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[[Image:Chokgyur Lingpa.jpg|thumb|[[Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa]]]]
The '''Three Classes of the Great Perfection''' (Tib. རྫོགས་ཆེན་སྡེ་གསུམ, ''Dzogchen Desum''; [[Wyl.]] ''rdzogs chen sde gsum'') is a revelation of [[Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa]] and [[Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo]]. It was revealed in 1857<ref>Doctor (2005) p. 89 gives the precise date as January 28, 1857</ref> at Meshö Dzomnang as an [[earth terma]] taken from the [[Pema Shelpuk|Lotus Crystal Cave]], a cave sacred to [[Guru Rinpoche]].<ref>The full story of the revelation is told in Orgyen Tobgyal (2000), pp. 14-15</ref> [[Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche]] described it as Chokgyur Lingpa's foremost treasure, as it is the only Tibetan [[terma]] to reveal all [[three classes]] of [[Dzogchen]].<ref>Doctor (2005), p.89</ref>

==Notes==
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==Teachings Given to the [[About Rigpa|Rigpa]] Sangha==
*[[Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], 16-18 September 2011

==Further Reading==
*Andreas Doctor, ''Tibetan Treasure Literature: Revelation, Tradition and Accomplishment in Visionary Buddhism'' (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2005).
*[[Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche|Orgyen Tobgyal]], ''The Life of Chokgyur Lingpa'', Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 2000

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