Os Tantras do Dzogchen, os antigos ensinamentos a partir dos quais as instruções bardo do vir a ser, fala de uma ave mítica, o Garuda, que nasce totalmente crescido. Esta imagem simboliza a nossa natureza primordial, que já está completamente perfeita. O filhote garuda tem todas as suas penas das asas plenamente desenvolvidas no interior do ovo, mas não podem voar antes que ele abra. Só no momento em que as fissuras do ovo se abrirem, o garuda pode sair e sobir para o céu. Da mesma forma, os mestres nos dizem, as qualidades do estado de Buda são veladas pelo corpo, e logo que o corpo for descartado, elas serão radiantemente exibidas.
The Dzogchen Tantras, the ancient teachings from which the bardo instructions come, speak of a mythical bird, the garuda, which is born fully grown. This image symbolizes our primordial nature, which is already completely perfect. The garuda chick has all its wing feathers fully developed inside the egg, but it cannot fly before it hatches. Only at the moment when the shell cracks open can it burst out and soar up into the sky. Similarly, the masters tell us, the qualities of buddhahood are veiled by the body, and as soon as the body is discarded, they will be radiantly displayed.
The Dzogchen Tantras, the ancient teachings from which the bardo instructions come, speak of a mythical bird, the garuda, which is born fully grown. This image symbolizes our primordial nature, which is already completely perfect. The garuda chick has all its wing feathers fully developed inside the egg, but it cannot fly before it hatches. Only at the moment when the shell cracks open can it burst out and soar up into the sky. Similarly, the masters tell us, the qualities of buddhahood are veiled by the body, and as soon as the body is discarded, they will be radiantly displayed.
Glimse of the Day - Sogyal Rinpoche
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