Dzogchen Dream Yoga: 
How to Practice Dreamtime Awareness
 
By Ven. Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche
By Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche
 
Pages: 192
Book Size: 6.00" x 9.00"
ISBN-13: 9798888504567
Imprint: Inner Traditions
On Sale Date: August 10, 2026
Format: Paperback Book
Illustrations: 33 b&w illustrations
 
Develop lucid awareness in dreams as a foundation for spiritual practice

Ven. Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche and Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche present detailed instructions for cultivating lucid dream awareness in the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Learn pre-sleep purification, dream identification, and visualization practices that reveal the illusory nature of reality, support bardo teachings, and prepare you for spiritual realization, death, and rebirth.
 
• Draws on the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism to offer a progression of dream yoga practices, including pre-sleep purification, correct postures, and visualizations

• Offers practical instructions for identifying the dream state and modifying your dream narratives

• Reveals how dream yoga supports the bardo teachings and prepares the practitioner for death and rebirth

Maintaining awareness while dreaming is one of the most direct and practical methods for understanding the nature of reality. Drawing on the teachings of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, this guide offers detailed instructions for cultivating lucid dream awareness and utilizing it as a foundation for spiritual realization.

The authors present a progression of dream yoga practices, including pre-sleep purification, correct postures, and visualizations. Their exercises will enable you to influence, multiply, and expand your dream experiences. They demonstrate how to recognize dream phenomena as illusory and apply this recognition to everyday perception, which is crucial for cultivating nondual awareness.

Practical instructions are given for identifying the dream state and maintaining lucidity to effectively modify your dream narratives. By consistently advancing on this path, you will realize the true nature of the mind. The authors also reveal how dream yoga supports the bardo teachings and prepares the practitioner for death and rebirth.

A comprehensive roadmap rooted in an authentic lineage, Dzogchen Dream Yoga demonstrates how to deepen your meditation practice to cultivate awareness while dreaming to enhance focus and illuminate the waking experience.
 
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Table of Contents
 
Foreword: Awaken in the Dream
by Paul Levy

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction to Dream Yoga

Prerequisites for Dream Yoga

The Purification of Body, Speech,
and Mind Before Sleep

Maintaining Awareness While Dreaming

Exercises to Maintain Awareness While Dreaming

Removing Obstacles to Dream Yoga

Recognizing the Illusory Nature of Dreams

Increasing Your Level of Realization

Conclusion

APPENDICES

Outline of Essential Dream Yoga Practice

Interview with Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche
on Dream Yoga

Questions and Answers on Dream Yoga

Dedication of Merit

Glossary

Index

About the Authors

Books and Publications by the Authors

Padmasambhava Buddhist Center