Out of the natural uncrystallizing radiance of intrinsic awareness, the apparent
aspect (the sambhogakaya and so forth, arising as the rupakaya with its major and
minor marks) is itself compassionate in nature; thus through effortless
spontaneity, all sentient beings gain benefit of both temporal boons and ultimate
happiness so long as the world exists. As to this luminous aspect of the rupakaya:
all its unbounded activities lead to the great fruition of spontaneity and impartially
and continuously protect all beings, pure and impure, from all the troubles and
crises of samsara.
If we speak from the perspective of the dimension of being that is the outer
container and the inner awareness therein contained, those dimensions of being
are classified as the dharmakaya, sambhogakaya, nirmanakaya, unchangeable
vajrakaya, and the bodhikaya of manifest enlightenment. The modes of primal
awareness that they contain are the awareness of spaciousness, mirrorlike
awareness, awareness of equality, discriminating awareness, and all-
accomplishing awareness. These many tabulations have been mentioned briefly
in the section on view above. Please look at it!
In the tantra The Supreme Source it is said,
All buddhas of the past
Taught only what our own mind is;
Keeping it just as it is, without alteration,
No discursive thought in samadhi,
A silent mind is the accomplishment.
Present and future buddhas will establish the same—
Thought-free sameness.According to this approach, the nature of mind itself is great reflexive release right
from the beginning, and the recognition of it is called “pure presence.” By
sustaining that recognition, with a strong impetus, we will attain buddha much
faster than on other paths.
With intrinsic awareness as the ground and the four modes of freely resting
[chokzhak] in Cutting Through as the path, if we attain constancy in confident self-
expression, buddha is realized. If we take the sitting postures and fixed gazes of
Direct Crossing as the path, accomplishing the four visions is the budha mode. In
The Golden Letters, Longchenpa says
Through the manifest vision of reality,
The intellectual view dissolves;
Just as the intensity of the vision increases,
Primordial bardo awareness manifests;
As the vision of pure presence reaches optimal measure,
The sambhogakaya matures;
When the reality of appearances is consummate,
The fruition of action-free Dzogchen is attained.
If we gain perfection in the ground like that,
There is no need to look elsewhere for nirvana.