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Written by Yeshi S. Namkhai with the deepest respect and gratitude to Chgyal Namkhai Norbu, wishing these notes to be useful for Dzogchen Communitys practitioners.
Please notice that this text is just notes, is not meant to be a book or to reveal a truth, is freely translated and meant to go more in the essence then formally present some topics. Please notice that selection of parts should not be considered as the best possible, but the most suitable considering the general title. Therefore there can be a better selection and composition, more important how all parts relate each other.
Parts of this text are transcriptions and published teachings of Chgyal Namkhai Norbu protected by copyright of Shang Shung Edizioni and Shang Shung Institute.
Index
Notes on the Chd................................................................................................................................... 1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................ 3 Self and Demons.................................................................................................................................. 3 Thogche - block................................................................................................................................ 3 Thogmed - does not block................................................................................................................ 4 Gagdrd - complacency ................................................................................................................... 4 Nyemjed - ego ................................................................................................................................. 4 The main practice ................................................................................................................................ 5 Phat ................................................................................................................................................. 5 The offering and the guests ............................................................................................................. 5 The practice ..................................................................................................................................... 6 Conclusion ........................................................................................................................................... 7
Introduction
This brief notes are connected with the knowledge of Chd that you can find in the book Chd based on teaching of ChNN from 1976 to 1991. Our condition is presented by four demons that hinder our realization, is very useful to understand from our own experience and not go after idea of mysterious practice connected with cementers and fear of the death.
then we would be in the condition of Samantabhadra. However, when we are caught in distraction we create problems and that becomes a demon. Thogmed - does not block We can consider the second demon connected with the mind, this also means that is immaterial aspect and most of unlimited; therefore is called not-blocking. What is it that is not blocked but which causes problems? The mind cannot be blocked or limited by material things. For instance we cannot see what is in the other side of a mountain nor we can see or hear something which is very far away. This is because the capacity or function of our senses is blocked or limited. With our minds, however, we can think about what is in the other side of the mountain and things which are very far from away. Nor is the mind limited by time, we can think about past and future and create so many problems. By thinking too much this hinders our realization. That is why we observe the mind when we do practice. Think how many good, bad and neutral thoughts arise each day and how many produce consequences because they create action. Often, is simply our belief which creates events or brings them about and the mind is capable of creating both positive and negative things. Many people create things in this way because they give too much importance to events. It is a very powerful demon. Gagdrd - complacency We can consider the third demon connected with the pleasure of pride, usually people live very superficially within society. If a practitioner gets a little but important or famous, or has a good position, everyone thinks that he is benefiting others and developing the teachings. They dont understand that this is in fact another demon. In the practice of Chd is considered very important to overcome this aspect. That is why masters and true practitioners do not like too much fuss and presentation. The Tibetans say Even if he hits his head on a stone, he will not die; it is true that there are times like this in our life, when all is good and positive energy, when even outer forces are favourable. When things are going well for us it is easy to think that we are rather special or important and we become arrogant. This is a great impediment, is one of the worst demons. Nyemjed - ego We can consider the fourth demon connected with who dominate our life, the aspect of giving importance to our self. It creates the I and others, with this distinction arise the attachment to my own position which sets me up against others. The ego needs to be eliminated from the position of importance. Chd in Tibetan is a verb which means to cut, cutting off ego one finds himself in a condition beyond ego. The great master Pha Tampa used to say to his desciples: A practitioner is not conditioned by vision but by attachment. We always think we have to renounce things wich have negative effect (for ex. our body is the main source), but really it is the principal of attachment that we have to renounce, not materials things. Therefore knowing that the physical body is the main cause of attachment and that attachment arises in our minds, we train ourselves mentally to give away our body by practicing Chd.
Ratna knchog
The precious one, realized beings like Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and Arhats. We offer to accumulate merits and give meaning to our existence. In this way we overcome attachment to our physical body. In the practice of Chd, we manifest as Dorje Phagmo or Sinhamukha and cut the head off our corpse and use it as kapala to cook our body in, so that it becomes a kind of meat soup. The offerings can be transformed because normally we offer: rupa, shapta, ghande, rasa, sparche. With the word jyan bel gyur offerings are purified, multiplied and transformed to whatever is needed. Once purified our body manifest all beautiful things, the object of enjoyment of five senses. Through the power of the mantra OM AH HUM the offerings are multiplied and authenticated with the sound PHAT.
Gnpos
All wrathful manifestations like Mahakala, the eight classes, the enlightened beings who have taken the form of Guardians.
Gegrig lenchag
The beings to whom we are linked through our karmic debts, for example our parents or our neighbors. Buddha said Karma follows a person like his shadow; when there is a secondary cause, like the sun, the shadow will manifest.
Six lokas
Guest of compassions, usually is said there are three upper and three lower lokas. These correspond to our main passions: lust the cause of birth as deity, jealousy cause of birth as asura, pride cause of birth as human, ignorance cause of birth as animal, attachment cause of birth as preta, anger cause of birth in hell. The practice
Refuge
These verses are fundamental to the understanding of the meaning of Refuge according to the Dzogchen teachings.
Bhodhicitta
Jimed Lingpa said that if the intention is good (or bad) the path and the realization will be good (or bad).
Guruyoga
These are words of Machig Labdrn given to her son as the summary of her teachings. In front of us, in the space, in a tighle of five colors we visualize white Machig Labdrn (union of all masters) dancing like Vajrayogini with damaru and bell. In the three places appear in colored tighle white OM, red AH and blue HUM. We receive empowerment and authenticate our condition with the three Vajras.
The invocation
At the end, in the state of rigba, the offerings, the one offering, those to whom the offerings are made are like a dream; just like reflection in the mirror. One continue in the recognition of the real state, integrate, remain in the state of contemplation.
Conclusion
The demons therefore, are not beings with long horns and terrible gaping mouths, coming from somewhere outside of ourselves to eat us up! Rather we have to discover that they are born within ourselves: that everything arises from our own inner nature. When we succeed in understanding this, then there is a way to overcome everything in the relative condition.