Source Text
“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.’”
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.
AI Summary
The Precious Treasury of the Expanse and Awakened Awareness by Shardza Tashi Gyaltsen, Daniel P. Brown, and Geshe Sonam Gurung presents key insights from the contemplative tradition. The 10 passages above capture the essential teachings.
Core Themes:
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Key Passages: Highlights 1, 3, and 10 are particularly representative.
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