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PREFACE

Fearless Simplicity is a collection of various talks, approximately seventy-five of them, given by Tsoknyi Rinpoche in diverse types of locations in different countries, to groups large and small and to individual students, between 1998 and 2002. In some cases, teachings on similar topics were synthesized and combined; other teachings are presented as they were originally spoken. Throughout the process of collecting, transcribing, selecting, and editing, Rinpoche was instrumental in directing and refining the work that culminated in this book.

Quite recently a manuscript of vajra songs of realization from masters of the Nyingma lineage compiled by Kyungtrul Rinpoche was brought out of Tibet. This precious text contained a song by the first Tsoknyi Rinpoche. Upon hearing this, the present Tsoknyi Rinpoche asked that it be translated and included in this book. Finding this song was like finding a treasure in that it condenses the meaning of the entire Fearless Simplicity.

In earlier drafts, we called the manuscript A Feast of Merit and Wisdom. This is a double play on Tsoknyi Rinpoche’s name, being the two accumulations (tsok-nyi) as well as the word for feast (tsok). Later, Rinpoche decided on the current title, as it seemed more true to the contents. We have tried our best to keep the flavor of Rinpoche’s teaching style through the process of codifying the live transmission into the written word.

We have traveled this exceptional journey with many friends. Our thanks go to Sogyal Rinpoche for making time in his busy schedule to write the foreword; to the transcribers, Joanne Larson and Michael Tweed, who also helped edit; to the Rigpa Sangha for sharing some Lerab Ling transcripts from 1999; to the primary editor, Kerry Moran; the copy editor, Tracy Davis; the proofreaders Daniel Kaufer and Christine Daniels; and to our kind patron, Richard Gere.

Please approach this book as you would an exquisite banquet, a feast. Understand that the kitchen staff has prepared it with the best possible intentions, ingredients, and skills. Let it nourish you with a delightful frame of mind. And as a dedication, may all we aspiring Dzogchen yogis attain accomplishment and rebirth in the pure realm of the Copper-Colored Mountain at the table of the master chef, Padmasambhava.

—Erik and Marcia Nangkyi Gompa