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The true nature of our mind is brilliant, clear, and joyful. But we don’t experience this reality amid the swirl of stresses, thoughts, and emotions of day-to-day life. Our Pristine Mind is a practical guide to uncovering our naturally comfortable state of mind and reconnecting with the unconditional happiness that is already within us. Using straightforward, accessible language, Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche leads us through the path of Pristine Mind meditation, a practice from the profound teachings known as Dzogchen. This book presents the entire journey of meditation, from the very beginning all the way to the complete happiness of enlightenment. It is a realistic, natural process that can be practiced and experienced by anyone.
Orgyen Chowang

Orgyen Chowang

Author Bio

ORGYEN CHOWANG RINPOCHE is a meditation master and teacher in the Dzogchen lineage of the Buddhist tradition. He is the founder of Pristine Mind Foundation, which is dedicated to offering accessible and experiential Buddhist teachings, and author of Our Pristine Mind: A Practical Guide to Unconditional Happiness and From Foundation to Summit: A Guide to Ngöndro and the Dzogchen Path. Known for his accessible, passionate, and joyful approach to personal transformation, Rinpoche teaches regularly in the San Francisco Bay Area and travels throughout the world speaking to a broad range of audiences about how to improve their lives through meditation.

Praise for the book

Rick Hanson

PhD, New York Times best-selling author of Hardwiring Happiness and Buddha’s Brain

“This beautiful book feels like a life-changing conversation with a dear friend who happens to be a wise and compassionate Tibetan teacher. Always clear and encouraging, Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche helps us experience the inherently spacious and peaceful nature of the mind—like being the sky, untroubled and undamaged by whatever storm clouds pass through it. He is plainspoken, practical, and profound. A gem of a book.”

George Saunders

New York Times best-selling author of Tenth of December and Lincoln in the Bardo

“A beautiful and potentially life-altering book. The teachings here, at once ancient and revolutionary, are offered with astonishing frankness, clarity, and affection. I felt myself improved by my first read and will be going back to read it again at once.”

Author: Orgyen Chowang

Our Pristine Mind: A Practical Guide to Unconditional Happiness

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