This piece features an extract of the profound terma known as “Buddhahood Without Meditation: Advice for Making One’s Own True Face Evident as the Great Perfection That is the Inherent Nature”. It’s most commonly known among Tibetans as Nang-Jang, which might be rendered: “Refining Apparent Phenomena”. The work was revealed by the Terton Dudjom Lingpa (1835-1904).
Dudjom Lingpa’s account is in the form of a journal describing a number of visions and dreams that he experienced throughout his life. Indeed much of the text consists of Dudjom Lingpa quoting the deities and masters he encountered on these occasions. The knowledge he gained during his experiences spans the range of teachings on the “View” of the Great Perfection approach of the Nyingma school. It is a direct transmission so powerful that just hearing it read aloud ensures that the listener will escape the suffering of cyclic existence.
The top line of this piece features the title of the work. Below that I’ve included roughly the equivalent of the first page of this treatise which consists of hundreds of pages. I’ve chosen to combine three distinct Tibetan script styles.
Chagdud Tulku offered the following words in the introduction to the book “Buddhahood Without Meditation”, which I wish to echo.
“Dharmakaya, the entire vast array of atemporal and pristine purity;
sambhogakaya, the entire vast array of an unceasing display of peaceful and wrathful deities;
nirmanakaya, the entire vast array that tames any being in any way necessary:
I bow with devotion to Dudjom Lingpa, tamer of beings.”
Frame not included.
Size: 43″ x 23″
Medium: Calligraphy Pen
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