Tsoknyi Rinpoche: Tsoknyi Rinpoche: 08-24-2013: Dzogchen and Zen (Part 4A)




Upaya Zen Center's Dharma Podcast show

Summary: Episode Description: In this session Tsoknyi Rinpoche discusses the Tibetan concepts of lo and rigpa. He says that lo is frequently translated into English as "concept," but that it is not an active concept. One does not conceptualize something. Lo can be shamatha without support. Lo is to be free from samsara. A state of calmness and clarity without the conceptual mind. Rinpoche goes on to describe how one can find this innerspace, basic space or the unconstructed space called ying. One must drop the dualistic mind in order to see. Experience must be realized in a special mind which is free of the tiny thread, called "reify I," that exists in the conceptual mind. Rinpoche then begins to explain the four part technique by which we find natural mind: dropping or "let it go," seeing, let it be and liberation. For Series Description and teacher BIO, please see Part 1. To access the entire series, please click on the link below: Dzogchen and Zen Series: All 8 Parts