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Dzogchen Retreat - The Foolish Dharma of an Idiot Clothed in Mud and Feathers by Düdjom Lingpa

D6S3 - Why Dzogchen Practice Is Simply Waking Up

Lama Alan · 89 minutes · recorded June 12, 2025

Lama Alan traces how mental afflictions such as anger and pride do not simply vanish upon realisation but melt into the five wisdoms, and offers a third translation of Dzogchen, the Great Encompassment, alongside the more familiar Great Perfection and Great Completion. He describes the false cave of appearances, likening ordinary experience to a non-lucid dream, and says the entire task of Dzogchen practice comes down to one thing: waking up.

The Foolish Dharma of an Idiot Clothed in Mud and Feathers

Anger and aversion Buddhist psychology Dream yoga The nature of mind Compassion (karuna) Dzogchen The Foolish Dharma of an Idiot Clothed in Mud and Feathers

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