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One of the three Sections or Series (''sde gsum'') of the Great Perfection. This system essentially characterizes the Dzogchen tradition of India and is not used in the texts originating from Zhangzhung. The main practices performed in this Precepts Section are the cultivation of the natural state (styled Trekchö in the Indian tradition) and the practice of Clear-Light (styled Thögel in the Indian tradition). +
One of the two modalities (with Wisdoms) expressing the true essence of the Natural State and the fruit of Buddhahood. +
The process of inner discursiveness. +
The spontaneous aspect (''lhun grub'') of one's Nature (''rang bzhin''), abiding in fivefold displays and multicolored manifestations. It is the first of the two Form Bodies (''gzugs sku gnyis''). +
The cycle of oral teachings that were eventually put into written form in the early 8th century by Tapihritsa and Nangzher Löpo. It is divided in four main sub-cycles. See Achard, ''La Structure du Zhangzhung Nyengyü'' for a complete description of this cycle. +
One of the two modalities (with Bodies) expressing the true essence of the Natural State and the fruit of Buddhahood. +
The nature of the mind. +
The primordial Enlightened One who is the source of the Dzogchen teachings. He is depicted as a blue naked Buddha, without ornaments. +
The Spontaneity refers to the Nature (''rang bzhin'') of the primordial state and to its luminous aspect. It thus concerns the arising mode of the state and its dynamism. It has nothing to do with the Conduct as some deluded people think. Spontaneity precisely refers to the luminous nature of our mind and to its potential expressed in the variety of its arising modes. +
The Primordial Purity refers to the Essence of the natural state which is defined as stainless from the beginning and empty. +
Sign of the realization of the Perfection Body (''rdzogs sku''), manifesting within the display of rainbows, lights, Thigles, and various atmospheric phenomena. This Body is the fruit of the practice of Thögel. +
The primordially pure (''ka dag'') and empty aspect (''stong cha'') of the natural state, corresponding to the abiding mode of the Absolute Body (''bon sku''). When applied to the notion of Wisdom (''ye shes''), this Essence is defined as an empty and luminous state devoid of conceptualizations, dualistic grasping, etc. +
The Space of the Single Thigle embracing all beings without exception. This state is illustrated by the sky without limit which embraces everything. +
The root-text of the second section of the ''Zhangzhung Nyengyü''. It contains the basic teachings of the main practice of Dzogchen — namely Trekchö and Thögel —, as well as instructions on the Fruit and the Bardo. It has been commented by Dru Gyelwa Yungdrung and Uri Sönam Gyeltsen. +
The 26th lineage holder of the ''Zhangzhung Nyengyü'', he is said to have played a key-role in the protection of the teachings of Zhangzhung from the persecution launched by king Trisong Detsen. Together with his master Tapihritsa, he is responsible for the written codification of the ''Zhangzhung Nyengyü'' in the 8th century. +
Country located in what is nowadays modern western Tibet. It was conquered by Tibetans in the 7th century but the eventual conquest was, according to Bon sources, completed only in the 8th century. +
The birth-place of Tönpa Shenrab. Tazik is situated west of the Zhangzhung kingdom. Ölmo Lungring was its capital. +
An enlightened being, having purified (sangs) his passions and having increased (''rgyas'') his Wisdom. +
The root-text of the secret section (gsang ba) of the ''Zhangzhung Nyengyü'', mostly centered on the abiding mode of Buddhahood within oneself. This text actually contains the precise teachings used for the Initiation to the Dynamism of Awareness (''rig pa'i rtsal dbang''). +
The Body used by the Buddha Tönpa Shenrab and other Buddhas to manifest on this plane of existence. In the restricted context of Thögel meditation, this Body refers to all the visionary marvels that form the natural display of Awareness. +
