Guru talks about the stages of Tantra yoga recently and the ultimate is Ati Yoga. As per Padmasambhava, Ati Yoga is Great Perfection 大圓滿 and as per Guru it is also Mahamudra.
Guru has written plenty of books on Mahamudra and I have shared some previously in this blog too.
I have research from different sites and sharing the following.
Sincerely wish all Happy Cultivating!
Ati Yoga (lit. - shin tu rnal 'byor)-- see also rdzogs pa chen po; and Dzogchen. The third of the Three Inner Tantras. It emphasizes, according to Jamgön Kongtrül the First, the view that liberation is revealed through growing accustomed to insight into the nature of primordial enlightenment, free from accepting and rejecting, hope and fear. The more common word for Ati Yoga nowadays is 'Dzogchen.' The Ati Yoga teachings first appeared in this world to Garab Dorje in the country of Uddiyana to the west of India.
According to The Narration of the Precious Revelation of the Terma Treasures by Longchen Rabjam (p. 87-88), the great master Padmasambhava described the teaching of Ati Yoga in the following way before imparting them to Yeshe Tsogyal: "It is an instruction unlike any I have given in the past, the summit which transcends all of the nine gradual vehicles. By seeing its vital point, mind-made views and meditations are shattered. The paths and levels are perfected with no need for struggle. Disturbing emotions are liberated into their natural state without any need for reform or remedy. This instruction brings realization of a fruition within oneself which is not produced by or from causes. This instantly brings forth spontaneously present realization, liberates the material body of flesh and blood into the luminous sambhogakaya within this very lifetime, and enables you to capture the permanent abode, the precious dharmakaya realm of spontaneous presence, within three years, in the domain of Akanishtha. I possess such an instruction and I shall teach it to you!" See also Great Perfection and Dzogchen.
http://rywiki.tsadra.org/index.php/Ati_Yoga
According to Tibetan Buddhism and Bön, Dzogchen (Rdzogs chen or Atiyoga) is the natural, primordial state or natural condition of the mind, and a body of teachings and meditation practices aimed at realizing that condition. Dzogchen, or "Great Perfection", is a central teaching of the Nyingma school also practiced by adherents of other Tibetan Buddhist sects. According to Dzogchen literature, Dzogchen is the highest and most definitive path to enlightenment.
From the perspective of Dzogchen, the ultimate nature of all sentient beings is said to be pure, all-encompassing, primordial awareness or naturally occurring timeless awareness. This intrinsic awareness has no form of its own and yet is capable of perceiving, experiencing, reflecting, or expressing all form. It does so without being affected by those forms in any ultimate, permanent way. The analogy given by Dzogchen masters is that one's nature is like a mirror which reflects with complete openness but is not affected by the reflections, or like a crystal ball that takes on the colour of the material on which it is placed without itself being changed. The knowledge that ensues from recognizing this mirror-like clarity (which does not have an intrinsic existence in itself) is what Dzogchenpas refer to as rigpa. One knows that there is a primordial freedom from grasping his or her mind (sems).
There is a fairly wide consensus among lamas of both the Nyingma and Sarma schools that the end state of dzogchen and mahamudra are the same. The Madhyamaka teachings on emptiness are fundamental to and thoroughly compatible with Dzogchen practices. Essence Mahamudra is viewed as being the same as Dzogchen, except the former doesn't include thödgal.
大究竟、大圓滿、大成就
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dzogchen
Ati Yoga
Skt., atiyoga
Tib., shin-Tu rNal-'Byor
Also known as Non-Dual Tantras (Skt., advitiatantra) outside the Nyingma tradition; Ati Yoga belongs to the Inner Tantras and constitutes level 9 of the Nine Vehicles. These teachings are also known as Dzogchen (Tib., rDzogs-pa ch'en-po) and as Primordial Yoga (Tib., gdod-ma'i rnal-'byor).
This is the level of all the Dzogchen, Lamdre, and Mahamudra teachings, and represents the highest possible achievement, the unification of path and goal that leads one to true Buddhahood. On this level, one learns about the equality and union of the two earlier stages (7 and 8) and in practice, emphasis is put on entering the state of absolutely non-discriminating contemplation (Tib., ting-nge-'dzin; Skt., samadhi).
Initiations:
In addition to the initiations of the previous stages, the practitioner now receives the fourth or Word Initiation (Tib., tshig-dbang, Skt., caturthabhiseka), which empowers her or him to receive and understand this "Highest Yoga Tantra".
Texts and Teachings:
The Dzogchen/Atiyoga teachings, introduced into Tibet by Vairochana, Vimalamitra and Padmasambhava, consist of three classes or series of texts:
9.1 Semde (sems-sde) Mind Series
9.2 Longde (klong-sde) Space Series
9.3 Mannagde (man-ngag gi sde) Secret Instruction Series
http://yoniversum.nl/dakini/tantib9.html
Ati-Yoga, also known as The Great Perfection or The Natural Way, is a Teaching referred to as the arrow that pierces the realization that physical manifestation and emptiness interpenetrate and are inseparable. All phenomena of sensory experience are viewed as creations of mind, and also, as mind, are empty of experience. Such realization results from a practice that abandons visualization, and instead, applies awareness upon the practitioner’s innate attention, which views both phenomena and emptiness as the clear-light nature of mind. In this way, the practitioner opens to realize that existence and emptiness are mind in the animation and stillness that we depict as life.
http://www.humuh.org/
Related Posts:
Anu Yoga
The Nine Vehicles
Ati Yoga
Anu Yoga – Secret Initiation
Cultivation – Light
Guru has written plenty of books on Mahamudra and I have shared some previously in this blog too.
I have research from different sites and sharing the following.
Sincerely wish all Happy Cultivating!
Ati Yoga (lit. - shin tu rnal 'byor)-- see also rdzogs pa chen po; and Dzogchen. The third of the Three Inner Tantras. It emphasizes, according to Jamgön Kongtrül the First, the view that liberation is revealed through growing accustomed to insight into the nature of primordial enlightenment, free from accepting and rejecting, hope and fear. The more common word for Ati Yoga nowadays is 'Dzogchen.' The Ati Yoga teachings first appeared in this world to Garab Dorje in the country of Uddiyana to the west of India.
According to The Narration of the Precious Revelation of the Terma Treasures by Longchen Rabjam (p. 87-88), the great master Padmasambhava described the teaching of Ati Yoga in the following way before imparting them to Yeshe Tsogyal: "It is an instruction unlike any I have given in the past, the summit which transcends all of the nine gradual vehicles. By seeing its vital point, mind-made views and meditations are shattered. The paths and levels are perfected with no need for struggle. Disturbing emotions are liberated into their natural state without any need for reform or remedy. This instruction brings realization of a fruition within oneself which is not produced by or from causes. This instantly brings forth spontaneously present realization, liberates the material body of flesh and blood into the luminous sambhogakaya within this very lifetime, and enables you to capture the permanent abode, the precious dharmakaya realm of spontaneous presence, within three years, in the domain of Akanishtha. I possess such an instruction and I shall teach it to you!" See also Great Perfection and Dzogchen.
http://rywiki.tsadra.org/index.php/Ati_Yoga
According to Tibetan Buddhism and Bön, Dzogchen (Rdzogs chen or Atiyoga) is the natural, primordial state or natural condition of the mind, and a body of teachings and meditation practices aimed at realizing that condition. Dzogchen, or "Great Perfection", is a central teaching of the Nyingma school also practiced by adherents of other Tibetan Buddhist sects. According to Dzogchen literature, Dzogchen is the highest and most definitive path to enlightenment.
From the perspective of Dzogchen, the ultimate nature of all sentient beings is said to be pure, all-encompassing, primordial awareness or naturally occurring timeless awareness. This intrinsic awareness has no form of its own and yet is capable of perceiving, experiencing, reflecting, or expressing all form. It does so without being affected by those forms in any ultimate, permanent way. The analogy given by Dzogchen masters is that one's nature is like a mirror which reflects with complete openness but is not affected by the reflections, or like a crystal ball that takes on the colour of the material on which it is placed without itself being changed. The knowledge that ensues from recognizing this mirror-like clarity (which does not have an intrinsic existence in itself) is what Dzogchenpas refer to as rigpa. One knows that there is a primordial freedom from grasping his or her mind (sems).
There is a fairly wide consensus among lamas of both the Nyingma and Sarma schools that the end state of dzogchen and mahamudra are the same. The Madhyamaka teachings on emptiness are fundamental to and thoroughly compatible with Dzogchen practices. Essence Mahamudra is viewed as being the same as Dzogchen, except the former doesn't include thödgal.
大究竟、大圓滿、大成就
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dzogchen
Ati Yoga
Skt., atiyoga
Tib., shin-Tu rNal-'Byor
Also known as Non-Dual Tantras (Skt., advitiatantra) outside the Nyingma tradition; Ati Yoga belongs to the Inner Tantras and constitutes level 9 of the Nine Vehicles. These teachings are also known as Dzogchen (Tib., rDzogs-pa ch'en-po) and as Primordial Yoga (Tib., gdod-ma'i rnal-'byor).
This is the level of all the Dzogchen, Lamdre, and Mahamudra teachings, and represents the highest possible achievement, the unification of path and goal that leads one to true Buddhahood. On this level, one learns about the equality and union of the two earlier stages (7 and 8) and in practice, emphasis is put on entering the state of absolutely non-discriminating contemplation (Tib., ting-nge-'dzin; Skt., samadhi).
Initiations:
In addition to the initiations of the previous stages, the practitioner now receives the fourth or Word Initiation (Tib., tshig-dbang, Skt., caturthabhiseka), which empowers her or him to receive and understand this "Highest Yoga Tantra".
Texts and Teachings:
The Dzogchen/Atiyoga teachings, introduced into Tibet by Vairochana, Vimalamitra and Padmasambhava, consist of three classes or series of texts:
9.1 Semde (sems-sde) Mind Series
9.2 Longde (klong-sde) Space Series
9.3 Mannagde (man-ngag gi sde) Secret Instruction Series
http://yoniversum.nl/dakini/tantib9.html
Ati-Yoga, also known as The Great Perfection or The Natural Way, is a Teaching referred to as the arrow that pierces the realization that physical manifestation and emptiness interpenetrate and are inseparable. All phenomena of sensory experience are viewed as creations of mind, and also, as mind, are empty of experience. Such realization results from a practice that abandons visualization, and instead, applies awareness upon the practitioner’s innate attention, which views both phenomena and emptiness as the clear-light nature of mind. In this way, the practitioner opens to realize that existence and emptiness are mind in the animation and stillness that we depict as life.
http://www.humuh.org/
Related Posts:
Anu Yoga
The Nine Vehicles
Ati Yoga
Anu Yoga – Secret Initiation
Cultivation – Light
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