According to the Vajrayana Buddhist tradition, "Dzogchen" is the direct experience of enlightenment. In "Roaring Silence, " Vajrayana teachers Ngakpa Chogyam and Khandro Dechen walk the reader through the meditation techniques that "enable us to side-step the bureaucracy of intellectual processes and experience ourselves directly" to discover this direct experience of enlightenment that is the mind of Dzogchen.
Surprisingly, the approach is very pragmatic. Offering an investigation of the necessary steps, the authors begin with how to prepare for the journey: the lama is essential; as are...