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Chapter 1: Buddhahood From the Primordial

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The Tantra of the Secret Wisdom Of the Great Perfection


In the Indian language this book is:

Santi-maha-jñana-guhya-tantra

In the Tibetan language it is:

rDzogs pa chen po ye shes gsang ba’i rgyud

In the English language it is:

The Tantra of the Secret Wisdom of the Great Perfection


Chapter 1: Buddhahood From the Primordial


Homage to the Blessed One, the All-Aware Vairocana[1]!

These things were once said:

In the totally unhindered abode, the uncontrived dimension of reality,[2] the abode of Nothing Less,[3] there dwelt the Blessed One, the Vital Essence of all Dharmas, the King of Secret Wisdom, [dwelling] in an essentially unmoving[4][5]state.

At that time the glorious Vajrasattva[5] sat before the Teacher. There were also large communities in the audience, brought together in a unified demeanor.

Then Vajrasattva rose from his seat. He spoke out these words for the benefit of the audience present, and to remove doubts from the intellect:[6]

O Lord of Secrets, Abider in the Essence of All Dharmas, I beg you to explain to the audience present the meaning of the Great Perfection, bringing it together in four instructions.[7] He spoke out these words, and the Blessed One, the King of Secret Wisdom, rose up out of the Dharmadhatu,[8][9]and gave instructions using these words:


O Mahasattva, listen!


E Ma Ho!

E Ma Ho!

E Ma Ho!

I teach the Dharma of primordial, expansive perspective, amazing, and fabulous Buddhahood!

Listen, Vajrasattva!

This is how it is: The reality of Samsara and Nirvana is, in essence, the Bodhicitta.[9] Their non-duality is present in the mind in a single moment.[10][11] All things are self-arising wisdom.[11] Wisdom does not move anywhere outside the essence of the mind. The conceptualizations[12] of ignorance[13][14]are nameless, so one does not contemplate or accept them. The supreme, self-arising perspective is that of wisdom. It is, for example, like the sun rising in the sky. The purity of true reality cannot be examined in any natural way. Self-awareness[14] has no object. It is obvious without concentration. There is, therefore, nothing but the Dharmadhatu.

Wisdom of this sort has never had an obstruction, or the possibility of mistake. If you ask: “How could it be that it does not?” [the reply is ] that when the lamp of wisdom appears to you, obstructions due to the darkness of ignorance are cleared away, going back to before time itself. Through great wisdom one emerges from the dimension of Samsara. This is ascertained from the primordial in the perspective of one who understands. In this way the dwellings of self-grasping, longing, and attachment are demolished into a pure condition. The profound inspiration of the One Who Moves In Bliss[15][16]penetrates this.

In sky-space, the great abode of bliss, all things are one in the Bodhicitta. This is everything. As a simile, it is like the sky. All the world and the living beings within it are created by the Bodhicitta. Primordial Buddhahood is therefore in the Dharmadhatu. There is no preventing or encouraging this. No matter what the mind itself appears as, there is never ever a mental image of anything. So wisdom is the inseparability of all things, primordial Buddhahood. If you ask how this is so, all the high and low vehicles are generators of wisdom, which is the matrix[16] of each and every thing. Good and bad and great and small are therefore non-dual.

Samsara and Nirvana are taught to be inseparable with respect to the truth of self-arising wisdom. The [[[mind’s]]] object and the mind itself are non-dual. Everything has been Buddhahood since before time. In this way, [approaches based on] activities and examinations are destroyed.

Great wisdom is pure. It is this wisdom which is, itself, the matrix of all things. It is spontaneously realized, a supremacy that knows no bounds.

It is everything, and it is nothing at all. This is the vast space,[17] the supreme bliss. It is the glorious purity of all the three realms.

The Buddha-field of the mind is gentle and expansive. The Single Circle[18] is the supreme view. The All Good One[19][20] is all good. There is nothing but pure space, the nature of which is the sky.

So he spoke, and the audiences were terrified. Vajrasattva himself fainted.

From the Tantra of the Secret Wisdom of the Great Perfection this is the first chapter which teaches Buddhahood from the primordial.



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