This teaching is part of Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche’s ongoing series of Pith Instructions, in which he draws from his own years of personal practice and reflection on the heart-essence of the teachings of dzogchen. The dzogchen, or “great perfection,” teachings are considered the path of self-liberation and the highest form of teaching and practice in the Bön Buddhist tradition. Their practices can transport the practitioner directly into the nature of mind, our real essence.