Rest Is Best

Dzogchen-The Great Completion-tells us that we are already whole, complete and perfect as we are. Amidst whatever turmoil the world can bring to our doorstep, the Dzogchen teachings provide consolation, skilled guidance and profound instruction. In this new book, Rest Is Best, from Z. Rinpoche, we have the core essence of Dzogchen wisdom in a form that is tailored to the needs of a modern reader. Z. Rinpoche is a lineage-successor in the Dzogchen and Mahamudra lineages, and in that capacity has been enjoined by her guru to bring the Dzogchen and Mahamudra teachings to a worldwide audience. The book is taken from talks-more appropriately called "evocations"-that Rinpoche gave to a community of participants in 2022, 2023 and 2024. The language in these evocations is warm and intimate, but also fierce, and burning with the fire of unbearable compassion and beneficial intent.

The key points from these powerful evocations have been distilled into short, pithy chapters in a book which directs us over and over again to the innate joy of open intelligence. The ancient teachings of natural rest are skillfully explained and elucidated, and practical instruction is given which applies very specifically to the lives that people are living these days. This book is a treasure that will keep on enriching the reader with each rereading.