Natural Great Peace by Nyoshul Khenpo Jamyang Dorje
Rest in natural great peace
This exhausted mind
Beaten helpless by karma and neurotic thought
Like the relentless fury of pounding waves
In the infinite ocean of samsāra.
Nyoshul Khenpo Jamyang Dorje
Natural Great Peace
So clear, so direct. This is the start and the end of it. Rest in natural great peace, the nature of mind, Rigpa.
Nyoshul Khenpo Jamyang Dorje resting in Natural Great Peace
The beginning, middle and end of Dzogchen
How do we start in Dzogchen? We are introduced to this natural great peace. We are directly pointed to a recognition of Rigpa which is primordially peaceful as it lies entirely beyond the sufferings of Samsara. This is the view, this Tawa.
What is the path of Dzogchen? Simply resting in this recognition, nothing more. You don’t need to cultivate anything. You couldn’t change or improve this natural great peace even if you tried! Once you are introduced to the nature of mind then all you need do is rest there. It’s not a path of renunciation. There’s nothing we need to give up. All of life is available to us with the Dzogchen path. All of it can be integrated. All of it reveals the true nature of mind.
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