Rainbow Painting: A Collection of Miscellaneous Aspects of Development and CompletionRainbow Painting is saturated with direct, pithy instruction, the very quintessence of the Buddhist Spiritual approach. Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche speaks from experience, expressing what he himself has undergone, instructing us in the way we should train in a complete and unmistaken manner. We come to understand that to become enlightened we must experience what was always present within us. The ultimate object of realization, the natural state of mind, unmistakenly and exactly as it is, need not be sought for elsewhere but is present within ourselves. Stability in this unexcelled state of unity is not attained independently of means, proper conduct and knowledge of the view. We should unite view and conduct; and this book contains the key points for doing just that. "Some people have the habit of thinking that something is bound to happen after practicing meditation a while -- like going through school -- that after ten or fifteen years you end up with a degree. That's the idea in the back of people's minds: "I can make it happen! I can do enlight¬enment!" Not in this case, though. You cannot make enlightenment, because enlightenment is unconstructed. Realizing the awakened state is a matter of being diligent in allowing nondual awareness to regain its natural stability. It is difficult to reach enlightenment without such dili¬gence, without undertaking any hardship." ---Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche "Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche is someone who has lived at length in mountain hermitages, spent many years in retreat, and done a considerable amount of meditation training. For this reason, he gives the very quintessence of the sacred Dharma spoken by our compassionate Buddha Shakyamuni. He speaks from experience, expressing what he himself has undergone, instructing us in the way we should practice in a complete and unmistaken manner. These teachings, saturated with direct, pithy instruction, are unique." ---Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche The ultimate object of realization, the natural state of mind, unmistakenly and exactly as it is, need not be sought elsewhere than in ourselves. We become enlightened through experiencing what is always innately present. Stability in this unexcelled unawareness is attained when view, the knowledge aspect and conduct, the means are integrated. In Rainbow Painting, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche presents the practices to accomplish this unity. |
Contents
Foreword | 11 |
Preface | 15 |
Background | 19 |
The View the Nine Vehicles | 32 |
The Three Vajras | 43 |
The Vital Point | 49 |
Space | 59 |
Samaya | 67 |
Mindfulness | 111 |
Tiredness | 123 |
The True Foundation | 132 |
Straying | 147 |
Unity | 158 |
Purity | 168 |
Accomplishment | 176 |
Bardo | 188 |
Common terms and phrases
Akanishtha appear arising attain awakened bardo basic space become bodhisattva buddha nature Buddha Shakyamuni called Chokgyur Lingpa Chokling Tersar compassion completion stage conceptual thinking deity deluded development stage Dharma dharmakaya disciples dissolve distracted disturbing emotions dualistic mind dwelling and ceasing Dzogchen Dzogchen teachings empowerment emptiness and cognizance empty cognizance everything experience feel fixation four mind-changings Garab Dorje guru heart impermanence indivisible Jamgön Kongtrül karma Karmapa karmic Khakyab Dorje lama liberation lineage look Madhyamika Mahamudra Mantra means meditation nature of mind never nirmanakaya nondual awareness obscurations Padmasambhava path perceived person practitioner preliminary practices primordially pure purified qualities rainbow body realization realms recognition recognizing mind essence rigpa samadhi samayas sambhogakaya samsara Samten Gyatso self-existing sentient shamatha shravaka simply someone thing thought Tibet Tibetan tion totally true Tsewang Norbu Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche understanding vajra Vajrayana Vajrayana teachings vehicles vipashyana wakefulness whatsoever wisdom Yoga