Rigpa
Rigpa ( Tib . : Rig pa ; skt . : Vidya ) actually " intelligence ", is a term that is used in Dzogchen , a tradition of Tibetan Buddhism , and can be translated as "innermost nature of the mind". In contrast to the ordinary mind, Sems (discursive thinking, differentiating, judging, understanding, spirit), whose activity according to the Buddhist understanding consists of projecting onto incorrectly perceived reference points, Rigpa is the original, pure awareness, the intelligence, which is beyond all limitations takes place and through which one can come to the state of omniscience and enlightenment.
See also
literature
- Sogyal Rinpoche : The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying. A key to a deeper understanding of life and death . 3. Edition. OW Barth publishing house, Frankfurt am Main 2003, ISBN 3502611130 . Neck online: excerpts from Chapter Four, the "Nature of Mind", paragraph 'The Mind and the Nature of Mind " (Engl.)
- Dalai Lama : Dzogchen - The Heart-Essence of Great Perfection . Theseus, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-896-20171-9 (contains an illustration of the term Rigpa including its use in different traditions of the Tibetan Vajrayana ), excerpt online .
- Herbert V. Guenther : Matrix of Mystery: Scientific and Humanistic Aspects of rDzogs-Chen Thought , Shambhala Publications, 1984, ISBN 9781570626494 (13), ISBN 1570626499
Web links
- International Rigpa network
- Whirling Light Texts on the holistic process philosophy of Tibetan Buddhism of the older tradition German version by Herbert and Ilse Guenther (PDF; 160 kB)
- www.nitartha.org search page Tool to find wylie terms in English.
- Now-TV / Lived Wisdom-here now! Prajnaji
Individual references / footnotes
- ↑ Definition of terms on the Rigpa Germany website
- ↑ Explanation in English ( Memento of the original from July 25, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. by Sogyal Rinpoche
