Chöying 5 — Primordial Emptiness and its Visionary Ornaments

Chöying # 5 — Primordial Emptiness and its Visionary Ornaments, by Jean-Luc Achard, translated from the French by Marianne Ginalski, PDF ed., Khyung-mkhar, April 2018, 12 pages.

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The Primordial Emptiness (ye stong) of the natural state is not a mere nothingness but a condition endowed with a visionary dynamism unfolding in countless ornaments (rgyan) that arise in an unceasing mode (ma ‘gags). Regardless as to how these Ornaments appear, they do not affect the luminous and primordial Emptiness of the natural state, in the same way a mirror is not affected by the images it reflects.

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Chöying 4 — The Ornaments of Space

Chöying # 4 — The Ornaments of Space, by Jean-Luc Achard, translated from the French by Marianne Ginalski, PDF ed., Khyung-mkhar, March 2018, 10 pages.

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After tackling the notion of Space (dbyings) in the previous issue, here we will discuss the Ornaments (rgyan) of Reality, which constitute one of the main themes of Dzogchen literature. These Ornaments are explicitly associated with the notions of dynamism (rtsal) and display (rol pa), which are central themes enabling one to understand the nature of conditioned appearances and that of the nirvāṇic marvels of the natural state.

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Chöying 3 — The Space of the Natural State

Chöying 3 — The Space of the Natural State, by Jean-Luc Achard, translated from the French by Marianne Ginalski, pdf ed., khyung-mkhar, February 2018, 10 pages.

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The explanations contained in this booklet discuss the particular representations associated with the notion of Space (dying) as it ought to be understood in the teachings of the Great Perfection. Such a approach of the classical texts of the tradition enables one to develop a true understanding of the technical terms used in the original treatises and therefore to forestall deviations into deluded projections on such essential topics as Space (dbyings), the Absolute Body (chos sku), and so forth.

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Chöying 2 — The Three Expanses of the Great Perfection

Chöying 2 — The Three Expanses of the Great Perfection, by Jean-Luc Achard, translated from the French by Marianne Ginalski, PDF ed., Khyung-mkhar, December 2017, 11 pages.

This booklet provides the reader with an analysis of the Three Expanses relying on the classical sources of the Great Perfection. As the true expression of the natural state of the individual, Dzogchen is defined in its texts as an immeasurable Expanse (klong) that arises—as stated by Longchenpa—according to three Expanses (klong gsum), namely : 1. the Expanse of the Diamond Quintessence (rdo rje snying po’iklong) ; 2. the Expanse of the Natural Flow (rang bzhin babs kyi long) ; and 3. the extraordinary Expanse of the Primordial Immensity (ye ‘byams rmad du byung ba’i klong).

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The Five Modes of Liberation

The Five Modes of Liberation, by Jean-Luc Achard, translated from the English by Marianne Ginalski, éd. PDF, Khyung-mkhar, October 2017, 13 pages.

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The natural state of the Mind is endowed with a set of features expressing its Liberation (grol ba) according to five specific modes. In the texts of the Great Perfection, these five modes are defined as follows: 1. Primordial Liberation, 2. Natural Liberation, 3. Naked Liberation, 4. Liberation from Limits, and 5. Singular Liberation. This booklet describes these five modalities that qualify the Reality of Awareness according to the teachings compiled by Longchenpa in his opus magnum, The Treasury of the Supreme Vehicle (Theg mchog mdzod).

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The Classifications of Awareness

The Classifications of Awareness —The five kinds of Riga — by Jean-Luc Achard, translated from the French by Marianne Ginalski, PDF ed., Khyung-mkhar, September 2017, 11 pages.

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Awareness (rig pa) is the direct, non-discursive knowledge of one’s natural state. It is through Awareness that the practitioner clearly discerns (rig) what this state is. It is also through Awareness that he is able to distinguish this state from the various aspects of consciousness which are considered to be conditioned. According to the texts, there exist up to fifteen kinds of Awareness. Here, we shall deal with the presentation in five modalities.

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The System of the Four Visions of Thögel

The System of the Four Visions of Thögel, by Jean-Luc Achard, translated by Marianne Ginalski, PDF ed., Khyung-mkhar, 2017, 20 pages.

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The Four Visions (snang ba bzhi) are one of the central topics of the Dzogchen practice as it is presented in the utterly secret cycle (yang gsang skor) of the Precepts Section (man ngag sde). These visions are the expression of the dynamism of Awareness (rig pa’i rtsal) abiding as increasingly complex visionary displays, which, at the height of their manifestation, culminate as the arising of fivefold maṇḍalas that entirely fill the yogi’s inner Space. At the end of such displays, the practitioner realizes the Great Primordial Purity (ka dag chen po) characterizing the ultimate vision of the Path, namely the Vision of the Exhaustion of Reality (chos nyid zad pa’i snang ba).

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