{"product_id":"lamplight-on-your-path-adzom-drukpas-guide-to-dzogchens-foundational-practices-hardcover","title":"Lamplight on Your Path: Adzom Drukpa's Guide to Dzogchen's Foundational Practices - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnne Carolyn Klein\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn experiential journey into the heart of Buddhist practice--and companion volume to the beloved \u003ci\u003eWords of My Perfect Teacher\u003c\/i\u003e--this revered Tibetan practice manual illuminates the practical methods that lead to the wholeness and freedom of the Great Perfection.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTranslated here for the first time, Adzom Drukpa's (1842-1924) \u003ci\u003eLamplight on Your Path\u003c\/i\u003e details for readers the unique practices grounding the Dzogchen path to liberation. This path was revealed by Jigme Lingpa (1730-98) as part of his \u003ci\u003eLongchen Nyingthig\u003c\/i\u003e cycle of teachings and is the basis for both Patrul Rinpoche's beloved \u003ci\u003eWords of My Perfect Teacher\u003c\/i\u003e and Adzom Drukpa's \u003ci\u003eLamplight\u003c\/i\u003e. These foundational practices, known as \u003ci\u003engondro\u003c\/i\u003e, offer a way to fundamentally shift one's heart and mindset, preparing one for the uniquely refined awareness that is both the method and the pinnacle of Dzogchen practice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eLamplight\u003c\/i\u003e, Adzom Drukpa enriches his instruction with personal anecdotes and poetic flourishes that amplify his teachings on these powerful practices. His unique emphases suggest the power that he personally found in the foundational practices, how their inner meaning arose in his mind, and the open-hearted relationship he had with his teachers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Beautifully rendered from the original Tibetan into clear English by Dr. Anne C. Klein--herself a lama and practitioner within the lineage of Jigme Lingpa and Adzom Drukpa--\u003ci\u003eLamplight for Your Path\u003c\/i\u003e offers a fascinating account of a Tibetan master's own journey in practice and shows how that path is always open to anyone with a heartfelt desire to experience the ever-present liberating awareness of Dzogchen.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnne Carolyn Klein is a professor and former chair of the Department of Religion at Rice University, where she developed a contemplative studies concentration for graduate students, teaches courses on Buddhism, and reads with students in Tibetan. She is also a lama in the Nyingma tradition and a founding teacher at Dawn Mountain, a center for Tibetan Buddhism, where she teaches a variety of practices and texts, especially recently revealed (gter) practices from Adzom Paylo Rinpoche, whom she met adventitiously in Tibet in 1996 and who named her a Dorje Lopön in 2009. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e She has studied and translated in three of Tibet's five traditions. Her scholarly work encompasses both Tibetan texts and the learned oral commentary on them. Her books include \u003ci\u003eKnowledge and Liberation\u003c\/i\u003e, on Buddhist distinctions between intellectual knowing and direct experience; \u003ci\u003ePath to the Middle: The Spoken Scholarship of Kensur Yeshey Tupden\u003c\/i\u003e, on preparing to meet the ultimate; \u003ci\u003eMeeting the Great Bliss Queen\u003c\/i\u003e, contrasting Buddhist and feminist understandings of self; Khetsun Sangpo Rinpoche's S\u003ci\u003etrand of Jewels\u003c\/i\u003e, on essential Dzogchen teachings; with Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, \u003ci\u003eUnbounded Wholeness\u003c\/i\u003e, a translation and presentation of a Bön Dzogchen text; and \u003ci\u003eHeart Essence of the Vast Expanse\u003c\/i\u003e, on the foundational practices and lineage of Jigme Lingpa, with chantable English translations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In all these endeavors her central theme is the embodied interaction between head and heart on the paths to wholeness, and delight in finding these throughout Buddhist literary and contemplative traditions.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 440\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.6 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 27, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67924626571571,"sku":"9798890700025","price":61.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/QfOemd2PL69798890700025.webp?v=1793832684","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/lamplight-on-your-path-adzom-drukpas-guide-to-dzogchens-foundational-practices-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}