Vajra Speech: A Commentary on the Quintessence of Spiritual Practice, the Direct Instructions of the Great Compassionate One

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Vajra Speech is a wide ranging collection of pith instructions for the Dzogchen yogi. This Tibetan master's advice reduces negative emotions and naturally enables loving kindness, compassion and wisdom to flourish. A swan can separate water and milk when drinking. The yogi should be like the swan in separating the milk of original wakefulness from the water of ignorance. Though one might have recognized the awakened state, thoughts will still inflict harm unless one understands how to free them. While remaining in awareness itself, every thought movement, no matter what kind, is like drawing in air. - Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche

Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche (1920-1996) was one of the outstanding Tibetan Buddhist teachers of his generation. Forced into exile by the Communist invasion of Tibet, he came to settle in the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal. Though spending over 25 years in retreat, he not only taught extensively, but also founded numerous monasteries and retreat centers the world over. He is the author of such popular books as "Rainbow Painting" and "As It Is Vols. I & II."