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TULKU THONDUP • Enlightened Living
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DZOGCHEN TRILOGY COMPILED BY MARCIA BINDER SCHMIDT Dzogchen Primer • Dzogchen Essentials • Quintessential Dzogchen
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Third paperback edition 2016
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Publication Data: ISBN: 978-0-9977162-2-1 (eBook)
Authors: Tsoknyi Rinpoche (1966-). Translated, compiled and edited by Erik Pema Kunsang (Erik Hein Schmidt) and Marcia Binder Schmidt. Edited with Kerry Moran.
Title: Fearless Simplicity: The Dzogchen Way of Living Freely in a Complex World.
Eastern Philosophy—Buddhism Vajrayana—Dzogchen. I. Title.
Cover art: Lhadripa Nawang Zangpo
Cover design: Marcia Binder Schmidt
The verse on page 38 was translated by the Nalanda Translation Committee.
CONTENTS
Looking, Seeing, Letting Be, and Being Free
Mingling Practice with Daily Life