The Flight of the Garuda: The Dzogchen Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism

Rating:
Summary: Poetic Dzogchen
Review: If you are turned on by poetic expositions on spirituality, this book's for you. Indeed, many of the medieval writers on Vajrayana (Tibetan Buddhist) topics wrote in a poetic style, including Mahamudra and Dzogchen. I did get a couple of nice quotes for my collection:
"Purification through creative emotional efflorescence." p. 111
and
"Recognition of the movement of mind as its play." p. 114
I've read that this particular book is only for very advanced students. May be. Perhaps, I'm not advanced enough (though I've read over 16 books on Dzogchen and over 10 on Mahamudra and have attempted to put the teachings into practice). But, this book just didn't do it for me. Maybe it will for you.

Rating:
Summary: Essential Dzogchen
Review: Songs of realization with instruction, humor and description from the genuine, unfabricated View. A must-read for any serious student of Dzogchen.