WISDOM CENTER
OF SANTA CRUZ
Tibetan Bön Rimé Geshe Namgyal primarily teaches Dzogchen. He established the nonprofit Kunsang Gar in 2016 and has been teaching in California, Latin America, Europe and online. Geshe teaches that by directly introducing the primordial Buddha Nature through Pure Dzogchen teachings, one can enter into that recognition and discover true peace, strength, and fearlessness in life.
His most recent books are Pure Dzogchen, Holy Women of Great Perfection, The Essence of Untimate Bliss and The Changeless Twelve Sentences.
Being Free In
Traceless Activity
Saturday 17th October.
9:00 AM-4:00pm Pacific Time/Mexico 10:00am-5;00pm/Berlin 6:00pm
In person & online
This holy scripture is a portion of the Dzogchen Oral Lineage of Zhangzhung, an instruction for bringing the essential meaning of Dzogchen into daily practice. The instruction leads practitioners to the state of spontaneous presence, which transcends all conventional designations of view, meditation, and conduct.
Regarding the meaning of the instruction—“free from activity” refers to being free from the calculations of the conceptual mind. “Traceless” is explained as being without a source from which anything could come. Thus, it clearly teaches the way to practice the profound natural state associated with that meaning.
A most vital instruction for practitioners is the identification of various pitfalls in meditation. Through this, the teaching provides guidance on how to remain undeceived by the extremes of conceptual thought and laxity in conduct, by way of authentic vipasyna (insight). The manner of imparting these instructions is so direct—as if pointing a finger—that its blessings and power are peerless. It demonstrates that the primordial mind is inexpressible by name, invisible as an object, and unattainable through ordinary aspiration.
This teaching was bestowed in Tibet around the seventh century by the emanation Tapi Hritsa upon the Great Mahasiddha Nangzher Löpo. It presents in brief the fundamental framework of effortless liberation according to the Dzogchen system. This teaching divides the essence of meditation into the triad of ground, path, and fruition, and clearly elucidates in detail how the non-dual reality of Dzogchen transcends contrived mental training or exertion.
Although Great Mahasiddha Nangzher Löpo was already learned and a realized master prior to this, upon understanding these instructions, his levels of realization increased far beyond what they had been. He realized that diverse appearances are devoid of a root and clearly understood that the compassion and kindness of the Guru are beyond repayment.
Registration: $80; $50 low income