Dzogchen Dream Yoga

Develop lucid awareness in dreams as a foundation for spiritual practice • Draws on the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism to offer a progression of dream yoga practices, including pre-sleep purification, correct postures, and visualizations • Offers practical instructions for identifying the dream state and modifying your dream narratives • Reveals how dream yoga supports the bardo teachings and prepares the practitioner for death and rebirth Maintaining awareness while dreaming is one of the most direct and practical methods for understanding the nature of reality. Drawing on the teachings of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, this guide offers detailed instructions for cultivating lucid dream awareness and utilizing it as a foundation for spiritual realization. The authors present a progression of dream yoga practices, including pre-sleep purification, correct postures, and visualizations. Their exercises will enable you to influence, multiply, and expand your dream experiences. They demonstrate how to recognize dream phenomena as illusory and apply this recognition to everyday perception, which is crucial for cultivating nondual awareness. Practical instructions are given for identifying the dream state and maintaining lucidity to effectively modify your dream narratives. By consistently advancing on this path, you will realize the true nature of the mind. The authors also reveal how dream yoga supports the bardo teachings and prepares the practitioner for death and rebirth. A comprehensive roadmap rooted in an authentic lineage, Dzogchen Dream Yoga demonstrates how to deepen your meditation practice to cultivate awareness while dreaming to enhance focus and illuminate the waking experience.

Ven. Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche (1938-2010) was an extraordinary lama, teacher, and Dzogchen master in the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche, an accomplished scholar and Vajrayana master, travels extensively worldwide to teach. Together the two brothers founded the Padmasambhava Buddhist Center in upstate New York, which now has centers around the world.

Foreword: Awaken in the Dream by Paul Levy Preface Acknowledgments Introduction to Dream Yoga Prerequisites for Dream Yoga The Purification of Body, Speech, and Mind Before Sleep Maintaining Awareness While Dreaming Exercises to Maintain Awareness While Dreaming Removing Obstacles to Dream Yoga Recognizing the Illusory Nature of Dreams Increasing Your Level of Realization Conclusion APPENDICES Outline of Essential Dream Yoga Practice Interview with Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche on Dream Yoga Questions and Answers on Dream Yoga Dedication of Merit Glossary Index About the Authors Books and Publications by the Authors Padmasambhava Buddhist Center