> Actually, he's parrotting his Guru, Chogyal Norbu Rinpoche, > who disses "internalized" silent sitting meditation; in > favor of the Dzogzen "direct cognition" approach. > Maybe so, but Chogyal Norbu Rinpoche isn't the only teacher giving out instructions in Dzogchen. According to Sogyal Rinpoche, the whole point of Dzogchen meditation practice is to strengthen and stabilize Rigpa, and allow it to grow to full maturity. What's needed is a systematic way of tapping into that Rigpa, the source of unlimited creativity and intelligence that lies within. Dzogchen is that technique.
"At present our Rigpa is a little baby, stranded on the battlefield of strong arising thoughts." - Sogyal Rinpoche Meditation means simply to 'think things over'. We all meditate to a certain degree already and, we're transcending all the time. In fact, we couldn't go through a single day without at least once or twice pausing to take stock of our own mental mind-stuff. The problem is that we don't do this in a very systematic manner. Read more: 'TM, Dzogchen, and staying in the View' http://tinyurl.com/2t2mqn 'Rigpa: The Stages of Meditation' http://tinyurl.com/2wd3k2 'TM, Dzogchen, and Zen' http://tinyurl.com/2jxqyo
