Approaching the Great Perfection
Wed, 22 Oct
|Zoom Meeting
Dzogchen or the Great Perfection is a rich and profound approach that has universal appeal and application. This Dharma teaching series transmits core teachings and practices of Dzogchen including pointing-out of pristine awareness (rigpa) as and when appropriate.
Time & Location
22 Oct 2025, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm SGT
Zoom Meeting
About the event
Dzogchen or the Great Perfection (大圆满), widely seen as “pinnacle” of the Buddhist path to enlightenment within Tibetan Buddhism, has universal appeal and application. In this teaching series, I will offer core teachings and practices of Dzogchen in terms of the ground, path, and fruition of the Great Perfection, focusing on the Dzogchen path's distinctive view, meditation, and way of life.
Avoiding both loose laxity and compulsive striving, we will explore ways of settling the body, speech, and mind in their natural states, resting within the view of pristine awareness (rigpa). We will explore the four key phases of Dzogchen meditation: (1) calm abiding (shiney or shamatha); (2) deep insight (lhagtong or vipashyana); (3) cutting through (tekcho); and(4) direct crossing-over (togal). Common and uncommon preliminary practices that ripen the mindstream for Dzogchen will be explicated. For those sufficiently mature, the quintessential practice of guru-yoga will be transmitted as the heart…