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      First paperback edition published in 2016

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      Publication data: ISBN13: 978-0-9909978-4-9 (e-book)

      Title: Dzogchen Deity Practice: Meeting Your True Nature

      Padmasambhava, Chokgyur Lingpa, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche, & Marcia Binder Schmidt

      Translated from the Tibetan by Erik Pema Kunsang (Erik Hein Schmidt). Compiled and edited by Marcia Binder Schmidt.

      1. Vajrayana/Yidam—Tradition of Pith Instructions

      2. Buddhism—Tibet

      Photos courtesy of Graham Sunstein, Phillipe O’Sullivan, & Marcia Binder Schmidt

      Cover Art by Maryann Lipaj

      First Edition

      CONTENTS

        Title Page

        Copyright

        PREFACE: Marcia Dechen Wangmo

        INTRODUCTION

        A Jewel in the Crown Ornament: Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche

      1  ORIGIN: Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche

      1  Dzogchen Key Points

      2  Background

      3  Intent: To Recognize Mind’s Nature

      1  APPLICATION: Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche

      1  Structure of the Kunzang Tuktig Cycle of Teachings

      2  Train in Indivisibility

      3  Lineage Supplication

      4  From the Beginning

      5  Preliminaries, with Questions & Answers

      6  The Main Part, with Questions & Answers

      7  Conclusion and the Zurgyen, with Questions & Answers

      1  TEXTS

      1  The Brilliant Concise Meaning, Extract: Karmey Khenpo Rinchen Dargye

      2  The Mind Ornament of Samantabhadra, Extract: Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

      3  The Destroyer of All Evil Deeds and Obscurations, General Empowerment Text: Padmasambhava, revealed by Chokgyur Lingpa

      4  The Excellent Path to True Goodness: Karmey Khenpo Rinchen Dargye

      5  Self-Manifest Luminosity: Chokgyur Lingpa

      6  The Manifest Essence: Padmasambhava, revealed by Chokgyur Lingpa

      7  Short Dharmapala Petition: Padmasambhava

      8  The Inexhaustible Garland of Lightning: Künzang Gyurmey Tsewang Drakpa Ngedön Drubpey Dorje

        ENGLISH BIBLIOGRAPHY

        TIBETAN SOURCE MATERIAL

        ENDNOTES