they wish to accomplish the Dzogchen teaching.
Furthermore in the tantra The Secret Core: Illusory Display, it is said,
A mad elephant-like mind,
Tamed into equipoise,
Then following tantra, mantra, and mudra,
Achieves a miraculous accomplishment.2.15 THE SIMPLE, QUINTESSENTIAL DISPOSITION
People who are not interested in elaborate methods or who are unable to practice
them can use this instruction from The Super-Refined Oral Precepts of Pema
Lingpa, which is eminently portable and extremely potent in its blessings.
Then the Dakini Yeshe Tsogyel requested her master Padmasambhava to give
her simple instructions that condense the teaching into a single precept that is
easy to practice. The Guru replied, “Listen, you beautiful, devoted, and joyful
being! There are all kinds of instructions on posture, but just sit relaxed and at
ease—that’s the main point. There are many precepts concerning speech and
energy, like binding the breath and reciting mantras, but just stay silent like a
mute—that’s the main thing. There are many key points of mind to follow,
like fixating the mind, relaxing, radiating and absorbing light, concentrating,
and many more, but just stay free and easy without trying to change anything,
just resting naturally—that’s the main thing.Let the body rest like a corpse, without movement; keep silent like a mute; leave
the mind alone without changing anything. Leave pure presence alone,
unmodified, just as it is. Relax, at ease, and hang loosely in the natural state.
That is the best disposition of body, speech, and mind. There is simply no better
method than that, and anyway it is a simplification of what has been explained in
detail in previous sections. People today are more happy and competent in this
type of disposition. Whatever may be our practice, however, whether short or
extensive, to completely understand the Dzogchen view is the crux.
In The Words of My Perfect Teacher, it is said,
Meditation without instruction—
Climbing a rock without fingers!Seek an introduction to the Dzogchen view from a rigzin-lama and consider it well.
Then enter meditation—that is the crux.
2.16 THE METHOD OF PRACTICING THE ESSENTIAL PURE PRESENCE IN SESSIONS
There is no view other than what has been explained above in the section on view.