The great perfection (rDzogs chen) : : a philosophical and meditative teaching of Tibetan Buddhism / / Samten Gyaltsen Karmay.

• Superior document: Brill's Tibetan studies library ; v. 11
• Author: Karmay, Samten Gyaltsen.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2007.
• שנת הוצאה לאור: 2007
• מהדורה: 2nd ed.
• שפה: English
• סדרה: Brill's Tibetan studies library ; v. 11.
• תיאור פיזי: 1 online resource (xiv, 256 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates) :; illustrations
• הערות: Previously published: 1988.

The Great Perfection (rDzogs chen in Tibetan) is a philosophical and meditative teaching. Its inception is attributed to Vairocana, one of the first seven Tibetan Buddhist monks ordained at Samye in the eight century A.D. The doctrine is regarded among Buddhists as the core of the teachings adhered...