What IS Dzogchen? Dzogchen is not simply a teaching, nor another philosophy, nor another elaborate system, nor a seductive clutch of techniques. In the words of Dzogchen master Sogyal Rinpoche, "Dzogchen is a state, *the* primordial state, that state of total awakening that is the heart-essence of all the buddhas and all spiritual paths, and the summit of an individual's spiritual evolution." (from 'The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying')