The term Tibetan rigpa (rig Pa) means to know, or be conscious as a verb. As a Substantif it has several significances distinct but connected, corresponding to the Sanskrit vidyā :

• In a general way it indicates the whole of the consciencielles experiments, or events mental.
• It means intelligence and mental capacity.
• It is the name of the connaissace of knowledge, the epistemology.
• Finalement it is connected with Prajñā in its higher significance (Paramārtha), and indicates the “pure conscience” as an innate intelligence of the spirit under its condition of inherent bouddheity. One can say that it is the Dharmakāya of each one.

Rigpa is it concept-key of Atiyoga, it “beyond the yoga”, which transcends the duality of it. These techniques aim at letting rigpa emerge then to open out and stabilize themselves, rather than to leave a reticent ego to its own abolition to seek to raise the veils to the Awakening.

Purity and spontaneousness

According to the lesson of the Great Perfection (dzogchen; rdzogs Pa chen Po), another name of Atiyoga, the natural or intrinsic conscience (row rig) has two principal aspects:

• the purity (tib.: ka dag), perspective dzogchen of the Vacuity. The purity is particularly highlighted by the whole of the techniques called Trektchö (tib.: khregs chod), “cut-with-through” rigidities of the dualism, where the tensions and fixings dissolve they-even, and where one integrates the contemplation of the “natural state” into the daily life.
• the spontaneousness or spontaneous presence (tib.: lhun grub), perspective dzogchen of the clear light of the Mahāmudrā. Spontaneousness is highlighted by the techniques called Thögal (tib.: thod rgal), “pass-by-top” the top, insinuation: rather than to follow the long way of the master keys and the collars of mountain. This indicates the practices most advanced, and secret, to try out the purified visions of paramount nature, and ultimement to dissolve its coarse elements in light and to achieve, rare achievement, the great transfer (tib.: 'pho Ba chen Po) in body-of rainbow (tib.: 'ja read). The main roads of the thögal are the contemplation of the sky as a luminous space, the same rays of the sun or another source, and finally the retirement in the total darkness, up to 49 days.

A hidden way

The technical details of the thögal, more particularly, must remain secret to avoid the risks of psychological destabilization, and must be supervised and learned from a LAMA qualified. That which receives the lesson from them is bound by Samaya, a whole of oaths towards the Master and the line. However the “sight” or the theoretical prospect, as well as the approaches of the trekchö, is largely spread, and freely taught today.

Previously the sight was held secret because she was opposed to the tantrism dominating, but as feared to rather generate an attitude of carelessness as of release-catch, or leave-being ( let it Be ). As follows: : “ the Awakening with space for nature,

And in space, it has neither effort there nor achievement,

Whoever practices the effort and the achievement

will not achieve the Awakening similar to space.

the achievement with blow of efforts is deviating and darkening. ”

Spangled exposing the dzogchen never fail to underline this shelf.

Risks of the spirit

Rigpa, waked up conscience, clear presence, is distinguished from:

• sem , the ordinary spirit prone to mislaying;
• and of marigpa (tib.: my rig Pa, sansk.: Avidyā ), ignorance known as coémergente, which in the context dzogchen indicates stupor (tib specifically.: rmongs cha) by which the conscience is prevented from recognizing its own nature, so that rigpa is “tiny room” with the state of sem, the darkened spirit, carried in the swirl of the Samsara. It is to some extent about the “original spot” of Buddhism vajrayāna.

References

, written in the form of general introduction to Buddhism Tibetan and the dzogchen.

With the passing of years the Rigpa centers invited many Masters to teach, of which Dudjom Rinpoché, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoché, Sakya Trizin, the 16th Karmapa, and sponsored many lesson of the Dalaï Lama, whose certain conferences were used to write the book Dzogchen of this last.

See too

• Dzogchen

• Buddhism

External bond

• Web site of Rigpa

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