Sam van Schaik's Approaching the Great Perfection, Wisdom Publications, 2004, is a scholarly study. Its strength is that it examines the simultaneous and gradual methods of Dzogchen practice in the Longchen Nyingtig tradition through close, well sourced textual analysis. Its limit is the ordinary one for a specialist study of a technical contemplative system: it is written for readers already familiar with the broader Dzogchen context rather than as a general introduction to it.
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Sam van Schaik's Approaching the Great Perfection, published by Wisdom Publications in 2004, the top tier reflecting close, well sourced textual analysis of the simultaneous and gradual methods of Dzogchen practice in the Longchen Nyingtig tradition, notwithstanding that it is written for readers already familiar with the broader Dzogchen context rather than as a general introduction to it. NotesScholarly study of Dzogchen practice methods in the Longchen Nyingtig tradition, Wisdom Publications, 2004.
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AuthorSam van Schaik
PublisherWisdom Publications
Publication Year2004
Source TypeScholarly work
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- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Articles, 5 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
- Beliefs & Restrictions, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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