Samantabhadra
Dzogchen

In Dzogchen what is Primordial Purity (Kadag)?

This post is an exploration of Primordial Purity, or Kadag in Tibetan (ཀ་དག་). The concept of Kadag is central to Dzogchen. It refers to the inherent, unconditioned purity of the nature of mind and reality itself. It is sometimes also translated as “original purity” or “alpha purity.” Kadag is not something to be created or attained but is […]

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The Mahasiddha Tilopa
Mahamudra

Severing the Bardo ‘Once and for All’

‘Question and answer’ oral instructions of the Wisdom Ḍākinī to Tilopa Shrī vajraḍākinī namo! Tilopa asked the wisdom Ḍākinī: what is awakening [Buddha]? The wisdom Ḍākinī responded: Tilopa! When the mind looks at mind, the ‘looker’ is mind, the ‘looked at’ is also mind. Like space gazing at space, both the ‘gazer’ and the ‘gazed

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Vairotsana
Dzogchen

Vairotsana’s Wonderful Cuckoo’s Song Of Awareness

The Six Vajra Verses of Vairotsana Hey, Mahasattva, Magnificent Being, listen! The nature of multiplicity is Nondual and things in themselves are pure and simple; being here and now is construct-free and it shines out in all forms, always all good; it is already perfect, so exertion is redundant and spontaneity is ever immanent. VairotsanaOriginal

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Guru Rinpoche / Padmasambhava
Dzogchen

Reflections on Verse 13 – Self-Liberation through Seeing with Naked Awareness

The Terton Karma Lingpa discovered the Self-Liberation through Seeing with Naked Awareness on top of Mount Gampodar when aged 15, together with the text commonly known in the west as the Tibetan Book of the Dead – more correctly called Liberation Through Hearing During the Intermediate State The Self-Liberation through Seeing with Naked Awareness is

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