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| − | The [[Ground]] of [[Dzogchen]] is described as being endowed with three qualities―[[essence]], [[nature]] (Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[རང་བཞིན་]]}}, ''[[rangshyin]]''; Wyl. ''[[rang bzhin]]''), and [[compassionate energy]], or responsiveness. The second quality is that its {{Wiki|nature}} is cognizant, being [[spontaneous presence]] or ''[[lhundrup]]'' (Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[ལྷུན་སྒྲུབ་]]}}, Wyl. ''[[lhun sgrub]]''). | + | The [[Ground]] of [[Dzogchen]] is described as being endowed with three qualities―[[essence]], [[nature]] (Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[རང་བཞིན་]]}}, ''[[rangshyin]]''; [[Wyl.]] ''[[rang bzhin]]''), and [[compassionate energy]], or responsiveness. The second quality is that its {{Wiki|nature}} is cognizant, being [[spontaneous presence]] or ''[[lhundrup]]'' (Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[ལྷུན་སྒྲུབ་]]}}, [[Wyl.]] ''[[lhun sgrub]]''). |
<blockquote>While the [[essence of mind]] is [[empty]], like the sky, its {{Wiki|nature}} is cognizant and clear, like the [[light]] of the {{Wiki|sun}}. | <blockquote>While the [[essence of mind]] is [[empty]], like the sky, its {{Wiki|nature}} is cognizant and clear, like the [[light]] of the {{Wiki|sun}}. | ||
| − | But when we compare the [[nature of mind]] to the sky, it has something the sky does not have, that is its clarity and cognizance. We are aware, we can see, we can hear and we can [[feel]]. That is the cognizant {{Wiki|nature}}. | + | But when we compare the [[nature of mind]] to the sky, it has something the sky does not have, that is its clarity and cognizance. We are {{Wiki|aware}}, we can see, we can hear and we can [[feel]]. That is the cognizant {{Wiki|nature}}. |
Everything appears and [[manifests]] out of this cognizant {{Wiki|nature}}, which is sometimes also referred to as ‘[[luminosity]]’ or ‘[[Clear light|Clear Light]]’. </blockquote> | Everything appears and [[manifests]] out of this cognizant {{Wiki|nature}}, which is sometimes also referred to as ‘[[luminosity]]’ or ‘[[Clear light|Clear Light]]’. </blockquote> | ||
Latest revision as of 01:09, 30 October 2014
The Ground of Dzogchen is described as being endowed with three qualities―essence, nature (Tib. རང་བཞིན་, rangshyin; Wyl. rang bzhin), and compassionate energy, or responsiveness. The second quality is that its nature is cognizant, being spontaneous presence or lhundrup (Tib. ལྷུན་སྒྲུབ་, Wyl. lhun sgrub).
While the essence of mind is empty, like the sky, its nature is cognizant and clear, like the light of the sun.
But when we compare the nature of mind to the sky, it has something the sky does not have, that is its clarity and cognizance. We are aware, we can see, we can hear and we can feel. That is the cognizant nature.
Everything appears and manifests out of this cognizant nature, which is sometimes also referred to as ‘luminosity’ or ‘Clear Light’.
