IN DZOGCHEN THE MIRROR IS A METAPHOR FOR OUR REAL CONDITION

PROF. NAMKHAI NORBU´S PUBLIC TALK, 2011 Book available at the Shang Shung Publications Website: Namkhai Norbu explained that after having understood that all conditioning is relative and limiting, we have the possibility to turn our attention not to a new belief system but to directly discover our nature that exists beyond all relative conditioning. This very nature is what is called Dzogchen, a Tibetan word that can be translated as the Total Perfection which is our true and innate condition. The Sanskrit word Atiyoga, meaning primordial knowledge, is a synonym of it. “What is the main point of the Dzogchen teaching? The main point is being beyond all limitations: this is the real state of Dzogchen. Dzogchen means our real condition, a condition which everybody has. The Dzogchen teaching is for discovering that real condition. Dzogchen is not a book nor a tradition. How do we discover this condit