Rigpa
In Dzogchen teaching, rigpa (Tibetan: རིག་པ་, Wylie: rig pa ; Skt. vidyā; "knowledge") is the knowledge of the ground. The opposite of rigpa is marigpa (avidyā, ignorance).
Definition
Rigpa is the knowledge of the ground.Erik Pema Kunsang translates a text which provides basic definitions of rigpa and marigpa in a Dzogchen context:
Kadag and lhungrub
Rigpa has two aspects, namely kadag and lhun grub.Kadag means "purity" or specifically "primordial purity".Lhun grub in Tibetan normally implies automatic, self-caused or spontaneous actions or processes. As quality of rigpa it means "spontaneous presence" It may also mean "having a self-contained origin", being primordially Existent, without an origin, self-existent. This division is the Dzogchen-equivalent of the more common Mahayana wisdom and compassion division.
Rigpa and mind
In Dzogchen, a fundamental point of practice is to distinguish rigpa from sems (citta, (grasping) mind). According to the 14th Dalai Lama, "sems is the mind which is temporarily obscured and distorted by thoughts based upon the dualistic perceptions of subject and object."Rigpa is pure awareness free from such distortions.Cittata, the nature of mind, is the inseparable unity of awareness and emptiness, or clarity and emptiness, which is the basis for all the ordinary perceptions, thoughts and emotions of the ordinary mind.
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The Longchen Nyngtik Ngöndro — August 2006
- The Blessing of the Speech
- Mantra for Multiplying the Power of Recitation
- mantra for Blessing of the Mala
- Invoking the Lama
- Four Thoughts — Short Version
- Four Thoughts — Longer Version
- Song of Renunciation
- Taking Refuge
- The Generation of Bodichitta
- Vajrasattva Purification and Hundred Syllable Mantra
- Vajrasattva Purification Continues
- Vajrasattva Mantra
- Vajrasattva Purification — Dissolution
- The Trikaya Mandala Offering
- Accumulation of the Kusali—Chö (1)
- Accumulation of the Kusali—Chö (2)
- Guru Yoga — Creation
- The Seven Line Prayer
- The Seven Branch Practice
- Maturing the Siddhi
- Vajra Guru Mantra Chant (1)
- Invoking The Blessing (1)
- Vajra Guru Mantra Chant (2)
- Vajra Guru Mantra Chant (2) by Khandro Tsering Chödron
- Invoking The Blessing (2)
- Vajra Guru mantra Chant (3)
- The Lineage prayer
- Prayer for This Life, the Bardo, Next Life and of Fulfillment
- Receiving the Vase Empowerment
- Receiving the Secret Empowerment
- Receiving the Transcendent Wisdom Empowerment
- Receiving the Word or Symbolic Empowerment
- Vajra Guru Mantra Chant (4a) by Chagdud Tulku Rinpoché
- Vajra Guru Mantra Chant (4b) by Chagdud Tulku Rinpoché
- Vajra Guru Mantra Chant (5) by Chagdud Tulku Rinpoché
- Dissolution (1)
- Dissolution (2)
- Dedication (1)
- Dedication (2)
- Special Prayer of Aspiration
- Music
- Prayer for the Long Life of Sogyal Rinpoché
- Prayer to Guru Rinpoché for Removing Obstables and Fullfilling Wishes
- Vajra Guru Mantra
- Prayer for the Tradition of Guru Padmasambava
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