Ideas across traditions · meditation · Tibetan
dzogchen
Works in 1 traditions beyond Tibetan attest this concept, on 57 cited pages. Translators have rendered it as “great perfection”, “ati yoga”, “mahasandhi”, “maha ati” and 2 other ways; a link through a rendering is marked as such, because another translator chose differently.
Also under: rdzogs chen · rdzogs-chen · rdzogs chen po · dzogchen atiyoga · dzogchen ati · rdzogs pa chen po · རྫོགས་པ་ཆེན་པོ་ · རྫོགས་ཆེན་ · རྫོགས་པ་ཆེན་པོ · rdzogs-pa chen-po · rdzogs-pa-chen-po · རྫོགས་ཆེན · རྫོགས་པ་ཆེན་པོ། · dzogpa chenpo · ati dzogpa chenpo · ati dzogchen · rdzog chen · “great perfection” · “ati yoga” · “mahasandhi” · “maha ati” · “great completeness” · “rdzoqs chen”
6works in other traditions, with a cited page
27works in Tibetan, its home tradition on the maps
5further works where only a vocabulary list or keyword names it; not shown
0judged analogues in other traditions (a different word for a neighbouring idea)
In other traditions
Ordered by the earliest work in each tradition that attests the concept. Within a tradition, works run from earliest to latest by conventional composition date.
Buddhist
- 380 CEVasubandhu, Abhidharmakośa with Bhāṣyasame word
- Dzogchen — Great Perfectione and emptiness. The sphere that transcends thought and expression. The pith instructions of direct manifestation of theThadrak Thor bu 018 mDzod 'grel sogs, 1700, p. 203 · flagged as a term by the translator
- Dzogchen — the highest realization in the Nyingma tradition# First Strip This example arises from the Great PerfectionNeyphug Thor bu mDzod 'grel brgya sbyin thogs nor bu'i 'od snang, 1700, p. 116 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 620 CECandrakīrti, Madhyamakāvatārasame word
- 800 CECakrasaṃvara sādhana (Ghaṇṭapāda five stages; Vajrayoginī / Vajravārāhī)same word and a translator’s rendering
- Dzogchen — Great Perfectionof rejection or acceptance. Since it is taught as self-liberated without grasping, it is the method and teaching of therDo rje phag mo'i zab khrid skor, 1700, p. 76 · flagged as a term by the translator
- Dzogchen — Great Perfection**Top Fragment:** All phenomena are the nature of mind, devoid of conceptual elaboration. Everything isbde mchog bong zhal snyan brgyud las/ rdzogs rim zab rgya bcu gcig rdo rje’e tshigs rkang, 1700, p. 72 · flagged as a term by the translator
- Dzogchen — Great Perfectionthe thigle tramu subtle drop , it is given in this way. This is based on higher perception, and it is the secret of thebde mchog bong zhal snyan brgyud las/ sngon ‘gro’i khrid yig zin bris sku gsum bgrod pa’i thems skas, 1700, p. 25 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 900 CESaraha, Dohākoṣasame word and a translator’s rendering
- Dzogchen — Great Perfectionation, and one abides in the natural luminosity. This sequence of the Base and the Path is the very heart of the path ofDo ha'i bshad lugs sogs, 1700, p. 484 · flagged as a term by the translator
- Dzogchen — Great Perfectiongn of realizing the unchanging nature of awareness. This sequence of the three appearances is a key point of the path ofdo ha skor gsum gyi ti ka 'bring po, 1700, p. 35 · flagged as a term by the translator
- Dzogchen — Great Perfectionnse that is free from the two obscurations, and relying on the clear radiance of the five-colored nature, one enters thedo ha’i don bdus, 1700, p. 3 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1000Phyag chen rgya gzhung (Indian Mahāmudrā corpus: Tilopa, Nāropa, Maitrīpa)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 1100Avalokiteśvara sādhana (Thugs rje chen po)same word
- Dzogchen — Great Perfectionngs as they are thus presented. ### Third Section One should practice meditation by relying on the stages of the path ofthugs rje chen po mun sel sgron me'i skor, 1700, p. 112 · flagged as a term by the translator
- Dzogchen — the highest teaching of the Nyingma schoolis highly praised. This is surely the excellent path to liberation. In the ultimate realization of the Great Perfectionklong chen snying thig gi cha lag thugs rje chen po sdug bsngal rang grol gyi gnas ‘dren rnam grol lam bzang, 1700, p. 90 · flagged as a term by the translator
At home in Tibetan
- 1050Dzogchen Seventeen Tantras & Vima snying thigsame word and a translator’s rendering
- Ati Dzogchen — the Great Perfection of the Ati traditionon spros-pa complexity/proliferation . In this way, like a person of primordial emptiness, there is the power to realizeKlong gsal thod rgal lam khrid, 1700, p. 55 · flagged as a term by the translator
- Dzogchen — the Great Perfectionclarity and emptiness. Abiding in the meaning where the meditator and the act of meditation are non-dual is the view ofsNyan brgyud rdo rje zam pa'i sgom khrid, 1700, p. 89 · flagged as a term by the translator
- Dzogchen — the Great Completionthe Buddha's teachings in general, and in particular, the manner of turning the wheel of dharma of the Great PerfectionsNying thig gi lo rgyus chen mo, 1700, p. 52 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1080Milarepa, mGur 'bum (Songs)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 1100Tibetan dream yoga (Six Yogas of Nāropa; rmi lam) and the Bardo Thödol's dream bardosame word and a translator’s rendering
- ati yoga — Great Perfectionis the intention, and that which is mainly applied as such is the intention of the practice. That then is the method ofzab chos zhi khro dgongs pa rang grol las/ bar do'i dmar khrid dgongs pa rang grol gyi sngon 'gro rang rgyud 'dul byed k, 1700, p. 202 · flagged as a term by the translator
- Dzogchen — Great Perfectionough the melody of bestowing supreme blessings. The mind is perfected following the expanse of space. The meaning of theZhi khro dgongs pa rang grol (Tibetan Book of the Dead / Bardo Thödol), Kalimpong: Mani Dorji, 1, p. 204 · flagged as a term by the translator
- Dzogchen — Great Perfection**Strip 1** The detailed state is revealed, theZhi khro bka' brgyad yongs rdzogs skor, 1700, p. 38 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1100Machig Labdrön, Gcodsame word and a translator’s rendering
- Dzogchen — Great Completion teachingson. It is right that the excellent seal mudra symbolic gesture/seal is proclaimed. It is right that the Great PerfectiondBang bskur gcod ki zhal gdams, 1700, p. 107 · flagged as a term by the translator
- Dzogchen — the Great Perfectiony and wisdom, in the maṇḍala of non-dual oneness, in the maṇḍala of self-arising and self-manifesting, in the maṇḍala ofgCod kyi zhal gdams, 1700, p. 77 · flagged as a term by the translator
- Dzogchen — Great Perfectionsis of the thought, the example of the characteristics. The intent to purify the analysis is for the sake of others. Thegcod kyi zab don thugs kyi snying po zhes bya ba kyad par can, 1700, p. 89 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1150Lojong (Seven-Point Mind Training; 37 Practices)same word
- 1230Sakya Paṇḍita, Mkhas pa 'jug pa'i sgo (and Tshad ma rigs gter)same word
- 1250Sakya Paṇḍita, Mkhas 'jug (Gateway for the Learned)same word
- 1310Mkha' 'gro snying thig (Dākinī Heart-Essence instruction cycle)same word and a translator’s rendering
- Ati Yoga — DzogchenBe liberated into the expanse of primordial wisdom. The pinnacle of the nine successive vehicles Is the Great PerfectionThor bu Zab chos mkha' snying thig gi chos sde, 1700, p. 46 · flagged as a term by the translator
- Dzogchen — Great Perfectionpresented here. Practitioners should first pray to the Guru, then resolve to remain in the view of the Great PerfectionmKha' 'gro snying thig gi khrid, 1700, p. 79 · flagged as a term by the translator
- Dzogchen — the highest teaching of the Nyingma schoolon arise as a single taste. If one realizes this, one is a Buddha. **Folio 3** The ultimate view of the Great PerfectionmKha' 'gro snying thig gi khrid yig zab lam gsal byed, 1700, p. 176 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1320Rangjung Dorje (Karmapa III), rNam shes ye shes 'byed pa and Zab mo nang donsame word
- rdzogs chen — Atiyogaon is the Mahamudra; the path free from extremes is the Great Middle Way. This is also called the Great Perfection term:phyag chen smon lam, 1700, p. 6 · flagged as a term by the translator
- Dzogchenness. This is the sequence of the empowerment. This instruction is very secret. This is the view of the Great PerfectionNges don phyag rgya chen po’i smon lam gyi ’grel ba bdud rtsi’i snying khu, 1700, p. 11 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1350Longchenpa, Ngal gso skor gsum, Man ngag mdzod & Snying thig ya bzhisame word and a translator’s rendering
- Dzogchen — Great Perfectionmeaning of the instructions is realizing and the vital points. The vital points are as follows: the view of the naturalKlong chen man nag mdzod dang tshig don mdzod, 1700, p. 87 · flagged as a term by the translator
- Dzogchen — Great Perfection**Top Fragment:** From the *Treasury of Precious Instructions*: From the preliminary liturgical recitations of theKlong chen pa'i bstan bcos thor bu thob yig, 1700, p. 52 · flagged as a term by the translator
- Dzogchen — Great Perfectionthe Three Cycles of Pith Instructions 33 The root of the three cycles of pith instructions: the pith instructions of thekun mkhyen klong chen pa'i gsung bdud rtsi skor gsum/ don khrid skor gsum/ rgyab yig skor gsum, 1700, p. 51 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1350Longchenpa, Ngal gso skor gsum (Trilogy of Rest)same word and a translator’s rendering
- Dzogchen — Great Perfection### Folio 1 (Top) -> From therdzogs pa chen po sgyu ma ngal gso, 1700, p. 1 · flagged as a term by the translator
- Dzogchen — The Great Completion### Top Strip | The Catalog of the Trilogy of Rest in the Great PerfectionRdzogs pa chen po ngal gso skor gsum gyi dkar chag padma stong ldan, 1700, p. 26 · flagged as a term by the translator
- rDzog chen — Great Perfectionn the meaning of the self-arisen and naturally occurring, thus abiding on the path of the nature of the Great PerfectionrDzog chen sems nyid ngal gso, 1700, p. 82 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1350Karma Lingpa, Bar do thos grol (Zhi khro dgongs pa rang grol)same word and a translator’s rendering
- ati yoga — Great Perfectionis the intention, and that which is mainly applied as such is the intention of the practice. That then is the method ofzab chos zhi khro dgongs pa rang grol las/ bar do'i dmar khrid dgongs pa rang grol gyi sngon 'gro rang rgyud 'dul byed k, 1700, p. 202 · flagged as a term by the translator
- Dzogchen — Great Perfectionough the melody of bestowing supreme blessings. The mind is perfected following the expanse of space. The meaning of theZhi khro dgongs pa rang grol (Tibetan Book of the Dead / Bardo Thödol), Kalimpong: Mani Dorji, 1, p. 204 · flagged as a term by the translator
- Dzogchen — The Great Perfectionbenefit of all sentient beings, the unsurpassable and complete intent of all the Sugatas, which is the Great PerfectionBar do smon lam ngo sprod, 1700, p. 94 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1350Longchenpa, mDzod bdun (Seven Treasuries)same word and a translator’s rendering
- Dzogchen — the Great Completionn; thus, it is naturally pure. By resting in that state without fabrication, it becomes the path of the Great PerfectionChos dbyings mdzod dang gnas lugs mdzod, 1700, p. 107 · flagged as a term by the translator
- Dzogchen — Great Perfectionmeaning of the instructions is realizing and the vital points. The vital points are as follows: the view of the naturalKlong chen man nag mdzod dang tshig don mdzod, 1700, p. 87 · flagged as a term by the translator
- Dzogchen — Great Perfectionsen wisdom is clarity itself. To abide in a state where these two are inseparable is the meaning of the Great Perfectionklong chen man ngag mdzod rin po che, 1700, p. 72 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1400Dzogchen khrid yig (direct-introduction and guidance manuals; Sems sde, Kun byed rgyal po)same word and a translator’s rendering
- Ati Yoga — the Great Perfectionre the Mandala sacred circle , the Lama says: "O, fortunate sons of noble family, listen! This is the empowerment of theThor bu rDzogs chen yang tig nag po, 1700, p. 39 · flagged as a term by the translator
- Dzogchen — Great Perfectionnirvana liberation as mind. Having realized this, one should abide in the nature of the mind. Based on the stages of theDon khrid lam gyi sgron me, 1700, p. 75 · flagged as a term by the translator
- Dzogchen — Great Perfection**Folio 1** This teaching of therDzogs chen yang tig nag po gser gyi bru gcig, 1700, p. 207 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1402Tsongkhapa's Lamrim (Lam rim chen mo / chung ngu)same word
- 1402Tsongkhapa, Lam rim chen mo & chung ngusame word
- 1402Tsongkhapa, Lam rim chen mo / chung ngu (śamatha–vipaśyanā chapters)same word
- 1488Milarepa's Songs (Mgur 'bum / Mdzod nag ma)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 1488Milarepa, Mgur 'bum & Rnam tharsame word and a translator’s rendering
- 1500Guru yoga (Bla ma'i rnal 'byor; Bla ma dgongs 'dus)same word and a translator’s rendering
- Dzogchen — Great Perfection**Folio 1** Thus, within the Bla ma dgongs 'dus The Guru’s Intention Realized , from theBla ma dgongs 'dus skor, 1700, p. 43 · flagged as a term by the translator
- Dzogchen — Great Perfectionsake of emptiness. This method of meditation and so forth, one should meditate through the gateway of the method of theNeyphug Thor bu Bla ma'i rnal 'byor byin rlabs kun 'dus sogs, 1700, p. 68 · flagged as a term by the translator
- rdzogs pa chen poer, the wandering yogi a renunciant practitioner made it complete, spreading it through the path of the Great Perfectionblo bzang bka' 'bum las bla ma'i yig chung lta khrid snying po dngos grub kun 'byung, 1700, p. 2 · original word kept by the translator
- 1500Tshe khrid rdo rje phreng ba (long-life visualisation cycle)same word and a translator’s rendering
- Dzogchen — Great Completion, the yellow planet. The time of the pollution-emanation. The stream of the pollution-emanation. To the Great PerfectionTshe khrid rdo rje phreng ba'i skor, 1700, p. 153 · flagged as a term by the translator
- Dzogchen — Great Perfectionxistence and no hope for nirvana, leading to natural liberation. Second, Mahamudra, Ka --- **Bottom Strip** Om. Third isNeyphug Thor bu Tshe khrid sogs, 1700, p. 51 · flagged as a term by the translator
- Rdzogs chen — Great Perfectionlike a mountain of gold, is seen nakedly by being bound by the vital points of the body. This is the instruction of theNeyphug Thor bu Tshe khrid rdo phreng chos skor, 1700, p. 73 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1550Mahāmudrā manuals (Wangchuk Dorje, Pema Karpo, Tashi Namgyal, Khamtrul)same word and a translator’s rendering
- Dzogchen — Great Perfectionpath and the stages are clarified so that the students may see them. There are two parts to the well-written text on theIntroduction to the Preliminary Practice of Mahamudra (Innate Union), 1710, p. 105 · flagged as a term by the translator
- Dzogchen — Great PerfectionStrip:** The profound instructions of the Mahamudra path, passed down from the holy Gurus. Regarding the meaning of theNeyphug Thor bu Phyag chen chos skor, 1700, p. 72 · flagged as a term by the translator
- rdzogs chen — Atiyogaon is the Mahamudra; the path free from extremes is the Great Middle Way. This is also called the Great Perfection term:phyag chen smon lam, 1700, p. 6 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1600Zhal gdams / man ngag — retreat and heart-advice manualssame word and a translator’s rendering
- Dzogchen — Great Perfectionh clarifies the true nature of wisdom, has been made clear in its essential points regarding the ultimate realization ofThor bu dGe sbyor bdun pa'i nyams len sogs, 1700, p. 57 · flagged as a term by the translator
- Dzogchen — Great PerfectionSubsequently, there are two stages of the main practice: the profound path of Guru Yoga and the various sections of theThor bu lCe sgom nyams len sogs, 1700, p. 176 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1700Dzogchen instruction literature (Semde khrid yig, kun gzhi rang grol, thod rgal)same word and a translator’s rendering
- Ati Dzogchen — the Great Perfection of the Ati traditionon spros-pa complexity/proliferation . In this way, like a person of primordial emptiness, there is the power to realizeKlong gsal thod rgal lam khrid, 1700, p. 55 · flagged as a term by the translator
- Dzogchen — Great Perfection# Section 1 Thus, hold this instruction on therDzogs chen 'khor 'das rang grol sogs, 1700, p. 98 · flagged as a term by the translator
- dzogchen — the Great Perfectionnature , the single bindu essence-sphere , dhatu expanse and wisdom, dharma , ultimate truth, mahamudra the Great Seal ,khrid yig kun gzhi rang grol sogs chos tshan kha 'thor sna tsogs, 1700, p. 13 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1700Mahāmudrā instruction manuals (Bhutanese and Drukpa Kagyü)same word and a translator’s rendering
- Dzogchen — Great Perfectionpath and the stages are clarified so that the students may see them. There are two parts to the well-written text on theIntroduction to the Preliminary Practice of Mahamudra (Innate Union), 1710, p. 105 · flagged as a term by the translator
- Dzogchen — Great PerfectionStrip:** The profound instructions of the Mahamudra path, passed down from the holy Gurus. Regarding the meaning of theNeyphug Thor bu Phyag chen chos skor, 1700, p. 72 · flagged as a term by the translator
- Rdzogs chentacles. The five lineages. --- It is not appropriate to abide. By obtaining the bliss that includes the Great PerfectionThadrak Thor bu 026 Phyag chen khrid yig sogs, 1700, p. 459 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1700Sngon 'gro (preliminary practice) manualssame word and a translator’s rendering
- Dzogchen — Great Perfectiontices in this way, a special realization will arise in one's continuum. The final sequence is to rely on the view of theKun bzang dgongs 'dus sngon 'gro, 1700, p. 61 · flagged as a term by the translator
- Dzogchenal, to the Rigdzin Humkara a historical master , to the kind Root Lama, to the profound Dharma of the Great Perfection (bla ma nor rgyam sngon 'gro'i 'don cha, 1700, p. 2 · flagged as a term by the translator
- rdzogs pa chen pon [...] for the sake of sentient beings [...] the Tathagata [...] the secret [...] of realization [...] Great Perfectionthun mong sngon 'gro'i chos bshad rin chen them skas, 1700, p. 9 · original word kept by the translator
- 1765Jigme Lingpa, Klong chen snying thig (with Patrul's Kun bzang bla ma'i zhal lung)same word and a translator’s rendering
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