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'''Vajra Verses on the Natural State''' (Tib. གནས་ལུགས་རྡོ་རྗེའི་ཚིག་རྐང་, [[Wyl.]] ''gnas lugs rdo rje'i tshig rkang'') is a Dzogchen pith instruction and [[gong ter|mind-treasure]] by the Omniscient [[Jikmé Lingpa]].
'''Vajra Verses on the Natural State''' (Tib. གནས་ལུགས་རྡོ་རྗེའི་ཚིག་རྐང་, ''Neluk Dorje Tsigang'', [[Wyl.]] ''gnas lugs rdo rje'i tshig rkang'') is a [[Dzogchen]] pith instruction that was revealed as a [[gong ter|mind-treasure]] by Omniscient [[Jikmé Lingpa]] and is part of the [[Longchen Nyingtik]].
 
The text describes the pure awareness, or [[rigpa]], that is the "natural state" (Wyl. ''gnas lugs'') of the mind, and how all the qualities of the path and fruition are complete within it. The text is considered a definitive statement on the topic, eliminating all doubts and need for further clarification.


==Text==
==Text==
*'''Vajra Verses on the Natural State''' ,{{TBRC|http://purl.bdrc.io/resource/MW27300_1B52F4|tshig rkang - gnas lugs rdo rje'i tshig rkang（yi) Volume 8 Pages 664-666}}
*'''Vajra Verses on the Natural State''' {{TBRC|http://purl.bdrc.io/resource/MW27300_1B52F4|tshig rkang - gnas lugs rdo rje'i tshig rkang（yi) Volume 8 Pages 664-666}}
**English translation: ''Vajra Verses on the Natural State'', in ''Approaching the Great Perfection'' by Sam van Schaik (Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2004), pages 170-171.
**English translation: ''Vajra Verses on the Natural State'', in ''Approaching the Great Perfection'' by Sam van Schaik (Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2004), pages 170-171.
**English translation: {{LH|tibetan-masters/jigme-lingpa/vajra-verses-on-the-natural-state|''Vajra Verses on the Natural State''}}, by Adam Pearcey.
**English translation: {{LH|tibetan-masters/jigme-lingpa/vajra-verses-on-the-natural-state|''Vajra Verses on the Natural State''}} by Adam Pearcey.
**Colophon: ''Samaya. Signs are fading. To my only son, Khyentse Özer, this was given by the [[Samantabhadra]] of awareness in the manner of a transmission of blessings and realization. Do not show it to anyone, but conceal it in your heart. Thus, in the [[Akanishtha]] cave on the twenty-sixth day of the Month of Miracles, at a time when the ḍākinīs gathered during my dark retreat, I set this down on a side of precious paper. This profound aural transmission is sealed with atham. Only this! Only this! The contents are elaborated upon in The Words of the Omniscient One.''
**Colophon: ''Samaya. Signs are fading. To my only son, Khyentse Özer, this was given by the [[Samantabhadra]] of awareness in the manner of a transmission of blessings and realization. Do not show it to anyone, but conceal it in your heart. Thus, in the [[Akanishtha]] cave on the twenty-sixth day of the Month of Miracles, at a time when the ḍākinīs gathered during my dark retreat, I set this down on a side of precious paper. This profound aural transmission is sealed with atham. Only this! Only this! The contents are elaborated upon in The Words of the Omniscient One.''


==Commentaries==
==Commentaries==
*''Commentary on the Vajra Verses on the Natural State'', by Getse Mahapandita [[Gyurme Tsewang Chokdrup]]
*''Commentary on the Vajra Verses on the Natural State'', by Getse Mahapandita [[Gyurme Tsewang Chokdrup]]
*{{LH|tibetan-masters/yukhok-chatralwa/commentary-on-vajra-verses|''Commentary on the Vajra Verses on the Natural State''}}, by [[Yukhok Chatralwa Chöying Rangdrol]]
*{{LH|tibetan-masters/yukhok-chatralwa/commentary-on-vajra-verses|''Commentary on the Vajra Verses on the Natural State''}} by [[Yukhok Chatralwa Chöying Rangdrol]]


==Teachings Given to the Rigpa Sangha==
==Teachings Given to the Rigpa Sangha==
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Vajra Verses on the Natural State (Tib. གནས་ལུགས་རྡོ་རྗེའི་ཚིག་རྐང་, Neluk Dorje Tsigang, Wyl. gnas lugs rdo rje'i tshig rkang) is a Dzogchen pith instruction that was revealed as a mind-treasure by Omniscient Jikmé Lingpa and is part of the Longchen Nyingtik.

The text describes the pure awareness, or rigpa, that is the "natural state" (Wyl. gnas lugs) of the mind, and how all the qualities of the path and fruition are complete within it. The text is considered a definitive statement on the topic, eliminating all doubts and need for further clarification.

Text

  • Vajra Verses on the Natural State tshig rkang - gnas lugs rdo rje'i tshig rkang（yi) Volume 8 Pages 664-666
    • English translation: Vajra Verses on the Natural State, in Approaching the Great Perfection by Sam van Schaik (Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2004), pages 170-171.
    • English translation: Vajra Verses on the Natural State by Adam Pearcey.
    • Colophon: Samaya. Signs are fading. To my only son, Khyentse Özer, this was given by the Samantabhadra of awareness in the manner of a transmission of blessings and realization. Do not show it to anyone, but conceal it in your heart. Thus, in the Akanishtha cave on the twenty-sixth day of the Month of Miracles, at a time when the ḍākinīs gathered during my dark retreat, I set this down on a side of precious paper. This profound aural transmission is sealed with atham. Only this! Only this! The contents are elaborated upon in The Words of the Omniscient One.

Commentaries

Teachings Given to the Rigpa Sangha

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