"The Essence of Realization" is a revealing text from the Mystical Tradition of Tibet, authored by His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche, the spiritual leader of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism, with an introduction, translation, and commentary by Efstathios Liakopoulos (Kunzang Trinlei Dorje Tsal).

The concepts expressed belong to the highest level of the tradition, within the vehicle of "Great Perfection" (Dzogchen), and his instructions refer to the conditions of isolation and rigorous practice that every practitioner is called to apply skillfully and discreetly in a stressful and seemingly rational world, in order to process positively and salvifically what occurs within and around them.

[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]