Inspired by Malcolm Smith’s Wisdom Academy course: Dzogchen: Ten Key Terms I’ve been reflecting a lot recently on the terms he focuses on, as they are so crucial to Dzogchen understanding and realisation. In a series of posts I want to share my favourite quotes from the Dzogchen source texts, so they can speak for […]
In Dzogchen what is the Primordial Ground or Base (Gzhi)? Read Post »
I thought I’d write a guide to the The Three Statements of Garab Dorje. This teaching has been so fundamental for me in relation to Dzogchen. It’s extraordinarily concise, but in a way all of Dzogchen is contained there in essence. The whole Dzogchen path opens out from these statements. The Three Statements of Garab
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I thought I’d reflect on Patrul Rinpoche’s profound Dzogchen teaching on the nature of mind, awareness, and emptiness. The wisdom of inseparable emptiness and clarity is so clearly and directly pointed out here in his ‘The Life and Liberation of the Mind’. Emaho!Mind itself has always been without substance.It is not seen by looking, but
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