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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

General

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)

Experiential Terms

(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)

References

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