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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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