How Long to Read Approaching the Great Perfection

How Long Does it Take to Read Approaching the Great Perfection?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 5 minutes to read Approaching the Great Perfection by Sam Van Schaik

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Dzogchen, the Great Perfection, is the highest meditative practice of the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism. Approaching the Great Perfection looks at a seminal figure of this lineage, Jigme Lingpa, an eighteenth-century scholar and meditation master whose cycle of teachings, the Longchen Nyingtig, has been handed down through generations as a complete path to enlightenment. Ten of Jigme Lingpa's texts are presented here, along with extensive analysis by van Schaik of a core tension within Buddhism: Does enlightenment develop gradually, or does it come all at once? Though these two positions...

How long is Approaching the Great Perfection?

Approaching the Great Perfection by Sam Van Schaik is 416 pages long, and a total of 106,496 words.

This makes it 140% the length of the average book. It also has 130% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Approaching the Great Perfection Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 41 minutes to read Approaching the Great Perfection aloud.

What Reading Level is Approaching the Great Perfection?

Approaching the Great Perfection is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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