Tertön Sogyal proceeded through the foundational practices of the Dzogchen training. During this period, he had only one robe and nothing on which to sleep. He lived among the forest animals, sleeping on the ground or flat rocks just as they did. He had no pans with which to cook, so his daily sustenance consisted of roasted barley porridge mixed with crystal water from a nearby spring. He endured these austerities without saying a word to his teacher. When Nyoshul Lungtok became aware of Tertön Sogyal’s asceticism, the teacher ordered him to take up residence next to the tent-kitchen.
~~ Fearless in Tibet
Book by Matteo Pistono
Nineteenth-century Tibetan mystic Tertön Sogyal was a visionary, whose mastery of meditation led him to be a revered teacher to the Thirteenth Dalai Lama.
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