Tibetan letter A

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The letter looks like this sort of -- need to round the

corners -- hard to do with just characters.

 

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This is the first letter of the Tibetan alphabet sort of like

our letter A.

 

It is pronounced Ahhhh with a short A.

 

It is used in a number of ways in various spiritual

practices. The most profound way is to simply pronounce it

and be in ones non-dual nature.

 

So it is a constant reminder of ones true condition called

Dzogchen which means the Great Completeness or the Great

Perfection. It reminds one to drop their dual mind and

simply dwell in Reality.

 

If you can -- you just do it. You sound the letter Ahhhh

and there you are. That's it. If you can't there are

other practices that one can use to discover how they can

simply do it -- Simply using the intellectual mind is of

no use since that is what has to be dropped to be able to do

it. Of course the intellectual mind is useful as a pointer

by pointing to what one must do but don't mistake the

pointer for the condition pointed at. Ego just loves to say

the pointer is it -- and then round and round you go with no

benefit.

 

Dzogchen is the pinnacle of all practices. All practices

lead to the same end result so they are all equally valid.

It is a mistke to consider one practice more efficaceous

than another. Each person is at a particular point in their

path and their is no point in their doing a practice which

will not help them at their particular stage of growth. It

is simply spiritual materialism to say that I am a Dzogchen

practitioner without having the capacity. Just another ego

trip going round and round once again. Another detour and

dead end.

 

Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche is a Bonpo spiritual teacher who

teaches Dzogchen and many other practices which help one to

uncover their Dzogchen condition.

 

His web site is:

 

http://www.ligmincha.org/

 

Ligmincha was the last king of Zhang Zhung an ancient land

where these teachings were practiced and handed down without

a break in the transmission from generation to generation

right through 'til our time.

 

A good depiction of the letter is at:

 

http://www.dzogchen.org/surya/index.htm

 

It's in the upper right hand corner of the page.