Marcia Binder Schmidt

This is a bit of an odd book. The title makes it sound like a memoir of some kind. But for the most part it is a sort of rambling Dharma teaching, sprinkled with some illustrations from the life and experience of the author. Now, Wangmo seems to be a student who has been close to great teachers and studied hard and practiced hard. So It's actually quite a good Dharma book! She has some pithy quotes, generally consisting of a few paragraphs, from quite a few of her teachers.

I would not show more recommend this book for beginners. It sort of starts in the middle and wanders around and ends up back in the middle. Readers should already have a reasonable sense of the basics, different schools and practices, etc. For that kind of student, not necessarily advanced but somehow just been around the block a few times, this could be a good inspiration. Wangmo seems very sincerely motivated not to lose track of the target, e.g. wisdom and compassion, and she has a good sense of what the target is. Sometimes one can get a bit lost in the vastness of the Dharma, not just all the teachings and practices but also all the schools and institutions and politics etc. This is a nice pithy book that might help snap a person back into putting the focus where it belongs. show less

For practitioners on the paths of Dzogchen and Mahamudra, one of the greatest joys is to personally receive oral instructions from a realized teacher. The excitement of being able to train based on that advice is further enhanced by the stimulation and support that guidance manuals provide. All of the selections presented in Perfect Clarity offer incredible teachings that are inspiring and vital. Pith instructions are so simple and direct that we can easily apply them without fear of show more mistakes.
These days, the most effective style of teaching is not lengthy scholarly explanations but rather direct guidance manuals The Dzogchen tantras themselves were written in a style that shrouds and conceals the meaning so that only a master who is extremely well-versed in oral instructions and treatises is able to clarify the meaning. On the other hand, based upon oral instructions a guidance manual is a short, comprehensive teaching written in a clear and simple manner. Such summaries of the Mahamudra and Dzogchen teachings contain all the teachings that a worthy practitioner requires to reach the state of primordial enlightenment in this very life.
Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche

The amazing collection in Perfect Clarity is rounded out by an introduction by Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, a preface by Marcia Dechen Wangmo, biographical data of the authors, a glossary, line drawings and photos and Tibetan source material references. show less

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