Longchenpa ~ Three Statements That Strike the Vital Point (Commentary Garab Dorje) ~ Dzogchen
Dec 28, 2024
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Dive into the core teachings of Longchenpa, highlighting the path to recognizing your own nature. Explore the transformative journey toward self-liberation and the concept of original purity. Discover how all phenomena manifest the Dharmakaya and the importance of gaining confidence in liberation. The insights provided illuminate the timeless awareness essential for achieving Buddhahood.
Understanding one's own nature leads to the realization of awareness as both empty and pristine, fostering a vivid presence in the moment.
Gaining confidence in self-liberation arises from recognizing that awareness naturally manifests and dissolves, requiring no effort or meditation.
Deep dives
The Path to Timeless Awareness
The practice of attaining timeless awareness begins with a clear introduction and preparation, which includes arranging ceremonial offerings and focusing on one's own awareness. The state of original purity is highlighted, describing awareness as empty yet pristine, akin to the transparency of space. This realization allows individuals to connect with their bare awareness, which remains unaffected by thoughts or memories, enabling a state of vivid presence in the moment. Practicing non-meditation, where one simply observes and rests in this awareness, leads to a profound understanding of the Dharmakaya—the essence of pure awareness untainted by conceptual distractions.
Confidence in Liberation
The process of liberation is rooted in recognizing that thoughts and memories arise spontaneously but do not need to be engaged or repressed. This self-liberation is simultaneous with manifestation, suggesting that just as waves arise from the ocean and dissolve back into it, so too does awareness manifest and dissolve continuously. Confidence in this natural process comes from understanding that awareness is inherently liberated—void of concepts and independent of distraction. Ultimately, the key teachings emphasize that liberation doesn’t require effort or meditation; it is the very nature of reality itself, flowing effortlessly as one recognizes the innate purity of all manifestations.
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Unlocking Timeless Awareness: The Path to Natural Presence
Longchenpa’s Explanation of the Three Statements That Strike the Vital Point (by Garab Dorje).
1. Be introduced to your own nature.
2. Decide upon one thing.
3. Gain confidence in liberation.
This commentary is drawn from Longchenpa’s Profound Quintessence. The original translation is included in Great Perfection: Separation and Breakthrough, translated by Cortland Dahl.
Longchenpa, also known as Longchen Rabjam , ‘Infinite, Vast Expanse of Space’, or Drimé Özer (1308-1364), was one of the most brilliant teachers of the Nyingma lineage. He systematized the Nyingma teachings in his ‘Seven Treasures’ and wrote extensively on Dzogchen.
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