As it is, Volume 1The teachings presented in As It Is, Volume I are primarily selected from talks given by the Dzogchen master, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, in 1994 and 1995, during the last two years of his life. The unambiguous Buddhist perception of reality is transmitted in profound, simple language by one of the foremost masters in the Tibetan tradition. Dzogchen is to take the final result, the state of enlightenment itself, as path. This is the style of simply picking the ripened fruit or the fully bloomed flowers. Tulku Urgyen's way of communicating this wisdom was to awaken the individual to their potential and reveal the methods to acknowledge and stabilize that prospective. His distinctive teaching style was widely known for its unique directness in introducing students to the nature of mind in a way that allowed immediate experience. This book offers the direct oral instructions of a master who inspired admiration, delight in practice, and deep trust and confidence in the Buddhist way. |
Contents
Preface | 9 |
Buddha Nature | 31 |
The Four Dharmas of Gampopa | 39 |
Buddha Nowhere Else | 49 |
Existence and Nonexistence | 69 |
Unity of Development and Completion | 100 |
AllEncompassing Purity | 177 |
Two Demons | 203 |
Common terms and phrases
actually all-encompassing purity appears aspect attain awakened bardo become bodhichitta bodhisattvas body buddha nature called compassion completion stage conceptual confusion deity deluded delusion development and completion development stage Dharma dharmadhatu dharmakaya dissolve disturbing emotions dualistic mind Dzogchen emptiness and cognizance empty cognizance empty essence enlightened everything experience expression feel female buddhas fixation Gampopa imagine indivisible karma Karmapa Kilaya liberated light mandala manifest mantra mantra and samadhi mara masters means meditation mirror nature of mind nirmanakaya nirvana nondual obscurations original wakefulness path perceived pointing-out instruction present wakefulness primordial purity pure realization realms recitation recognizing mind essence rigpa Rinpoche's sadhana samadhi Samantabhadra sambhogakaya samsara samsaric existence Samten Gyatso seed-syllable self-existing wakefulness sentient simply speech and mind spontaneous presence stability teachings thing thinking thought three kayas three poisons tion Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche understand unfold vajra Vajrasattva Vajrayana visualization wisdom yeshe yidam