Quote Originally Posted by Patjunfa View Post
Verre, there is enough writting on dream yoga to give a good introduction. such as by andrew holechek, Tenzin Wangal Rinpoche, Alan Wallace, Namkhai Norbu etc. Charlie Morleys writings are probably in that direction also, tho less explictly named as such. I'll post my lit review soon when I've a chance to tidy it up a bit.
Right, I'm familiar with most of these, although I haven't yet done a comprehensive survey of the literature. My problem is that the books I've looked at still leave ambiguous the historicity of these techniques. I'm not so much interested in the present-day teachings as in their concrete historical basis, and how far back it goes. I understand that this is deeply problematic in the case of the Tibetan Buddhist canon because of oral teachings, terma and other factors that undermine a firm provenance, but I really do think it matters how far back these techniques actually go and where they come from, if we're going to insist on associating lucid dreaming with Buddhism at all. I can't help but notice that Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche identifies as Bon, for crying out loud. So is this a Tibetan thing rather than a Buddhist thing? I understand that this might seem like a spurious and artificial distinction, but if there is no evidence of lucid dreaming practice in the Buddhist traditions of any other Asian country, then it seems reasonable to ask.