development and completion: Difference between revisions

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Unchanging Light, Changeless Light ('od mi 'gyur ba)

Buddha Samantabhadra [RY]
changeless light. "Changeless Light" being also one of the names for the Dharmakaya Buddha. [Peter Roberts]

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-development and completion ([[bskyed rdzogs]]). The two main aspects, 'means and knowledge,' of Vajrayana practice.
+Unchanging Light, '''Changeless Light''' ([['od mi 'gyur ba]])
-*Briefly stated, [[development stage]] means positive mental fabrication while [[completion stage]] means resting in the unfabricated nature of mind. The essence of the development stage is '[[pure perception]]' or '[[sacred outlook]],' which means to perceive sights, sounds and thoughts as [[deity, mantra and wisdom]]. '[[Completion stage with marks]]' means yogic practices such as [[tummo]], inner heat. '[[Completion stage without marks]]' is the practice of [[Dzogchen]] and [[Mahamudra]]. [RY]
+*Buddha Samantabhadra [RY]
+*changeless light. "Changeless Light" being also one of the names for the Dharmakaya Buddha. [Peter Roberts]