Dzogchen

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Key Term	Dzogchen
In Tibetan Script	རྫོགས་ཆེན།
Wylie Tibetan Transliteration	rdzogs chen
Devanagari Sanskrit Script	महासन्धि
Romanized Sanskrit	mahāsaṅdhi
Tibetan Phonetic Rendering	dzogchen
English Standard	great perfection
Richard Barron's English Term	great perfection
Jeffrey Hopkin's English Term	great completeness
Ives Waldo's English Term	great perfection
Alternate Spellings	rdzogs pa chen po
Term Type	Noun
Source Language	Tibetan
Basic Meaning	Dzogchen is an advanced system of meditation techniques to reveal the innate state of perfection primarily, but not exclusively, espoused by the Nyingma tradition.
Has the Sense of	Dzogchen refers more specifically to the nature of awareness which is the innate state of enlightenment, and more broadly to the associated system of teachings, theories and practices.
Related Terms	atiyoga,;Nyingma
Related Topic Pages	https://kuenselonline.com/dzogchen-the-great-perfection-2/
Definitions

Dzogchen is an advanced system of meditation techniques to reveal the innate state of perfection primarily, but not exclusively, espoused by the Nyingma Buddhist tradition and the Tibetan Bön tradition.

The Nyingma, which is often described as the oldest tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, traces its origin to Padmasambhava, who is said to have visited Tibet in the eighth century.