Dylan Esler is a scholar and translator of Tibetan Buddhist texts. He holds a PhD from the University of Louvain and an MA in Buddhist Studies from SOAS, University of London. He works for 84000, an organization devoted to the translation into English of the Tibetan Buddhist canon. Previously, he was a researcher at the Center for Religious Studies (CERES) of the Ruhr University Bochum. He is affiliated with the Institut Orientaliste de Louvain (CIOL), where he has held the Satsuma Chair, and has also taught at the Inalco in Paris. His research interests focus on early Nyingma expositions of Dzogchen and Tantra.

This is a major contribution to the knowledge of the contemplative traditions in Tibetan Buddhism.

• Acknowledgements Abbreviations and SymbolsGeneral Introduction: The Text and its Author Chapter I: Laying the Groundwork Chapter II: Getting ReadyChapter III: Gaining Perspective Chapter IV: The Gradual Approach of the Classical Mahayana Chapter V: The Simultaneous Approach of Chan Chapter VI: The Tantric Vehicle of Mahayoga Chapter VII: The Vehicle of Effortless Spontaneity of Atiyoga Chapter VIII: Dedication of Virtue ColophonsBibliography

Dylan Esler is a scholar and translator of Tibetan Buddhist texts. He holds a PhD from the University of Louvain and an MA in Buddhist Studies from SOAS, University of London. He works for 84000, an organization devoted to the translation into English of the Tibetan Buddhist canon. Previously, he was a researcher at the Center for Religious Studies (CERES) of the Ruhr University Bochum. He is affiliated with the Institut Orientaliste de Louvain (CIOL), where he has held the Satsuma Chair, and has also taught at the Inalco in Paris. His research interests focus on early Nyingma expositions of Dzogchen and Tantra.

This is a major contribution to the knowledge of the contemplative traditions in Tibetan Buddhism.

• Acknowledgements Abbreviations and SymbolsGeneral Introduction: The Text and its Author Chapter I: Laying the Groundwork Chapter II: Getting ReadyChapter III: Gaining Perspective Chapter IV: The Gradual Approach of the Classical Mahayana Chapter V: The Simultaneous Approach of Chan Chapter VI: The Tantric Vehicle of Mahayoga Chapter VII: The Vehicle of Effortless Spontaneity of Atiyoga Chapter VIII: Dedication of Virtue ColophonsBibliography

Dylan Esler is a scholar and translator of Tibetan Buddhist texts. He holds a PhD from the University of Louvain and an MA in Buddhist Studies from SOAS, University of London. He works for 84000, an organization devoted to the translation into English of the Tibetan Buddhist canon. Previously, he was a researcher at the Center for Religious Studies (CERES) of the Ruhr University Bochum. He is affiliated with the Institut Orientaliste de Louvain (CIOL), where he has held the Satsuma Chair, and has also taught at the Inalco in Paris. His research interests focus on early Nyingma expositions of Dzogchen and Tantra.

This is a major contribution to the knowledge of the contemplative traditions in Tibetan Buddhism.

• Acknowledgements Abbreviations and SymbolsGeneral Introduction: The Text and its Author Chapter I: Laying the Groundwork Chapter II: Getting ReadyChapter III: Gaining Perspective Chapter IV: The Gradual Approach of the Classical Mahayana Chapter V: The Simultaneous Approach of Chan Chapter VI: The Tantric Vehicle of Mahayoga Chapter VII: The Vehicle of Effortless Spontaneity of Atiyoga Chapter VIII: Dedication of Virtue ColophonsBibliography