(Tibetan, literally "Great Perfection" similar to Mahamudra; the Sanskrit equivalent is mahasandhi) The Highest Yoga Tantra of the Tibetan tradition, and synonymous with
Universal Gnosticism. His Holiness the Dalai Lama said, "According
to the Nyingma tradition, Dzogchen is the most profound of all the
vehicles leading to enlightenment... but unless the practitioner has
the capacity to understand the teachings properly, mistaken views can
easily develop... Without a deep intellectual and experiential
foundation... [it] can easily lead to confusion." The same may be
said of Gnosis.
Padmasambhava said, "[Dzogchen] is the secret, unsurpassed cycle of the supreme vehicle [of
Tantra], the true essence of the definitive meaning; the short path for
attaining Buddhahood in one life."
Based in developing the powers of
visualization in meditation, and rooted in the establishment of perfect
control over attention, Dzogchen harnesses the nature of all experience
through profound conscious transformation of all impressions, and is
enforced and realized through the supreme methods of White Tantra, or
the perfect transformation of the vital energies.