Stranded on a desert island...which 3 books would you want?

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Stranded on a desert island...which 3 books would you want?

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Scenario: You're stranded on a desert island and can only have 3 Dzogchen books with you. Which ones would you pick?

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Mr. G wrote:Scenario: You're stranded on a desert island and can only have 3 Dzogchen books with you. Which ones would you pick?

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The unwritten tantra
the sgra thal gyur
the rigpa rangshar
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Since Namdrols books aren't translated yet..

Treasury of Dharmadhatu (chos dbyings mdzod)
Flight of the Garuda
Circle of the Sun

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Namdrol wrote:
The unwritten tantra
the sgra thal gyur
the rigpa rangshar
then those should be the first translations you publish. :reading:

we're w-a-i-t-i-n-g..... :popcorn: :juggling: :coffee: :toilet:
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Lama Yangthig
Choying Dzod
and...
The Life of Shabkar!
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Longchenpa's auto-commentary on the Choying Dzod - The Treasure Trove of Scriptural Transmission
Transcripts of several days of teachings on Dzogchen upadesha by one of my lamas
And - for inspiration - Blazing Splendor
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I don't suppose if I was stranded on a desert island I'd have much time for reading. I'd pick the biggest books possible, and the most edible.
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Yeshe Lama
Crystal and the Way of Light
Longchenpa's autocommentary to the Choying Dzod.
"All phenomena of samsara depend on the mind, so when the essence of mind is purified, samsara is purified. Since the phenomena of nirvana depend on the pristine consciousness of vidyā, because one remains in the immediacy of vidyā, buddhahood arises on its own. All critical points are summarized with those two." - Longchenpa
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Don't lie. You would take this book: Image
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Shhhh don't TELL everyone geez!
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catmoon wrote:Shhhh don't TELL everyone geez!
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Clarence wrote:Don't lie. You would take this book: Image
Heck yes!
"All phenomena of samsara depend on the mind, so when the essence of mind is purified, samsara is purified. Since the phenomena of nirvana depend on the pristine consciousness of vidyā, because one remains in the immediacy of vidyā, buddhahood arises on its own. All critical points are summarized with those two." - Longchenpa
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I'd read it.

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Longchenpa's Tshig-Don Rin-Po-Ch'e'i mDzod (extracts in the Ptractice of Dzogchen)
The Big Red book of Dudjom Rinpoché
Shabkar's Fly of the Garuda
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