One moment of total awareness is one moment of perfect enlightenment. This is the ultimate insight of Dzogchen, or the Great Perfection, the pinnacle teaching of Tibetan Buddhism.

With his previous bestselling books, including Awakening the Buddha Within, American-born Tibetan Buddhist teacher Lama Surya Das has taught millions about the innate wakefulness and liberation that can be our natural ways of being. Now, with Natural Radiance, he offers his first complete daily practice program for the personal experience of the Òswift and direct pathÓ of Dzogchen.

Dzogchen affirms that we are all buddhas by natureÑinfinitely open, luminous, compassionate, wise, and free. This profound realization, say the teachings, cannot be understood intellectually or studied mentally, but it can be passed from teacher to student through the spoken word. With Natural Radiance, it is now possible to learn these timeÐhonored practices as they have been shared for centuriesÑthrough direct transmission from an accomplished master of the tradition.

Join Lama Surya Das as your trusted guide to help you awaken to the sky-like nature of mindÑwhat is known in Tibetan as rigpa, or total and pure presence. ÒThis is the time of Dzogchen,Ó says Lama Surya Das, Òwhen we most need this immediate teaching of the inherent perfection of being É the natural state of enlightenment.Ó Includes seven guided Dzogchen techniques.