The Three Statements of Garab Dorje - Hitting the Essence in Three Words (Tib.<big> ཚིག་གསུམ་གནད་བརྡེགས་</big> tsik sum né dek, Wyl. tshig gsum gnad brdegs)
Introducing directly the face of rigpa in itself
Decide upon one thing and one thing only
Confidence directly in the liberation of rising thoughts
The Three Immovables (Tib. <big> མི་གཡོ་བ་གསུམ་ལྡན་</big> miyowa sumden, Wyl. mi g.yo ba gsum ldan)
unmoving body, like the king of mountains
unmoving senses like the planets or stars reflected in a lake
unmoving nature of mind, like a cloudless sky
The Four Visions (Tib. <big> སྣང་བ་བཞི་</big> nangwa shyi, Wyl. snang ba bzhi)
experiencing the nature of reality directly
increasing experience
awareness reaching full maturity, intrinsic awareness reaching full measure (LCN)
dissolution of ordinary experience into the nature of reality
The Four Ways of Leaving Things in their Natural Simplicity (Tib. <big> ཅོག་བཞག་བཞི་</big> chok shyak shyi, Wyl. cog bzhag bzhi)
view, like a mountain, leave it as-it-is
meditation, like an ocean: leave it as-it-is
action, appearances: leave them as they are
fruition, unaltered: leave it as-it-is
resting in tranquility (SK); remaining/reposing in naturalness (EPK); allowing relaxation in a genuine state (LCN)
uncontrived, unaltered
energy, potential, strength, radiance
pure awareness
resolve (EPK); to reach a final decision; come to a decisive experience (LCN); resolving through transcending; Literally “traversing the mountain pass”
all-penetrating, wide open state (EPK), unobstructed, unimpeded
clarification, clear distinction
restoration (SK); sustaining freshness, reviving alertness (EPK); using restorative techniques (LCN)
(Tib.<big>མྱོང་ཚིག</big> nyong tsik, Wyl. myong tshig)
naked and pristine
oblivious, hazy, blank, vague (EPK)
lucid and clear
a vivid sense of bliss and well-being (PG)
totally open, unimpeded, all-penetrating, transparently clear
light and free from within (PG)
authentic, unadulterated (Reynolds); lucidness (EPK) See Tony Duff for explanation as ‘standing out’ vivid
vivid, clear, shining
brilliance, brilliant (LCN); immaculately pure (Reynolds)
vivid(ness) (LCN)
rapturous (PG)
wonderstruck (RT), wonderment,
riveting, stark (LCN); present, aware (Reynolds), lucid wakefulness, vivid alertness (EPK)
vivid, clear, bright, awake (EPK); vibrant (PG)
stable, abiding (LCN); serene, tranquil (EPK)
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