“One day, Tenzin Wangyal put a huge volume of books on the boy’s head and prayed for a long time and said, ‘You will be the owner of this doctrine.’”
(Ordinary conceptual mind versus primordial wisdom — the Great Completion view)
the subtle mind is said to be “like a sprout growing.”
difference between the ordinary conceptual mind and the subtle non-conceptual mind that operates through primordial wisdom.
namely that there is nothing to purify or liberate because the intention is for the path to show itself to itself, and ultimately what is realized is primordial purity and spontaneous presence.
Conduct is like a lion jumping across the mountains and it is explained that the conduct is free of despair and is unaffected by anything. Spiritual duty is explained like the waddling of a duck that never deviates from any vehicles and is free from the [mental
activity] of accepting and rejecting.
Everything is realized as self-appearing and free [of the mental activity] of accepting and rejecting.
beyond making something happen or stopping something from happening, and goes beyond [the mental engagement of] accepting and rejecting.”
He says, “The essence [of the ground] is primordial purity and the manner of arising is spontaneous presence.” (11-273)
At one point the practitioner of Great Completion realizes there is no need to continue the process of purifying the mind if it is primordially already completely purified. Or, the practitioner realizes that it is unnecessary to purify ordinary perception of its delusion in order to see the Buddha-fields, if they are already spontaneously present. Shar rdza adds, “‘Primordially’ means that all phenomena stay as primordially liberated.
(Primordial purity and spontaneous presence — nothing to purify or liberate)
The expanse and awakened awareness are not supported in the body. Without support the mind is like limitless space.
“Wind agitates the separation of brightness and the dregs. Fire stimulates development. Water moves and collects. Earth lifts and provides stability. Space brings clarity and opens the door.”
Likewise, by awakened awareness the three thousand worlds are unhindered.
Because awakened awareness is the agent of [both] clarity and the ripening [of karma] it is pointed out as the [internal] fire element.
In contrast, the “great practitioner” of Great Completion, those of the “sharpest of minds, stop the mind that is attached to abandoning hindrances, and look at the true meaning of self-arising/liberating everything.” (12-84) The “great practitioner” according to Shar rdza uses
(Five elements as expressions of awakened awareness)
“The definition of the wind element is lightness. The definition of the fire element is heat. The definition of the water element is moisture. The definition of the earth element is solidness. The definition of the space element is emptiness.”
“Wind agitates the separation of brightness and the dregs. Fire stimulates development. Water moves and collects. Earth lifts and provides stability. Space brings clarity and opens the door.”