Dzogchen

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Dzogchen (Tibetan: རྫོགས་ཆེན་, Wylie: rdzogs chen 'Great Completion' or 'Great Perfection'), also known as atiyoga (utmost yoga), is a tradition of teachings in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism and Bön aimed at discovering and remaining in the ultimate ground of existence. The goal of Dzogchen is the direct experience of this basis, called rigpa (Sanskrit: vidyā), the primordial state of any sentient being. Various Dzogchen lineages across the Nyingma, Sakya, Gelug, and Kagyu traditions teach specific contemplative practices for recognizing and stabilizing this state. Dzogchen emerged during the first dissemination of Buddhism in Tibet, around the 7th to 9th centuries CE. While it is considered a Tibetan development by some scholars, it draws upon key ideas from Indian Buddhist sources, particularly Buddha-nature (''tathāgatagarbha'') doctrines, Yogācāra, and Madhyamak views on non-dual awareness, and Indian Vajrayāna literature such as the ''Guhyagarbha tantra''. The earliest Dzogchen texts appeared...

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