Longsal Teachings: Volume 2

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Lot sawa Series 154E

This publication is intended for those who have already received transmission ofDzogchen from Chogyal Namkhai Norbu

© 2001 Shang Shung Edizioni

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tions Committee of the Dzogchen Community founded by Chogyal Namkhai Norbu

Chbgyal Namlchai Norbu

LONGSAL TEACHINGS VOLUME TWO

TraruJ!atedfrom the Tibetan and edited by Adriano Clemente with the lcind help of the Author

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CONTENTS

Tran1latord note to the Longc�al Seriu of Teacbingc�

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JJreface

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The Opening ofthe Gate to the State ofAti

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The Upa'duha ofIntroduction to the State 77

ofAti The Upa'duha for the SeLf-li!Jeratwn of the s� Lolcac�

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TRANSLATOR'S NOTE TO THE LONGSAL SERIES OF TEACHINGS

The Longsal Cycle or The Innermost Essence of the Dakinis of the Luminous Clarity of the Uni­ verse (Klong chen 'od gsa! mkha ' 'gro 'i snying thig) is the collection of Chogyal Namkhai Norbu's rediscovered teachings. In this series of publications, explanations and clarifications have been reduced to a minimum to emphasize the principle that oral instructions must be received directly from the transmission holder in order to fully understand the text. Moreover, although the Tibetan text of the upadeshas is writ­ ten in verse without any pause in its flow, the trans­ lation is presented in prose and has been divided into small sections.

PREFACE

This publication of teachings from theLongsal Cycle contains three upadeshas received through dreams (mnal chos), including the histories of their discoveries, over a period of time ranging from 1957 to 1989. The Opening of the Gate to the State of Ati (A ti 'i dgongs pa sgo 'byed), written down in 1977, is a special teaching of Padmasambhava, the Ma­ haguru of Oddiyana (VIII century), that explains the conditions of the Teaching in this degenerated age and presents a practice of Purification of the Six Lokas based on the principle of 'reversal' (ru log) of samsara. The dreams through which the upadesha was discovered are connected to Pad­ masambhava himself and to the author's root-guru Rigdzin Changchub Dorje (1826-1961). The Upadesha of Introduction to the State of Ati (A ti 'i dgongs pa ngo sprod kyi man ngag), written down in 1983, is an extraordinary teach­ ing of the great lotsava Vairochana (VIII century) introducing the authentic principle of Atiyoga or Dzogpa Chenpo, in particular presenting essen­ tial instructions on the Four Contemplations of Semde and on the fundamental aspects of primor­ dial purity (ka dag) and self-perfection (!hun grub). The dreams through which the upadesha was dis­ covered are connected to the master Vairochana himself, to the author's root guru Rigdzin Chang-

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chub Doij e ( 1826-1961) and to his uncle Khyentse Rinpoche Chokyi Wangchug (1910-1963), who was also one of his main teachers. The Upadesha for the Self-Liberation of the Six Lokas (rGyud drug rang grol gyi man ngag), re­ ceived in 1989 while leading a retreat at Pendine, South Wales, contains instructions of the Vidya­ dhara Nagadhara on how to practice the Purifica­ tion of the Six Lekas in a very special way, by adopting also particular physical positions. I am grateful to Anastasia McGhee, Julia Law­ less, Laurie Marder and Jim Valby for reviewing my English. Adriano Clemente May 2001

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Padmadambha"aNangr1i:J ZiLnb'n Merigar Gonpa

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[ THE HISTORY OF ITS DISCOVERY] On the twelfth day of the eighth Tibetan month of the Fire-Bird year [September, 1957], while I Wacf in the meditation ca"e of Samye YamaLung offering a Ganapuja of Rigdzin Dupa together with dome Khampa piLgrimrJ, rJuddenLy in the .1pace in front of me, iMUJe a fi"e-colored thigle the r1ize of a bowL there ap­ peared, "i"UJLy clear, the body of Light of Guru Rinpoche the .1ize of a thumb. For a brief in­ dtant it r1tayed, then duappeared. That night, I had the foLlowing dream. 13

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meditation cafJe when in the c1pace infront ofme, iM�e a hig thigle gleaming with thefifJe co!orc:J, the c1ize of a (round) c1hieL'd, there appeared clearLy the ho()y of Light ofNangc:Jld ZiLnbn, the Mahaguru of 0ddiyana,

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ThiJ opening of the gate to the profound mean­ ing o/At4 Quint&:�r:Jence of the Luminow CLarity of the Univerr:Je, Pith of the Innermor:Jt Elr:�ence of the ocean of V!Jyadharar:J, Ir:� appearing ar:J your gLory, fortunate r:Jon. SAMAYA GYA GYA GYA Alar:!! Human beingr:J aLwayr:J bUr:Jy with activi­ tied Conceive the r:Jtate of knowLedge of Ati ar:J mere wordr:J, Modify the edr:Jence of the teaching with the Law of the eight wor/;)Ly concernr:J And are aLL carried away by the dutraction of emotionr:J... In thu way many verr:Jer:f appeared very brightLy and continuoLMLy. When I

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6eingr1, aLwayr1 bUdy with ac­

tivitied, conceive the r1tate of knowledge ofAti ar1 mere wordr1, modify the ur1ence of the teaching with the Law of the eight wor&Ly concernr1 and are aLL carried away 6y the didtraction of emo­ tioM. ExternaLLy, when the condition ofthe elementr1 6ecomu dutur6ed, there are the ajfLictionr1 of earthqualcu, Landr1Llder1 and drought. InternaLLy, for heingr1, (when) iLLner1r1er1, famine and con­ fLictd arue, activitied andproduction are centered on ward and weaponr1.

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In Jecret, hecatMe of the contamination of poidonoLM JubJtancu, the Mamod and the Da­ kinid hecome irritated,

the Eight ClaJJu of the

UniverJe arife in conflict againJt one another and ail kindd of unduirahle calamitied happen. In order to heal Juch a degenerated age and Mtahlifh all heingJ into happinuJ, it id of cru­ cial importance topractice Juch a timely method of the profound eJJence ofAti. When heingJ have hecome miderahle hecatMe their longevity, meritJ, activitied and capacitied etc. have greatly degenerated, they mtMt enter the unelahorated teaching of At4 the quintu­ Jence of (all) Jecret and profound (teachingJ).

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Since aLL the edr:fential ar:1pectr:1 of the r:1tate of knowledge of the ocean of Vidyadharar:f of the univerr:fe are here include� the empowering bledr:�­ ingJ of thu teaching are immear:�urable Like bounoler:fr:f r:1pace. Since thi1 king of kingr:1 of Yoga i1 the total path that 'directly revea& r:felj-Liberation, any fortunate male orfemale perr:fon that wiLL enter into contact with it wiLL certainly realize itr:1 pur­ por:le.

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extraordinary upaduha of thil profound teach­ ing I wolce up .Ad c1oon ac1 I awoke I clearLy re­ .

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Khyentde Rinpoche Cho"kyi Wangchug Merigar Gonpa

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While I Wad thinking: ((Who knouM what kind of tneddage dhe had r� I looked at the flow­ erd weLL and daw that each flower had three pet­ au and that on the three petau, rupectively on the right, on the left and in the mwdle, three dymbolic letterd were dhining brightly and viv­ wly in blue Light. Wondering whether they were reaLflowerd or made ofgoUJ and difvet; I dmelled them and dince they had an orange dcent I came to the concltMion that modt probably they were reaL flowerd. I thought of Mking her what the tneddage Wad, but during the dhort while that I had been dutracted by the flowerd the young woman had vanidhed without a trace. I wondered where the young woman hadgone and I Looked in all directiond, when I clearly daw her climbing upwardd from the top of the white rock on the other dWe. Thinking how it have cou/J been poddiblefor her to reach the peak ofthe rock in duch a dhort time, I Wad a Little adtonuhed. 81

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00@00 .00@00 On the tenth day of the fifth month of the Water-Mollde year (June, l!J72), while I Wad li�ing in Napled, douth !taL� near the dea in a place caLled Duceda Gaio!a, at night I had the foLLowing dream. I Wad practicing contempLation in an un­ known pLace when duddenLy the Pramoha Padma Pa[{)zinma arri�ed in front of me. She to{{} me: '1 Wad dent by your Guru, the VU}ya­ dhara Changchub Dorje, to give you thu dcroLL which u a manlldcript of the great madter Vai­ rochana '� and Jhe handed me a bLack dcroLL of condWerable Jize. I opened it immediateLy and Jaw the title in Tibetan uchen characterd written in go& in a veryfine handwriting, with two dotd, one on top of the othelj deparating each JyLLable, and the terma dign at the end of the Line:

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At a certain moment Idounded an A and imme­ diately anotherA redounded di:ltinctly, hut it Wad not clear whether it Wad an echo ofmy voice or it had i:Muedfrom the dpherical thigle like a clear cryt:Jta� while from the red thigle a red beam dpread ou0 whirling. Recognizing that the red thigle Wad a manifutation of the Dharmata Jtate of my uncle Rinpoche, I prayedfervently: uUncle Rinpoche, pleade neverfort:Jake 1M with your conzpaddionF� and in that moment my vi­ Jion changed. I Wad in front of my uncle Rinpoche in the meditation cave ;iMt Like it Wad in the padt. He gave me a big dcroLL of text and to& me.· �1 have

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In the Water-Pig year [AuglM0 1983], while I

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