Entrance to the Great Perfection: A Guide to the Dzogchen Preliminary Practices Paperback - 2010

Media reviews

"Now in this inspiring book with Jigmé Lingpa's original commentary alongside Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche's brilliant and practical guide, we have a perfect blend of ancient and modern, offering us nothing less than a path to enlightenment as relevant and effective today as ever before."—Sogyal Rinpoche, author of The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying

"A thoroughly accessible and highly recommended resource for anyone intrigued to learn more about Tibetan Buddhism."—Midwest Book Review

"Dahl offers a valuable contribution for those engaging in this practice. . . . Dahl writes with the humility that characterizes the best translations and with an eye to the balance of accuracy and readability. The book makes a strong case for approaching the Buddhist path in a holistic way."—Buddhadharma: The Practitioner’s Quarterly "These preliminary practices found in all the Tibetan traditions provide a solid foundation for tantric practice. They consist of initial and continuing study, reflection, and meditation on the preciousness and uniqueness of human existence, impermanence, Karma, and the causal dependencies."—The Middle Way, the Buddhist Society's quarterly journal