Dawa Gyaltsen

Dawa Gyaltsen (Tibetan : ཟླ་བ་རྒྱལ་མཚན, Wylie : zla ba rgyal mtshan) was a Dzogchen master who lived in the 8th century in the area of Zhangzhung. His body of work includes the Fivefold Teaching:

1. Vision is mind.
2. Mind is empty.
3. Emptiness is clear light.
4. Clear light is union.
5. Union is great bliss.

The Five-fold teaching is intended to provide a path to awakening. Practitioner meditation, in conjunction with pointing-out instruction of a qualified master, is intended to introduce the primordial and true nature of mind. ^[1] Dawa Gyaltsen's teaching were passed on through several notable students, including Tapihritsa, and continue to be taught to this day by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche and other heirs of the lineage. ^[2]

References

1. Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, "Awakening The Luminous Mind," 2012.
2. "Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche | Ligmincha International". Ligmincha.org. Archived from the original on 2016-05-11. Retrieved 2016-05-25.