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Terma Teaching of Dorje Lingpa
May 9 - 14, 2008
Tashigar North, Isla Margarita, Venezuela
Open web cast
By
Chögyal Namkhai Norbu
Shulen* of Vairocana
Today we have the requests of Vairocana.
Question by Vairocana to Guru Padmasambhava:
How did our illusion start? And how was it when we were not falling
into illusion?
Guru Padmasambhava replied to Vairocana:
Listen Vairocana; in general, there are many systems that establish
what the base is. Some call it emptiness, some call it clarity, some
diverse kinds, some kadag since the beginning pure, or lhundrub, and
since the beginning self perfected state. Despite these many considerations,
if we fall into a single view, it is not perfect. In Dzogchen Upadesha,
how the concrete situation is, how sentient beings’ condition
is and how the real state of enlightened beings is, are explained
with three characteristics.
The essence is emptiness, so there is no object and no birth and it
never changes its condition. So our consideration of good and bad
as something from the beginning pure is the base of all manifestation.
Even though there is nothing to confirm concretely, it is pervasive
and can open everything for manifesting form, name and color, etc.,
and beyond all these limitations. So it is ‘unborn’ and
beyond any aggregation. So this is the explanation of emptiness in
the real sense.
Its nature is clarity. Even though we have contact with objects, there
is no interruption of the potentiality of the five colors. With no
obstacles that means there are no limitations. It is empty like a
reflection in the mirror, not existing precisely like an object. Even
if we enjoy, we go between our qualifications and can have everything
we desire. Not having any problems outside and inside is the potentiality
of the five colors. So its characteristic since the beginning, thought,
everything, its real nature has never been moved or modified.
We are not just considering emptiness or considering clarity. It is
not that we add something for explaining. It is beyond any kind of
judgment. Even though we try to add a name or quality we cannot. With
this experience we can discover emptiness and even with this discovery,
its clarity is never missing, just like a crystal rock. It was not
created by Buddha nor modified by sentient beings. It was not changed
nor anything modified. When we have knowledge and wisdom, we discover
that.
* Shulen is what a student asks a teacher to clarify
knowledge.
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