For there is no friend like a sister
In calm or stormy weather;
To cheer one on the tedious way,
To fetch one if one goes astray,
To lift one if one totters down,
To strengthen whilst one stands.

— Goblin Market, Christina Rossetti

R E J O I C E

R E S T


without distractions.
in silence.
in peace.


fully.


Abide in tranquility.
Recharge.


R O O T E D I N
Y O U R B A L A N C E

B R E A T H E

W A K E U P

like a bird would;
singing -
because it's their nature
to greet the day
resounding far and wide
from a swelling chest
full of one thing:

L I F E F O R C E
B E Y O N D
C O N T A I N M E N T

Which is the peak you are headed to?
Do you see beyond the clouds of your perception?
Be patient.

C L E A R E R D A Y S
W I L L C O M E .

O M

A H

H U M

The Seed
The Heart
The Drop
The Union

The Womb
The Maiden
The Mother
The Crone

The Crone
The Mother
The Maiden
The Womb

The Union
The Drop
The Heart
The Seed

H U M

A H

O M

Χ Ρ Ι Σ Τ Ο Σ Α Ν Ε Σ Τ Η

"The presence of the Gods . . . reveals the incorporeal as corporeal to the eyes of the soul by means of the eyes of the body."

Iamblichos

"Like a feather that is blown wherever the wind takes it,
a weak and undisciplined mind is easily influenced by its environment and can be blown off the path.

Until your mind becomes like a mountain that no wind can move, take care of who you mix with, and how you spend your time."

~  Chamtrul Rinpoche

Walking the Path is like carving wood, chipping away piece by piece as you hammer on forth...

Good things take time. It is balance that keeps the progress steady.

Rest and Effort.
Rebound and Hit.
Control and Force.

Measure, then Carve.
Observe, then Strike.
Stop when the work is finished.

The Radical non-Path of Dzogchen: The Vehicle beyond the Causality of Spacetime.


Dzogchen is radical.

Dzogchen, or “The Great Perfection,” represents the most direct, non-gradual tradition within Tibetan spiritual thought, and radically departs from the doctrinal and cultural frameworks of institutional Buddhism. It teaches that there is no path, no progress, and no final goal because one's primordial nature is already fully awakened. This luminous nature is called rigpa (Tib. rig pa, Skt. vidyā), pure awareness beyond subject-object duality. In Dzogchen, the assertion is unambiguous: you are already Buddha, and awakening lies not in practice or becoming, but in recognizing what has always been.

In the traditional language of Dzogchen texts, all appearances—internal thoughts and external phenomena—arise as the dynamic expression (tsal) of rigpa. They are not caused by external agents or karmic chains in the ordinary sense but are the spontaneous display (rolpa) of one’s own luminous mind. As Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche notes: “The key point is to recognize the nature of mind and remain in that recognition. Then everything is self-liberated.” (As It Is, Vol. 1, 1999).

In recent times, the term Radical Dzogchen has been used to distinguish the teachings of early Dzogchen authors, as they are, without the modifications that came into Dzogchen due to the influence and persecution exerted by the New Schools of Tibetan Buddhism. Radical Dzogchen calls for a return to the crux of Dzogchen as it was expressed in its original revelation.

As Keith Dowman writes, “Dzogchen is a nonreligious, nonsectarian, trans-cultural science of enlightenment that requires no beliefs, supports no institutions, needs no dogma and belongs to no tradition.” (Dowman, Spaciousness: The Radical Dzogchen of the Vajra Heart, 2004). Likewise, the Tibetan master Chögyal Namkhai Norbu taught, “Rigpa does not belong to any culture or time; it is the universal condition of all beings.” (Dzogchen: The Self-Perfected State, 1996).

John Myrdhin Reynolds underscores this point, writing: “Dzogchen is not a religion, nor a philosophy, nor a cultural worldview. It is the direct recognition of what is always already the case—pure awareness itself. Therefore, it can be practiced by anyone, anywhere, regardless of belief or culture.” (Reynolds, Self-Liberation through Seeing with Naked Awareness, 2000).

These radical statements reflect Dzogchen’s core conviction that awareness (rigpa) is not the property of any religion, ethnicity, or philosophy. While preserved mostly within the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism, its essence transcends Buddhism itself. In the view of Dzogchen, the ultimate experience of any faith—religious or secular—is the nature of mind itself. When the non-view of the Great Perfection is truly assimilated, all paths, regardless of form or doctrine, converge in the same realization. The Dzogchen Sangha welcomes devotees of all traditions, beliefs, ideologies, and lifestyles along with their practices into its non-sectarian expanse. However, this radical inclusivity is a blasphemy to any form of fundamentalism, which clings to division due to the psychological need of the individual to be one of the “elects”, whereas Dzogchen sees in the infinitude of multiplicity the indivisible ground.