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| − | 'Self-arising Primordial Awareness' (Tibetan: རིག་པ་རང་ཤར་, Wylie: rig pa rang shar) is one of the [[Seventeen tantras]] of [[Dzogchen]] [[Upadesha]]. | + | '[[Self-arising Primordial Awareness]]' ([[Tibetan]]: {{BigTibetan|རིག་པ་རང་ཤར་}}, Wylie: [[rig pa rang shar]]) is one of the [[Seventeen tantras]] of [[Dzogchen]] [[Upadesha]]. |
| − | ==English discourse== | + | ==English {{Wiki|discourse}}== |
| − | In the Lungi Terdzö (Wylie: lung gi gter mdzod) the prose autocommentary by [[Longchenpa]] (1308 – 1364 or possibly 1369) to his Chöying Dzö (Wylie: chos dbyings mdzod) -- which are numbered amongst the Seven Treasuries (Wylie: mdzod chen bdun) -- the following embedded quotation from this [[Tantra]] has been rendered into English by [[Richard Barron]], et. al. (2001: p.9) and the Wylie has been secured from Wikisource and interspersed and embedded in the English gloss for probity: | + | In the [[Lungi Terdzö]] (Wylie: [[lung gi gter mdzod]]) the prose autocommentary by [[Longchenpa]] (1308 – 1364 or possibly 1369) to his [[Chöying Dzö]] (Wylie: [[chos dbyings mdzod]]) -- which are numbered amongst the [[Seven Treasuries]] (Wylie: [[mdzod chen bdun]]) -- the following embedded quotation from this [[Tantra]] has been rendered into English by [[Richard Barron]], et. al. (2001: p.9) and the Wylie has been secured from Wikisource and interspersed and embedded in the English gloss for probity: |
| − | : Within the essence of | + | : [[Within the essence of ultimate truth]], [[yang dag don gyi ngo bo la]] |
| − | : there is no | + | : [[there is no buddha or ordinary being]]. [[sangs rgyas dang ni sems can med]] |
| − | : Since awareness cannot be reified, it is empty. [rig pa 'dzin pa med pas stong] | + | : [[Since awareness cannot be reified, it is empty]]. [[rig pa 'dzin pa med pas stong]] |
| − | : Given that it does not dwell in | + | : [[Given that it does not dwell in emptiness]], [[stong pa nyid la me gnas na]] |
| − | : it abides in its own state of supreme | + | : [[it abides in its own state of supreme bliss]]. [[rang gi bde chen sa la gnas]] |
| − | : The majestic ruler of all [ | + | : [[The majestic ruler of all buddhas [[sangs rgyas kun gyi rje btsan pa]] |
| − | : is understood to be one's own awareness. [rang gi rig pa shes par bya] | + | : [[is understood to be one's own awareness]]. [[rang gi rig pa shes par bya]] |
| − | : This monarch, naturally manifest awareness, [rang snang rig pa'i rgyal po nyid] | + | : [[This monarch, naturally manifest awareness]], [[rang snang rig pa'i rgyal po nyid]] |
| − | : is present in everyone, but no one realizes it. [kun la yod de kun gyis rtog pa med] | + | : [[is present in everyone, but no one realizes it]]. [[kun la yod de kun gyis rtog pa med]] |
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Revision as of 15:15, 23 October 2013
'Self-arising Primordial Awareness' (Tibetan: རིག་པ་རང་ཤར་, Wylie: rig pa rang shar) is one of the Seventeen tantras of Dzogchen Upadesha.
English discourse
In the Lungi Terdzö (Wylie: lung gi gter mdzod) the prose autocommentary by Longchenpa (1308 – 1364 or possibly 1369) to his Chöying Dzö (Wylie: chos dbyings mdzod) -- which are numbered amongst the Seven Treasuries (Wylie: mdzod chen bdun) -- the following embedded quotation from this Tantra has been rendered into English by Richard Barron, et. al. (2001: p.9) and the Wylie has been secured from Wikisource and interspersed and embedded in the English gloss for probity:
- Within the essence of ultimate truth, yang dag don gyi ngo bo la
- there is no buddha or ordinary being. sangs rgyas dang ni sems can med
- Since awareness cannot be reified, it is empty. rig pa 'dzin pa med pas stong
- Given that it does not dwell in emptiness, stong pa nyid la me gnas na
- it abides in its own state of supreme bliss. rang gi bde chen sa la gnas
- [[The majestic ruler of all buddhas sangs rgyas kun gyi rje btsan pa
- is understood to be one's own awareness. rang gi rig pa shes par bya
- This monarch, naturally manifest awareness, rang snang rig pa'i rgyal po nyid
- is present in everyone, but no one realizes it. kun la yod de kun gyis rtog pa med
