The Way of the Realized Old Dogs, Advice that Points Out the by Tony Duff

By Tony Duff

Ju Mipham Namgyal is among the top recognized authors of the Nyingma culture. He used to be a prolific author with a rare wisdom of his personal and others’ dharma traditions. He wrote numerous texts at the issues of innermost nice final touch (Dzogpa Chenpo). the only here's one among his texts on Thorough reduce (Tregcho). The wording of the identify “Way of the learned outdated canines” is defined within the creation through the writer. in short even though, it signifies that it is a textual content that lays out the way in which of perform of these who simply coaching the essence in their personal minds and who advance awareness that method. via this, they finally turn into discovered within the approach and clever to it; they turn into “Realized previous Dogs”.

The textual content is a favorite of tantrikas, or, in Tibetan, ngagpas. it's a favorite for them since it is in particular for practitioners who don't reside in a monastery or different dharma establishment and who don't spend their lives constructing an enormous scholastic wisdom of Buddhism. In glossy, Western phrases, it's a textual content written particularly for the city yogi. because the textual content says,

“Without desire of massive education in listening to and contemplating
The village tantrikas in most cases who look after the essence of mind
Using the way in which of most advantageous guide will elect little hardship
To the extent of the vidyadharas; it has the ability of a profound path.”

The textual content is brief yet has turn into one of many middle texts utilized in Tibet to coach Thorough lower. since it is so renowned in the Tibetan culture and since it was once particularly written for the city yogi, we felt that it used to be a worthwhile addition to our choice of texts just about Thorough lower. consequently, we've translated it and made a publication out of it.

As with each one of our texts on Thorough minimize, this one has its personal flavour and does emphasize definite points of the trail. because it lays out the process of the city yogi, it has to offer the advent (often known as mentioning) to the character of brain. It does this in utilizing what are referred to as “differentiations”. this can be strange simply because differentiations are typically transmitted orally from the instructor to the coed and typically aren't written down. there are numerous differentiations; to that end Mipham units out the differentiation among alaya and dharmakaya. The presence of this instructing is one more reason for including this to a library of teachings on Thorough minimize.