From Pith Instructions (TWR Live)

1/3/2020 – Watching Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche’s video of Dzogchen pith instructions yesterday, he started by emphasizing “I am nobody. I am Infinite possibility. I am boundless sacred space.” As he went through the other two elements of the Dzogchen triad, Awareness and Action, I experienced vividly that the structure is an exact parallel to Bernie’s Three Tenets of the Zen Peacemakers.

Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche’s Dzogchen triads (from my notes to his pith instructions)

Base/View: Boundless view. This is the primary point. Essential truth is boundless. Infinite possibility, boundless sacred space.

Path/Meditation: Self arising meditation. Awareness. The flashlight.

Result/Conduct: Spontaneous or flexible conduct. Warm loving action.

Three tenets of the Zen Peacemakers

Not knowing = Infinite possibility, boundless sacred space

Bearing witness = Awareness

Taking action = Warm loving action