Bardo Teachings Part 1
Teachings on the Bardo ༡) PART ONE One can be liberated by looking, hearing, and reading without needing to practice meditation. According to the profound oral instructions, this is the teaching for liberating those who have committed non-virtue. These profound and vast oral instructions which guide one on the secret path are the supreme path […]
Bardo Teachings Part 2
Bardo Teachings Part 2 The Meaning of Bardo Pointing out that all dream-like, illusion-like phenomena are appearances is the dharma which overturns grasping at the true existence. Similarly, for the purpose of pointing out all appearances as the appearances of the bardo, the previous gurus explained the three bardo of birth and death, the bardo […]
Bardo Teachings Part 3
Bardo Teachings Part Three The Lifespan of a Bardo Being According to the Compendium of Abhidharma,one remains in the bardo for up to seven days,and will die within that timeframe. What is the lifespan in the bardo?One remains in the bardo of existence for seven days.After that, one will definitely die due to karmaand continually […]
Bardo Teachings Part 4
Bardo Teachings Part Four Among the four emptinesses, appearance dawns first. The sign of the white path is an appearance like the dawning of moonlight in a clear sky. At this time all of the thirty-three thoughts related to anger, such as detachment, etc., will cease. It is called “empty” because at this time the […]
Bardo Teachings Part 5
Bardo Teachings Part Five How to Take this into the Path As for how to take the first bardo of the time of death into the path: the signs of the gradual dissolution may come earlier, but however they arise—earlier or later, gross or subtle— do not be anxious or afraid. As stated in Nāropa’s […]
Bardo Teachings Part 6
Bardo Teachings Part 6 As stated by Āryadeva, “The moment that that the darkness of near-attainment ceases luminosity vividly appears in awareness, with the characteristic of the ultimate truth, luminous in the nature of wisdom and seen by the wisdom eye.” Thereupon, all obscurations are burned up by the inner fire, which is the power […]