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Again, Dzogchen posits that the state beyond suffering is not something apart from us to be attained, but rather the enduring condition of our own being, obscured by investment in the subject-object mode of perception and the resultant attempts to manipulate experience. As an expression of this view, its contemplative practices emphasize
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Chogyam Trungpa • True Perception: The Path of Dharma Art
There are ‘natural sages’[129] who have discovered something quite close to the outer functional parameters of the Nyi-da Mélong – simply through being thoroughly good and decent people.
Ngakpa Chogyam • Entering the Heart of the Sun and Moon
Dignity has a sense of authentic presence: it has authenticity; therefore it has presence.
Chogyam Trungpa • True Perception: The Path of Dharma Art
If a guru only imposes a single method, such as meditation, the students will be deprived of a wealth of skillful means.
Jamyang Khyentse • The Guru Drinks Bourbon?
Realizing the Ashe principle in us brings an experience of brilliance and vitality. The term for that in Tibetan is ziji. Zi means “brilliance,” and ji means “dignity”; so ziji is brilliance and dignity put together, which shines out. When you meet a friend who is in good health, you say, “You’re looking good.” The well-being you see in your friend
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The way of seeing in Dzogchen is not based on intellectual knowledge, but on an awareness of the individual’s own true condition.”
Reginald A. Ray • Secret of the Vajra World
This is an ongoing practice. From the instant we begin this bodhisattva training until we completely trust the freedom of our unconditional, unbiased mind, we are surrendering moment by moment to whatever is happening in this very instant of time. With precision and gentleness, we surrender our cherished ways of regarding ourselves and others, our
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