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Sep 8, 2026
Shyalpa RinpocheGUEST
So this is the message of, uh, the Great Perfection.
Shekhar NatarajanHOST
And what does Rigpa mean?
Shyalpa RinpocheGUEST
So Rigpa means one who is aware of that, one who realize that.
Shekhar NatarajanHOST
Mm.
Shyalpa RinpocheGUEST
So that you are able to remain in the continuum of Rigpa, means you are in the continuum of this awareness, continuum of this experience.
Shekhar NatarajanHOST
Mm.
Shyalpa RinpocheGUEST
That's Rigpa.
Shyalpa RinpocheGUEST
So one who is able to free yourself from all the ignorance is Rigpa.
Doc InfernoGUEST
is the thing, Doc.
JinHOST
i've said this many times i don't with worldly gods or demons angels any of that i don't deal with any of them i only in deal with the enlightened beings so for me the magic takes place on the primordial ground where is that well at least partly it begins in your own mind so if i agree with you that everyone should start out number one with meditation But even if you learn how to access sort of like the deeper or even secret layer of meditation, which is Diamond Thunder or Rigpa, as we would call it, you don't need to actually practice.
JinHOST
I'm going to pitch for like Tantra Buddhism here, Doc, so I apologize.
Doc InfernoGUEST
Go for
Jason GregoryHOST
And then it doesn't really equate to whether it's dual or non-dual, it's just ever-present.
Jason GregoryHOST
I remember the great Dzogchen master Tukul Ogun Rinpoche once said that it's very difficult to describe the nature of Rigpa.
Jason GregoryHOST
Rigpa means total presence, pristine weightfulness, which is identical with Atman.
Jason GregoryHOST
in Advaita Vedanta, so in Vajrayana Buddhism, you have that idea of rikpa.
Jason GregoryHOST
And so you have that idea of that absolute substratum in Vajrayana Buddhism.
Khentrul Jamphel LodröHOST
So that means, that is a little bit, you know, Vijyadhara, in the Rigginsen, in Tibetan called Rigginsen, is not exactly literally translated.
Khentrul Jamphel LodröHOST
That's why I think, because Rig is like Rigpa.
Khentrul Jamphel LodröHOST
Rigpa is the awareness, you know, the primordial awareness.
Khentrul Jamphel LodröHOST
So the, who holds the primordial awareness, that is, meaning is same as indestructible Buddha nature.
Khentrul Jamphel LodröHOST
So just simply have to think about Vajrayana, proper Vajrayana practitioner, like yogi and yogini.
Michael TaftGUEST
Exactly.
Michael TaftGUEST
And, and I, I think there's a, a similar thing, Harish, about the, about let's say, um, awake awareness itself, you know, whatever we wanna call Rigpa or, you know, uh, Buddha Nature or something like that, um, True Self.
Michael TaftGUEST
Uh And that is, you know, there's a way of teaching that where it's so precious you can never actually say that you're, you know, experiencing it.
Michael TaftGUEST
It becomes so elevated and so precious that while the teacher i- does experience it but you-- you know, you...
QPHOST
So where did the knowledge go? One tradition preserved almost every structural element of the ancient architecture.
QPHOST
Hereditary specialists, the Lama lineage, transmitted teacher to student across centuries, initiation, fasting and purification, the preliminary practices of nundro, music and chanting, sacred space, the visualization that builds the mandala internally, community and sangha, The set and setting, and the culminating transformative experience, Rigpa, the direct recognition of mind's nature, transmitted when the student is prepared to receive it.
QPHOST
The complete set and setting, without the plant, the Vajrayana accomplished something structural.
QPHOST
It internalized the entire pharmacy.
Lama Zopa RinpocheHOST
Then the, the lower, the lowest, the, the lower preliminary practice, uh, the, the, the, the last or the lower preliminary practice, that's the, that's the, the nine, the nine preliminary practice.
Lama Zopa RinpocheHOST
The four, the, the what do you, rigpa, nom rigpa, trulkor three ones, then the other, the, say, the, say refuge, bodhichitta, then the, uh, you know, mandala offering, and then the Vajrasattva and this, uh, the, uh, guru yoga, like that.
Lama Zopa RinpocheHOST
[clears throat] Uh, the, uh, the Vajrasattva, then, uh, the prostration by some type of Buddha's name.
Lama Zopa RinpocheHOST
So that's... [clears throat] These, the, the rest others.
James LowHOST
Halte drum fest.
James LowHOST
This openness of the mind has always been there with many titles, including Rigpa, uh, which we translate as awareness.
James LowHOST
But was that's- Awareness is not a quality of mental activity.
James LowHOST
Dualistic consciousness is.
Delson ArmstrongGUEST
Well, I'm still trying to piece it all together for myself, and I think I'm in a interesting space where a lot of the spiritual exploration I've done in my life has been a lot of fun things, a lot of entertainment, let's say, in hindsight.
Delson ArmstrongGUEST
Because, you know, I've always been interested in tantra and the occult and other things like that, in addition to meditative practices like going through jnanas and getting into Rigpa, these kinds of things.
Delson ArmstrongGUEST
And I see for myself, you know, this sort of disillusionment with the everyday kind of spiritual fair of, you know, let's do this and let's do that and, you know, enlightenment and the journey to enlightenment and, you know, there are these levels of awakening and all of these interesting things that we see not only in Buddhism, but in Vedanta and other traditions.
Delson ArmstrongGUEST
And I, I think that, you know, and I can speak for myself, but maybe this is a, a value judgment on spirituality in general, which is I feel like spirituality has become yet another form of accomplishment for the ego, you know, the spiritual ego.
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Delson ArmstrongGUEST
But the knowing itself is a reflection of it.
Michael TaftHOST
Mm-hmm.
Michael TaftHOST
We-- of course, Rigpa means knowing, right? And I'm just curious, do you think those are in any sense separate?
Delson ArmstrongGUEST
No. No.
Lama Padma SamtenHOST
Tá indo bem aí, Pedro? Ou tô meio rápido? Tá bem? E, é, então, na sequência, nós olhamos também, hã, nós olhamos os textos de, do Jamgön Kongtrül, especialmente.
Lama Padma SamtenHOST
Nós temos estudado vários desses textos e focando o tema de sabedoria primordial, os te-- o tema de, os temas de Rigpa, né? Nós recebemos muitos ensinamentos de Alan Wallace e também de outros mestres sobre esses temas.
Lama Padma SamtenHOST
E agora mesmo nós tamos nos preparando pra receber o Andraky Rinpoche, Namthub Ten Rinpoche aqui, que vão trazer também essas perspectivas.
Lama Padma SamtenHOST
E assim a gente vai se movendo.
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