Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche 
As It Is, Volume II [EPUB ebook] 

The collection of teachings presented in As It Is, Volume II, is selected from

talks given by the Tibetan meditation master Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche between

1994 and 1995. The emphasis in Volume I was on the development stage

practice; Volume II focuses primarily on the completion stage.

Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche was someone with extraordinary experience and

realization, a fact known throughout the world. It is evident to everyone

that he was unlike anyone else when it came to pointing out the nature of

mind, and making sure that people both recognized it and had some actual

experience.

—Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche

Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche was an incredible master, one who was both learned

and accomplished. The great masters of this time—the 16th Karmapa,

Dudjom Rinpoche and Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche—all venerated him as one

of their root gurus and a jewel in their crown ornament. He was someone who

achieved the final realization of the Great Perfection.

—Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche

The difference between buddhas and sentient beings is that sentient beings

are busy fabricating. Our self-existing wakefulness has fallen under the power

of being altered. As long as we continue to do so, we will wander in samsara.

Rather than doing that, we need to recognize the nature of mind. I am

explaining this here to give you the idea of how things are. The next step is

for you to experience. Intellectual understanding is not enough. You need to

actually taste and realize this self-existing wakefulness. Train till it becomes

uninterrupted