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Dzogchen and the Nine Vehicles of Enlightenment
6 2.
The Path: Choose the state of presence.
Direct discovery of the state of presence rig pa
!" #eyond do$#t. This is the
Dzogchen
%editation
$pon &hich the
longde
space series is #ased. '.
The (r$it)*es$lt: Contin$e in the state &ith confidence in li#eration
total realized integration of the primordial #ase or gro$nd in the everyday life&orld!.
This is theDzogchen
Cond$ct
$pon &hich the
mengagde
secret
$padesha
series is #ased. These three statements distill all of the
Dzogchen tantras
and &isdom compare these &ith the
(o$r +tatements of ,en!.
The +i- Vara Verses of Vairochana
These
Three Essential Points
The Three Vara Verses
! of the essence" nat$re and energy of the /ase" and of the Path and its (r$ition is contained
in Vairochana0s very early
Dzogchen
tantra" the+i- Vara Verses
" or 1C$coo of the +tate of Presence1
*ig3
pa4i h$
3#y$g
! of the /$ddha potential that each individ$al is" the l$mino$s presence of intrinsic a&areness
rigpa!
itself
.
The c$coo is the sacred #ird of the
/onpofo$nder +henra# %i&o and is considered in the a#original Ti#etan
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/on
tradition as the ing of #irds" har3 #inger of spring and #earer of &isdom from the
vast empty sy.
The +i- Vara Verses
of Vairochana and all of the h$ndreds of
Dzogchentantras are #$t commentaries on 5ara# Dore0s
Three Varra Verses"
or
The Three Essential Points
.
The
+i- Vara Verses
translated #y Namhai Nor#$!: Verse 7 2: The /ase Vie&!:
The nat$re of phenomena is non3d$al
gnyis med
!" #$t each one" its o&n state" is #eyond the limits of the mind semde
mind meditation series!.
Verse ' 7 8: The Path" 9ay of Practice The %editation!:
There is no concept that can define the condition of 1&hat is"1 #$t vision nevertheless
manifests: all is good
longde
" space meditation series!.
Verses 7 6: The (r$it" *es$lt" 9ay of /eing in ;ction The Cond$ct!:
Everything has already #een accomplished" and so" having overcome the sicness of
effort see3ing!" one finds oneself in the self3perfected state: This is contemplation.
men3 gagde
)
$padesha
" secret essence meditation series!.
P$rport
The /ase
gzhi
!
#y direct transmission
semde
!:
rtogs pa
"
ava#odhi! phase of the
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Dzogchen
teaching.
The Path
longde!:
=Don0t remain in do$#t> =choose the state of presence>!. The %ed
i3tation
gompa
!: =Decide on one point.> Choose and $se the realization of the nond$al
$nity of emptiness and a&areness that is the nat$re and essence of the three
ayas
. This
? does not mean choose the
Dzogchen
Path. That is dogmatic d$alistic vie&. *ather" choose the state of presence" moment tomoment" here" no&. Do not remain in d$alistic" spacetime located meditation on emptiness.
Choose to #e the vast empty space of the nond$al primordial state. Th$s is the
primordial state of presence of the #ase)gro$nd sta#ilized thro$gh practice of the Path.
This is the =sta#ilizing>
#rtan pa
! phase of the
Dzogchen
teaching.
The (r$it)*es$lt
integration"
mengagde
" or secret
$padesha
"
nyingthig
!: Contin$e in pro3fo$nd confidence
gdeng
! of the certainty of the &isdom of the #asal emptiness gro$nd state that is self3
li#eration.
The Cond$ct
: @i#eration grol #a
! is prior to meditation. The state of presence or contemplation is 1already accomplished1 5ara#
Dore! as tho$ghts arise and spontaneo$sly self li#erate
rang grol
!. No effort. No seeing strategies. ;ll tho$ght and emotion" all arising is already
primordially or $niversally li#erated
ta3drol
!. 9ise" compassionate cond$ct spontaneo$sly" effortlessly arises and contin$es from
sta#le confidence" certainty" in the l$mino$s emptiness of the 1s$preme so$rce1 that is the
$n#o$nded &hole
maha#ind$! of nond$al reality itself
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dharmata
!. Th$s is the prior $nity of this state of presence &ith the arising energy of inner and o$ter phenom3
enal e-perience realized" then compassionately e-pressed. ;gain" t
his is the =integra
t3
ing> or completion #sre #a
! phase of the
Dzogchen
path. The
semde
and
longde
teaching is derived from the
ama
or oral tradition" &hich #e3came the
tantrasand
agamas
l$ng
!" &hile the
mengagde
or
nyingthig
" the
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/$ddhas #eca$se it discloses in detail the meaning of the spontaneo$s and nat$ral perfection of all
the infinite phenomena recognized dire
ctly"
&itho$t intervention #y the concept$al mind all &ithin the dimension
of the single sphere of self3arising &isdom.
FN$#chen +angye Geshe" devotee of Padmasam#hava from the
+Hmten %igdrIn
" translated #y Namhai Nor#$!
J
A.A. D$dom *inpoche4s Comments on 5ara# Dore4s Three Vara Verses
" or The Three +tatements
translated #y Bohn *eynolds!:
Verse
Verse
No /$ddhas" no #eings" #eyond e-istence and non3e-istence
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