Dzogchen Dzogchen (, "Great Perfection" or "Great Completion"), also known as ''atiyoga'' ( utmost yoga), is a tradition of teachings in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism and Yungdrung Bon aimed at discovering and continuing in the ultimate ground of existence. ...

, the eleven vajra topics explain the view of the

secret instruction series Dzogchen (, "Great Perfection" or "Great Completion"), also known as ''atiyoga'' ( utmost yoga), is a tradition of teachings in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism and Yungdrung Bon aimed at discovering and continuing in the ultimate ground of existence. ...

(''man ngag sde''). These can be found in the ''String of Pearls Tantra'' (''Mu tig phreng ba''), the ''Great Commentary by Vimalamitra'' as well as in

Longchenpa Longchen Rabjam Drimé Özer (), commonly abbreviated to Longchenpa (1308–1364, an honorific meaning "The Vast Expanse") was a Tibetan scholar-yogi of the Nyingma school ('Old School') of Tibetan Buddhism. According to tibetologist David Germ ...

's ''Treasury of Word and Meaning'' (''Tsik Dön Dzö).'' The ''String of Pearls Tantra'' briefly lists them as follows: The eleven topics are: # the ground or basis of reality (''gzhi''), and how it dynamically manifests itself (''gzhi snang)'' # how beings stray from the basis # the essence of enlightenment present in all beings # how primordial wisdom (''ye shes'') is in all beings # the pathways of primordial wisdom in beings # the gateways of primordial wisdom in beings # the objective sphere for primordial wisdom shining forth # how primordial wisdom is experientially accessed through contemplation # signs of realization # dying and post-death Opportunities in the intermediate states (''bar do'') # ultimate fruition (Buddhahood)

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* * {{cite book , last=Smith , first=Malcolm , year=2016 , title=Buddhahood in This Life: The Great Commentary by Vimalamitra , publisher=Simon and Schuster Dzogchen Tibetan Buddhist philosophical concepts