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==Oral Teachings Given to the [[About Rigpa|Rigpa]] Sangha== | ==Oral Teachings Given to the [[About Rigpa|Rigpa]] Sangha== | ||
*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], Paris, 26-27 June 1982, the 'Seven Stages of the Categories of Mind: Semdé, Longdé and Mengakdé'. | *[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], Paris, 26-27 June 1982, the 'Seven Stages of the Categories of Mind: Semdé, Longdé and Mengakdé'. | ||
*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], [[Les Ages 1987|Les Ages]] retreat, France, 16 August 1987 | |||
==Further Reading== | ==Further Reading== | ||
Revision as of 10:19, 18 May 2010
Three categories or three classes (Tib. dé sum; Wyl. sde gsum) — the three categories into which Mañjushrimitra divided the Dzogchen teachings he received from Garab Dorje:
- the outer category of mind (semdé),
- the inner category of space (longdé), and
- the category of pith instructions (mengak dé).
Alternative Translations
- Three sections
Oral Teachings Given to the Rigpa Sangha
- Sogyal Rinpoche, Paris, 26-27 June 1982, the 'Seven Stages of the Categories of Mind: Semdé, Longdé and Mengakdé'.
- Sogyal Rinpoche, Les Ages retreat, France, 16 August 1987
Further Reading
- Tulku Thondup, The Practice of Dzogchen (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 1989), Part I, 'Three Divisions of Atiyoga', pages 47-88.