On Jan 28, 2011, at 10:33 PM, seventhray1 wrote:

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> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradhatu@...> wrote:
> > I've read most of the English-translated Aurobindo and I've never read 
> > anything even remotely associated with what I'd consider the spontaneous 
> > "vision" of todgal.
> >
> Silly Boy!  It's not from that tradition. It's a combination of the "naugual, 
> and the "tonal" . 

http://rywiki.tsadra.org/index.php/thod_rgal

http://rywiki.tsadra.org/index.php/four_visions

thod rgal
1) with stages skipped / out of order, bypass [the gradual steps], skip the 
grades; 2) All-surpassing realization of spontaneous presence [gd]; 3) 
[instantaneous] passing over, by passing [lit. to for the skull] overpass, 
instantaneous directness, crossing [over/ above/ in 1 leap/ in leaps and 
bounds.; 3) evanescent realization; 4) teleportational reconcealment [?]; 5) 
the three progressions; 6) 1st/ 4th of the four consolidations according to 
All-surpassing realization; 7) thogal [practice]. [IW]
1) with stages skipped / out of order [rim pa 'chol ba . Rim pa 'og ma nas gong 
du thod rgal gyis 'dzegs pa]; 2) lhun grub thod rgal; 3) [instantaneous] 
passing over, by passing [lit. to for the skull] overpass, instantaneous 
directness, crossing [over/ above/ in 1 leap/ in leaps and bounds.; 3) 
evanescent realization; 4) teleportational reconcealment [?] 5) the three 
progressions sna zin. grabbing the nose, gtan la phebs. becoming [?], [?] 
rdzog. - completion] (6) All-surpassing realisation [gd] 1st/ 4th of the four 
consolidations according to All-surpassing realisation, thogal [practice], 
bypass [gradual steps], skip the grades" [Notes: str--thod - forehead; rgal - 
transcending; so, "transcending from the level of the forehead or peak] [IW]
Sudden jump, here means to jump to a higher level while skipping the grades or 
steps in between [RY]
creative light, advanced practice for developing one's vision according to the 
upadesha series, direct approach, direct crossing, teleportational 
reconcealment, SA sgron ma bzhi, snang ba bzhi, working with light, esoteric 
practice of realization, vision of the light, "upward jump", "skull cross 
(cross the bridge which separates samsara from nirvana during the time when one 
has a skull)", direct passage, 1 of snyoms par 'jug pa dgu, Thodgal, passing 
over the summit (the development of vision practice in the Dzogchen Upadesha), 
surpassing the pinnacle, leapover, transcendence, quantum leap, method of 
contemplation of light by which rdzogs chen practitioners attain the 'ja' lus 
without leaving mortal remains at death [JV]
Direct crossing [RY]
1) not keeping to the usual order; 2) lhun grub thod rgal [instantaneous] 
passing over/ directness [by passing [lit. to for the skull] or to overpass, 
instantaneous directness, crossing [over/above/ in 1 leap/ in leaps and bounds] 
3) evanescent realization. 4) teleportational reconcealment 5) the three 
progressions sna zin. grabbing the nose, gtan la phebs. becoming, rdzog. - 
completion] 6) All-surpassing realisation [gdmk]: 1st OR 4th of the four 
consolidations according to All-surpassing realisation [gdmk] "skip the 
grades", bypass [gradual steps], thogal, "transcending from the level of the 
forehead or peak" [IW]
1) bypass, overpass, by passing, passing over, "to skip the grades", "bypass 
gradual steps", surpassing, crossing, crossing over / above. 2) crossing in one 
leap, in leaps and bounds. 2) Togal, Direct Crossing, simultaneous passing; 
Sudden jump; Passing Over; instantaneous directness, lit. "passing over the 
summit" [RY]
Togal. 'Direct crossing.' Dzogchen has two main sections: Trekcho and Togal. 
The former emphasizes primordial purity (ka dag) and the latter spontaneous 
presence (lhun grub). (RY)
surpassing ordinary experience/ the pinnacle point; (making) the final leap 
(into primordial being)* (RB)
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