Kun byed rgyal po pdf

Despite its centuriesold origin, the kun byed rgyal po i mdo addresses themes of great concern to the present, including how to achieve a holistic worldview that integrates the peripheral nature of existence with the ground of being. Commentary on chapters 110 of the kun byed rgyal po. The early days of the great perfection the origins of the. The origins of the great perfection the origins of the great perfection movement, so important in the later tibetan tradition, have proved very difficult for modem scholarship to. It is contained in the ancient tantras section of the derge kangyur and is the very first text in the nyingma gyubum. Kun byed rgyal po, the principal dzogchen tantra bsamgtan mig sgron, a philosophical exposition of dzogchen odra bag chenmo, the biography of vairochana is dzogchen an authentic buddhist teaching. Longchenpa wrote a commentary on this tantra entitled. The i of the kun byed rgyal po is creative intelligence itself. From yogacara to philosophical tantra in kashmir and tibet. Pdf the funerary transformation of the great perfection rdzogs. Ornament of the state of samantabhadra commentary on the allcreating king pure perfect presence great perfection of all phenomena volume two chapters 1129 of the kun byed rgyal po. The sovereign allcreating mind the motherly buddha.

From a contemporary viewpoint this can be seen to engender a feminist understanding of the ground of being. Pdf creating minds download full pdf book download. Ornament of the state of samantabhadra commentary on the allcreating king pure perfect presence great perfection of all phenomena. The kun byed rgyal po is the most important of the twentyone texts of the nature of mind series sems sde of. Title the rdzogs chen doctrine of the three gnoses ye shes gsum. All phenomena are awakened mind, and to use a metaphorthe universal metaphor their nature is like space. These quotations in verse are from the kun byed rgyal po and are refer enced in appendix b. The early days of the great perfection sam van schalk 1. A record of the teachings of the great perfection in the. Unlike other buddhist texts, the kun byed rgyal po i mdo invites the reader to rejoice in this world as beautified and intelligible, and thus the innate purity of the intelligent potency, the motherly buddha, will be experienced. For sources naming rdzong pa kun dga rgyal mtshan, see bstan rtsis gsal bai nyin byed. The i of the kun byed rgyal po is creative intelligence itself speaking, otherwise known to the tradition as samantabhadra. The nine cycles of the hidden, the nine mirrors, and nine minor texts on mind. Adobereadable pdf files from the tibetan buddhist resource center tbrc.