Pure Meditation ~ Bon Dzogchen ~ Extended Version

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Mar 11, 2026

A guided transmission of Bon Dzogchen pointers that invites resting like the open sky. Short teachings emphasize no technique, no meditator, and the mind’s unborn nature. Instructions explore cutting off habitual thinking, trusting spontaneous clarity, and letting phenomena self-liberate. Gentle ambient spaces deepen the contemplative pointing for longer, uncontrived rest.

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INSIGHT

Mind Is Unborn Like The Sky

Mind is unborn and as boundless as the sky, with thoughts like clouds that do not block space.
Samaneri Jayasāra presents the natural state as ever-present Buddha or Bon nature that cannot be searched for or focused on.

ADVICE

Leave Meditation As It Is

Do not practice meditation by searching, focusing, or trying to find the nature; simply leave it as it is.
Samaneri Jayasāra instructs that realization neither shifts nor changes and that stability without disturbance is excellent meditation.

INSIGHT

No Meditator No Object

There is neither meditator nor object; great meditation is 'no meditation'—remain stable without delusion.
Samaneri Jayasāra links this stance to the Dzogchen view of leaving subject and object as they are.

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This is an extended version of the previously uploaded recording of the Bon pointers (Remain Like the Sky). It allows for more spaces between each profound pointing and thus offers a longer and potentially deeper meditation.Excerpts have been taken from the text 'Masters of the Zhang Zhung Nyendyud' - the Experiential Transmission of Bönpo Dzogchen. The text contains the heart teachings of ancient Bönpo Dzogchen Masters, translated and commented on by Yongdzin Lopön Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche, the current holder of this unique lineage.The Yungdrung Bön (Bön) Lineage tradition is one of the oldest indigenous spiritual traditions in the world. Originating in Central Asia with Tongpa Shenrap Miwoche (considered by tradition to be a full Buddha), the Bön Lineage teachings have been transmitted unbroken from teacher to student for over 17,000 years. This profound and uninterrupted transmission through generations has ensured the preservation and vitality of the Bön tradition, teachings and practices across millennia.Often referred to as Tibetan Bön Buddhism, Bön Lineage teachings share many similarities with Tibetan Buddhism yet maintain unique traditions, texts, rituals and practices intent on cultivating openness of heart, purification of obscurations and direct realisation of primordial awareness.

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