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Edition of the Tibetan text of the Byang chub sems bde ba ’phra bkod kyi don ’grel.
Annotated translation of the Inlaid Jewel of Bliss Commentary. The text quoted in the commentary does not correspond to the identically named root text that is preserved in the various editions of the Ancient Tantra Collection.
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This chapter tackles the paradox of a practice of effortlessness by applying the concept of the transcendence-immanence relational polarity. It also attempts to place our enquiry within a wider intellectual horizon by comparing Dzogchen to other Buddhist approaches.
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The conclusion provides a synthesis of the various threads concerning effortlessness that the previous chapters had examined, emphasizing again the centrality of this notion for a proper appreciation of early Dzogchen thought.
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This chapter takes a look at the Dzogchen attitude towards conduct, i.e. the activities taking place outside of formal sessions of meditation.
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This chapter analyses how Nubchen reinterprets key tantric concepts from a Dzogchen perspective, thereby demarcating Dzogchen from the matrix of Mahāyoga ritualized contemplation that informs it.
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This chapter attempts to flesh out the implications of effortlessness for the Dzogchen conception of the path, introducing the notion of a spiralic path.
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The final chapter highlights the important role played by the context of transmission in the way these texts become scripts for an effortless form of practice.
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This chapter introduces the key notion of effortlessness and looks at the ways in which effortlessness is emphasized in Nubchen Sangye Yeshe’s commentaries, examining in particular some of the specific terminology that is used. It also introduces the distinction between effortlessness as a term of art and as a rubric of analysis.
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This chapter addresses an apparent contradiction in Nubchen’s own works, namely the contrast between his championing Dzogchen as a distinct vehicle on the one hand, and his being deeply involved with the transmission and practice of Mahāyoga on the other.
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The introduction situates the commentaries that are the objects of this study in the wider history of early Dzogchen thought and provides an overview of the structure of the book as a whole. It also discusses issues of style and transmission in the study of Nubchen Sangye Yeshe’s Dzogchen commentaries.