''This state of contemplation is self-liberation in itself, for Awareness is liberated by means of Awareness.''According to the Nyingmapa school of Tibetan Buddhism, the teachings of Dzogchen were first expounded by the Buddhist master Garab Dorje in the country of Uddiyana. This tradition of Buddhist teaching, which directly introduces the practitioner to the Nature of Mind, was then transmitted to India and later to Tibet. It is equivalent, more or less, in style to Zen.