Practicing the Great Perfection Death & Dying oriental masters would ritually throw

oriental masters would ritually throw the “heavenly metal” into the crucible then announced this alloy "meteoric iron"

the Dalai Lama

Nagarjuna’s stanzas develop the seminal view of emptiness (shunyata) so crucial to understanding Buddhist philosophy and so central to its practice

aquamarine and mother of pearl guru bead

This is an ancient and vital aspect of vajrayana ritual practice that has been much neglected until now

Practicing the Great Perfection Death & Dying oriental masters would ritually throwShechen Gyaltsap is a renowned master of the Great Perfection, or Dzogchen, the pinnacle of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. He was the teacher of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche and is therefore a wellspring of the wisdom and accomplishments of the present generation of teachers. Though he left behind a substantial collection of writings, little of it has been translated and made available to an English readership. His works translated here for the