Garab Dorje (c. 665) (Tibetan: དགའ་རབ་རྡོ་རྗེ་, Wylie: dga’ rab rdo rje)[1] was the first human to receive the complete direct transmission teachings of Sutra, Tantra and Dzogchen. The circumstances of his birth are shrouded in different interpretations, with some accounts describing a miraculous birth by a virgin daughter of the king of Uddiyana.
Garab Dorje became the first teacher of Dzogchen ("Great Perfection", also called Ati Yoga) teachings. Garab Dorje's core teachings revolve around understanding the nature of the mind as the original Buddha, beyond birth and cessation, emphasizing meditation as a practice of allowing this natural state without seeking. According to the Nyingma school tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, he transmitted the profound empowerments of Dzogchen to his chief disciple, Manjushrimitra, and is also believed to have imparted these teachings to Padmasambhava.
His legacy includes the encapsulation of Dzogchen's essence in the "Three Words that Strike to the Heart of the Essential Point". This teaching is considered the pinnacle of Dzogchen wisdom, focusing on direct recognition of the nature of mind, single-pointed concentration, and confidence in liberating thoughts. Garab Dorje's writings, attributed to him, are essential texts in the Dzogchen tradition, further solidifying his influence and significance in Tibetan Buddhism's Nyingma school.
GarabDorje (c. 665) (Tibetan: དགའ་རབ་རྡོ་རྗེ་, Wylie: dga’ rab rdo rje) was the first human to receive the complete direct transmission teachings of...
also traditionally holds that its Dzogchen lineage has its origins in GarabDorje through a lineage of transmission to Padmasambhava. In Tibetan Buddhism...
Norbu translates these three terms as 'view,' 'practice,' and 'conduct.' GarabDorje (c. 665) epitomized the Dzogchen teaching in three principles, known...
everything". And some simply call it by the name "ordinary awareness". GarabDorje (c. 665) epitomized the Dzogchen teaching in three principles, known...
first Buddha Samantabhadra (Güntu Sangpo) and Indian mahasiddhas such as GarabDorjé, Śrī Siṃha and Jñānasūtra. Traditional sources trace the origin of the...
lineage in the Nyingma school can be traced to Guru Padmasambhava and to GarabDorje. The Dudjom Rinpoches are widely regarded as Padmasambhava's regents...
found in the works of Longchenpa, who wrote a commentary on a text of GarabDorje which is in turn a commentary to the root text of these lojongs, the...
Tibet, was believed to have been born in Oddiyana. The Dzogchen Siddha GarabDorje is likewise attributed to this region. It is ascribed importance in the...
Vima Nyingtik. These are the last testaments of the early vidyadharas: GarabDorje, Mañjuśrīmitra, Sri Singha and Jnanasutra. These testaments are post-humous...
having been born from a lotus. The Nyingma school asserts the birth of GarabDorje to have been a miraculous birth by a virgin daughter of the king of Odiyana...
Śrī Siṅgha, Vairotsana had met the wisdom forms of the two vidyadharas GarabDorje and Mañjuśrīmitra in a miraculous pagoda at Dhahena. After he had presented...
Myrdhin Reynolds (1996). The Golden Letters: The Three Statements of GarabDorje, First Dzogchen Master. Shambhala. pp. 243–244. ISBN 978-1-55939-868-8...
identified as butterflies turned to stone by Merlin. Mythology portal GarabDorje, also said to have been conceived by a nun without a human father Merlin's...
school before his becoming a disciple of the mysterious Prahevajra or GarabDorje (dga'-rab rdo-rje) from the country of Uddiyana (Eastern Afghanistan)...
various buddhist schools and traditions from Gandhara are as follows; GarabDorje (1st century), founder of Dzogchen (Great Perfection) tradition. Kumāralāta...
Buddhism, the term has been discredited. Another term, "Vajrayāna" (Tibetan: dorje tegpa) is occasionally misused for Tibetan Buddhism. More accurately, Vajrayāna...
considered the most important Mahayana philosopher along with Nagarjuna GarabDorje, Indian founder of Dzogchen (Great Perfection) tradition Vasubandhu,...
commentary upon, the 'Three Statements' (Wylie: tshig gsum gnad brdeg) of GarabDorje, defines thus: ro-gcig: single taste, single flavour, the state of being...
various buddhist schools and traditions from Gandhara are as follows; GarabDorje (1st century), born in Uddiyana (Swat) he was the founder of Dzogchen...
Tashi Dorje. Erik Pema Kunsang outlines the basic traditional lineage as follows: The first human vidyadhara in the Dzogchen lineage was GarabDorje, who...
location of Rangjung Oesel Choeling Monastery, established by Dungse GarabDorje Rinpoche in 1989; and the Rangjung Vocational Training Institute (VTI)...
his sons GarabDorje Rinpoche and Jampal Dorje Rinpoche, and other family members. Thinley Norbu's father was Dudjom Jigdral Yeshe Dorje (English: Fearless...
Rinpoche (1808–1887) on "The Three Words that Strike the Crucial Point" by GarabDorje (c. 7th century.) By 1998, one of the scholar-monks of the Nyingma, Khenchen...
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