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Article: Le chant d'illusion et autres poemes.(Review)
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- World Literature Today
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- June 22, 2000
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Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche (Jamyang Dorje). Le chant d'illusion et autres poemes. Stephane Arguillere, tr. Paris. Gallimard. 2000. 258 pages. 220 F. ISBN 2-07-075503-7.
Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche (1932-99) was one of the most renowned masters of Tibetan Dzochen (translated frequently as "Great Perfection"): the perfect state of "total awakening" or enlightenment. The Dzochen tradition was introduced in Tibet in the eighth century by the great saint Padmasambhava, whose heart would, it had been prophesied, "blaze like fire" -- with the radiant warmth of compassion. The wisdom implicit in the Great Perfection, having been hidden for centuries, followed two modalities: Kama, ...