Flavio A. Geisshuesler is the Khyentse Macready Senior Lecturer for Tibetan Buddhism at the University of Sydney, Australia.
A bold work of scholarship, this book yields new perspectives on Dzogchen meditation. By tracing mythical, cultural, ritual, and psychological dimensions of the famed Skullward Leap technique through a quest for vitality and a hidden narrative of the sky-deer cult, scholars and practitioners are invited to reevaluate resonances and repercussions of the Heart Essence contemplative system in Tibetan Buddhism. * Michael Sheehy, University of Virginia, USA * This striking book places Dzogchen firmly within Tibet’s own early medieval culture and religious concerns, opening up new views of Tibetan Buddhist meditation as a whole. * Geoffrey Samuel, Emeritus Professor of History, Archaeology and Religion, Cardiff University, UK *