Dzogchen is us.

 All teachings and practices culminate in Dzogchen-Maha Ati. Dzogchen is just a word for our true nature – emptiness, awareness and unconfined compassion. There is no description, no rules, no meditation, nothing to do but recognise. This, of course, has to be pointed out symbolically, and this is called The Pointing Out Instruction….but you are then responsible. When we discover something, there is nothing to change…just effortlessly maintaining.

 Buddha said:
“Your realisation depends on you.”
He did not say,
“Your realisation depends on me.”

 You may well ask, why do all that other stuff? Well, we have different capacities and experiences, and to receive, the instruction, we have to be ripe. If you were told about sweetness, but had never tasted it, you would not recognise it. Only those that have had a taste would re-cognise it!

 So we all start from where we are. Some of us need to build a firm foundation, some like to sing in the rooms, some will just want to fly away, and some will remain to sweep the floors to keep them nice and clean and clear.

In the lower paths we practise renunciation.
In Dzogchen there is nothing to renounce.
Dzogchen is self liberation.

 It is good to know the different levels:
one is not better than another.
If we are hooked only on our own progress,
we will miss the opportunity
to be of benefit to others.

We are not all of the same capacity
but we are of the same potential.

 To some, one can say, “Be aware of awareness.”
To others, “Just relax.”