Publication Date: 15 December 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Erik Pema Kunsang, also known as Erik Hein Schmidt, is known as one of the world's most gifted interpreters of Tibetan into English--although Danish was his first language. Traveling to Nepal from his native Denmark at twenty years old, he has studied with or translated for more than sixty Tibetan masters. He is the compiler of a voluminous 3,000-page Tibetan dictionary for spiritual terms (The Rangjung Yeshe Tibetan-English Dictionary of Buddhist Culture), used by other Tibetan translators as an authoritative reference and now available online at www.dharmadictionary.net.

Reviews for Wellsprings of the Great Perfection: The Lives and Insights of the Early Masters

The ultimate origin and absolute teachings of Dzogchen inscribed in this most sacred text and whispered by the greatest adepts of its lineage are finally available in this volume. Every serious student of Dzogchen must study and enshrine it in their heart. <br>--Tulku Thondup, author of The Healing Power of Mind <br><br> The revelations and other authentic narrations in Wellsprings are translated into the English language by Erik Pema Kunsang...whose flowers of experience and realization are blooming. On this endeavor I repeatedly throw flowers of praise and honor. <br>--Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche, author of Present Fresh Wakefulness