Dzogchen Teachings: Merigar, 6-11 July 2001

124 Pages·2001·1.919 MB·English

by  Chögyal Namkhai Norbu

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CONTENTS
JULY6'h
TheT ruSee nsoef t heD zogcheTne achiOnugr:R eaNla ture7
JULY7'h
SutrTaa,n tarnad D zogchen 31
JULY8'11
DireIcntt roduction 57
JULY9'h
Gmuyogaan dS econdaPrrya ctices 71
JULY 10'11
DailLyi fe 93
INDEXO F TIBETANN AMES AND TERMS 121
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JULY6
THET RUSEE NSOEFT HEDZOG CHENT EACHIONuGR:R EANLA TURE
Welocmet oM erigIak rn.o we veroydyb has tnaas daec ri­
ficet oc otnhee rfeor t hirse treSaotm.e pemoapylh ea vsea cri­
ficetdn orteh aont herse,v ebruoytdyb hasm ade saa criifinc e
so1new ayW.e arvee rbyu siyno ur dlaviielsEy.v erybhoadsy
somethitnogd o.W e alwaynese tdn onteoyl ievo url ief and
titnmeo niesyS .oi tis naoltw aeyass tyofi ndt ittnoce o meo n
ar etr.We haetnw e do ciomtme ea,n wse h avten adseo tknien d
ofs acfirciei no rdetrod edicoautres eltvote hste e achainndg
praccteIi.n' atwaret hoaft .
Theroerfee,a cthi twneed oa r etrIet artty,o h elypo uu nder­
satnd ttrhuese en soef ttheea chOiftnegn.w, h enp eopaln-ei ve
atM erigtahre,y ndorotea litshere e atlneanoifnt ght ee ahcign.
Pmiiculwahrelnty h earrel eo tosfp eopleev,e rybotdeyn dtso
beoctnaeb iatg itaetveedtn,h pee opwlheo a re organising the
retreTahtep. e opalteM erigaru sauraelq luyir teel axbeudti t
seettnhsa t wwheeh na vae r etrtehaeten v eroydyb becotnes
charguepd.O fc ouer,sw hent hep eopwlheo l iev heraer e
charugpea dnt dh pee opcloet nfii·noogm u tsairadele cs hoa rged
up,t hetnh ree alisoaft itohne reatslroce haatr guieps!dT hat is
nowth awte n eeda lla.t
Manyp eophlaev ceo mefr otfna arw ayI.ft h ewya ntto t alk
tot nei ti sn otv ereya sbyec austeh eraer es ot nanpye oplIe .
ca'ntta ltkoe vebtoydoyn eb yo neb ecausweed on'hta ve the
tniet.E veni f dIe dciateadl dla y andn iaglhtltot alkiintg
woul'dwnto rkE.v eryomnuse tb e bai atw aret hoefts hei ngs.
Thenr athtehra gne ttwionug nudp b ecautshee cyan 'tta ltko
tnea,s kad viocrem eewti tthn et,h esyh ouulndd ersttahenrde
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is rnoeta lvleyrm yu ch to atseka cthbheeerc ,a utshete e acher
alwatyesa cheevse rhyitntgh enye etdok no.w
Iti si ipnortawnhte nw ea red oing a retreatt,o that you try
lsitetnow haitsb eintgr ansn1aintdwt headit s b einsgai d.Y ou
1nusbte a waroeft hiasn dt rtyo l itseant ntteiyv.eIl h avhea d
thiesx peliaegnaciaenn da gaitnh aIet xplasio1nne tnhgit oday
andr epeiaattg ain thdeay .Tn heexnt dtahyea ftetrh asto tne­
onew antst atltoko m ea ndt heays km es otnentgth hiaIth ad
alreadeyx jpulsatio nveetdrh lesa tc oupolfe daTyhse.nI s, o 1ne­
titnseasy" ,B uyto ud ind'ltsi tne tow hatIt olydo u"I.fy o u
reallliys tweelnlt ,h eyno uw ill agltelht ae n sweIrtis s.s uffi­
cietnhtay to uo besrvyeo urseall vtietsal ned ls itecnae rfully.
Thiissi n1oprtabnetc autshete e achiisnn go to nlayt ech­
niquaeb out yhoousw i atn dh owy oud o ptriaccTeh.et eaching
isa lso ahboowu tltv ioe y oulrie wf ithsionc tiyeT.h iiss what
wen eetdo k nowa bovael l. For eevxeainmft p hlteee ,a ching
doe'stnte ylolu h owt ow orikn y ousrh owph,e ny oua rteh ere,
itca ns howy ouh owt ow orkw ityho u1rni nadn dy ouerx si­t
encTeh.r outghhte e achiynoug , claaent nh owt og uidyeo ur
1ninadn d how to deasli twuiatthi oyno.u r
Thefi rstth intgh ayto u neteold me n ish ow bteoa ware.
Whatevyeorua rdeo i,ny gous houalldw abyesa warIep .a rticu­
larwlayn tto r entinldo n-gtenpnr actittihosin,be ercsa utshee y
oftetnh in"kl'n,t ano lpdr atcitiorn.Ieh ave rectehiiavsne dd
thatte achianngdt" h,e 1yn aakk ei nodfm entlailos fta ltih e
teachitnhgehsya vree ceiYveetds .on 1etint1heesdy on 'ktn ow
whatth ee ssenocfte h tee achrienagl ilsiy n a p ractwiacya.l
Sucahs w hat sohnoeu dlodi nd aliyl ief.T haits ngoootd .
Sotnpee opslaey" ,I' mo lpdr aicttieorn"b,u ityf o uo besrve
thaotl dp ratcitiotnheearyr ea lwawyosu nudp a nda gitated.
When twhaenytt o atshke tesaocmheetrh tihnegsy a y",O hI,
havaep robnl.eT"th en tahseky abporuoetbt lnn mnbeorn e,
nu1nbetrw on,u tnbtehrr eteh,en ye ver fiTnoidsahty.h, e ays k
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abouotn ep roblaenmdI g ivtehe tsn otnaed vibcuet, totnorrow
thefiyn da s ecopnrdo bnl.Se otw hy dtohe hya vael tlh epsreo b­
lems? Because theoifpr r akncotiwinslco eeitd n gtee grated with
theliierf.
Ifw ea rree alalblyet oi ntegrtahtteee achiinntgoo u rl ief,
ouurn derstaonfid dtii nntign isohuerss e nosfea nxideitrye ctly.
Iti st hroutgehn stihoanat lo lu prr obleamrsia sned tneasnItif.f
youa rne otte nes,t haitsc aleldr elaxaItfiy oonua. r ree laxed
youh avneo p rolbmes.E veinf ap robltenamn eisftyso,ud o'nt
feelw eighdeodw nb yi tb,ec ausyeo uk nowi ti sp osbslie to
overcoimte. cYaondu o s otnheitnBgu.t yiofu a re wouupn,d
theenv einf thiesars em alplr oebtlny,o ui tnmedigaetutep l­y
setT.h eny ouw inydo ursuepls fo tnteno reN.o w,i nsteoafd
disappreiantgh,pe r oebnlg1 rowtswi ce baisgS .oy ous eteh at
tensiisto hnre o ootfo uprr obnlseW.te e xperiteenncsewi hoenn
wea rneo t integrtahtteee da cwhiiMtanhyg b.e hyoauvh ee ard
tnes ayitnhigsa h undrtehdn epsa,rt icultahreol lydr pe racti­
tionearndsm ,a ybseo tpnee optlhei nk, "Oh, shaeyt sha ilsw,a ys
Ia lreuanddye rnsdt.Ba"ut i yfo ud on'utn dersttharene das le nse
ofw haItm n sayinegv,ei nf ykonuo w twhoer dist,d oes'nt
work.
Sow heny ouc omet oa r etryeoaut nteoeu dn dersttahned
trusee nosfet htee achbiefnogr e goaiwnagyT .h er eatlneaning
isn otth yaothu a vceo mhee rteol eahtonwt od os otnn1eu dras
andh owt os inTgh.i isss omethrienlga tYiovuec .a na lsdoo
practviecrewy e lwli thosuitn ggi onrd oinagn yt nuads.rY o.u
tnusutn derstwahnadt thep otitnina sia,nn dw henw er eally
understthianspd r inciaplsllee oc,n datrhyi nbgesc omlei kaen
oman1.e nt
Fore xamplief, yaorueo na mountaiintn h ew inetri,ti s
oftevne rcyo lMda.y be istn oiwgsi. Wn hatd oy ou neYeodu?
neewda nnc lotbheecsa utsheey no uh avfeew er prnosbT.lh eatt
ist hten apino itn in stihttauitao Onn. t hten ountyaoiudn o n't
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think",In eesdo tvneer nyi ceea ninogrss o moem a1nentYso"u.
can'otv ercotthnpeer obloefmc olwdi th soornmaet nsen.St o
youh avteo u nderswthaantdth 1en apioni inst .
Whenw eh avneo p robleitmtne sa,n tsh awte h avael ready
understthoteon da pioni nTth.e wn ec ana dda nyk inodfo ma­
n1entth awtel ikaen de njoyi t.t w Becu ana lsloie vw ithoaunty
ornatsnTe.hn itissa v eriym potipaonitnI tm'. a lways staoy ing
tnnye ws tudeanntdos dl eprr actiti"oPlnaeesrets,r, y utnod er­
statnhdte n apioni nTth.ai tsw hat ynoeue. d'I'fy oul eatrnh si,
wheny ou fihnt ihsree traenadgt o cbkah on1aetl, e aysotuw ill
knowt htena ipno int baean bdl teo luitziiet .
Ofc ournseew,s tudesnhtosu bledg ibny learntihniwgsa y
it1nnediatPearltyi.c uliafyr oluwy a ntto s ay",O hI,' nr1e ceiv­
inDgz ogchteena icnhgst,h"ey no uh avteou nderswthaanttdh e
Dzogchen treeaaclh1linynes gaT.n h eD zocghetne achiisn gn ot
aw ayo fs ingionrdg o inaPg ujao rr itTeh.eD zogchen teaching
andp ractciacnbe e d onwei thoduoti nagn yP ujsa.A Puja is
likaeno rnamentth ayto uc auns weh eny ouh avteh tei et,n place
andt hoep portunTihteyon. fc ourysoeu,c and oa P ujab uitit s
noitn dispbelneTs.ha iissw hayto us houlleda irnn t hDez og­
chetne ach.i ngs
Youa lreakdnyo w thatte rtDmhz eo gchtenne aonusrr eal
conditSioo nfi.r st of aldli swceot vhheiarIvsf e. dwtieo s cover
this,t htehiresetn h peo sisbiliotfby e inignt hset aotfeD zog­
chenw,h icihso urr eaclo nditBieoinni.gnt hastt a1tneea ns
practiDszionggc hIefny .o ut hinDkz ogchiessn o tne okfi nd
teachbionogok,rt radiitmtie oann,ys o ua rvee ry fl'foatrDn z og­
chen. You can nhiaciveede a asm baonuyt btuhtii tds o sen't
helypo urre aclo nditOinocnye. o uh avdei scovyeoruerrde al
conditioyno ula invident haktn owledygoeuc, a nr ealelxyp e­
rienscoem bee nefit.
"Liviinnog u rr eaclo nditmieoann"ts h awte a re cnoontd i­
tionbeydd ualivsitsiicIo nng .e nerwaels ,a tyh awte h avfiev e
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