WONDERS of the NATURAL MIND The Essence of DZOGCHEN in the Native BON Tradition of Tibet TENZIN WANGYAL RINPOCHE Oe Ace eeeWonders of the Natural Mind The Essence of Dzogchen in the Native Bon Tradition of Tibet by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche Foreword by HLH. the Dalai Lama edited by Andrew Lukianowicz Snow Lion Publications Ithaca, NY USASnow Lion Publications 605 West State Street PO. Box 6483 Ithaca, NY 14851 607-273-8519 www.snowlionpub.com Copyright © 2000 by Tenzin Wangyal All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced by any means without prior written permission from the publisher. Photographs on pages 120, 127, and 181 by Charles Stein © 1993 Charles Stein. Photograph on page 20 by Susan Rothschild © 1993 Susan Rothschild. Drawings on pages 25-30 by Paola Minelli. © 1993 Paola Minelli. Photograph on page 8 by Alison Wright © Alison Wright. All other photographs courtesy of the author. ISBN 1-55939-142-1 Printed in Canada on acid-free recycled paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Wangyal, Tenzin Wonders of the natural mind : the essence of Dzogchen in the native Bon tradition of Tibet / Tenzin Wangyal ; foreword by H. H. Dalai Lama ; edited by Andrew Lukianowicz . em. ISBN 1-55939-142-1 1. Rdzogs-chen (Bonpo) 2. Bonpo (Sect) ~ Doctrines. 3. Meditation — Bonpo (Sect) 4. Wangyal, Tenzin. 5. Bonpo Lamas —China —Tibet— Biography. I. Lukianowicz, Andrew. II. Title. BQ7982.3,W35 2000 299'54--de21 00-036576 Contents Foreword by H. H. the Dalai Lama Letter from H. H. Lungtog Tenpai Nyima Preface 1. My Life and Experiences of the Teaching 2. Tonpa Shenrab Miwoche and the History of Bon 3. The Bon Doctrine 4, Bonpo Dzogchen 5. How and Why to Practice 6. Zhiné: Calm Abiding in Tranquility 7. Nyamshag: Contemplation 8. Integration 9, Kunzhi: The Base of Everything > 10. Ma: The Mother 11. Bu: The Son 12. Tsal: Energy 13. Od-nga: The Five Pure Lights 14. Trikaya: The Three Dimensions 15. Trekché and Thégel 16. Sutra and Dzogchen 17. Bardo: Death and Other Intermediate States ‘Appendices I: The First Cycle: The Nine Ways II: The Second Cycle: The Four Portals and the Fifth, the Treasury Ill: Concerning the Zhang Zhung Nyan Gyud