Can I read Essence of Mind : An Approach to Dzogchen on EtoBox?

Essence of Mind : An Approach to Dzogchen by Marianne Bentzen, Jes Bertelsen, Martijn van Beek, Jens-Erik Risom is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Essence of Mind : An Approach to Dzogchen about?

This handbook to spirituality gathers together Danish meditation teacher Jes Bertelsen's advice on training the mind through wordless prayer and meditation to realize the essence of consciousness. Bertelsen has been teaching philosophy and meditation since the early 1970s; in 1989, he met the Tibetan lama Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, who authorized Jes Bertelsen to teach Dzogchen, and to do so using his own judgment as to the most appropriate way to assimilate these teachings into Western culture. Bertelsen's teachings are based on an experiential investigation of the nature of consciousness, using comparative analysis of Eastern and Western spiritual teachings and consciousness practices on a foundation of modern psychological, philosophical, and scientific approaches. Essence of Mind outlines the author's experience and approach to Dzogchen, the natural primordial state of human consciousness that is timeless, pure, and untouched by suffering. The book is divided into three parts. The first part describes different methods for pointing out the essence of consciousness and the techniques related to them. The second part seeks to outline the key principles of a training system suited to

Author

Marianne Bentzen, Jes Bertelsen, Martijn van Beek, Jens-Erik Risom

Publisher

Berkeley, California: North Atlantic Books

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9781583946329

Subjects

Buddhism, Body Mind & Spirit, Religion

Updated

2026-03-24