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In Dzogchen, rainbow body
(Tibetan: འཇའ་ལུས་, Wylie: 'ja' lus, Jalü or Jalus) is a level of realization. This may or may not be accompanied by the 'rainbow body phenomenon'. The rainbow body phenomenon is pre-Buddhist in origin and is related to the indigenous Tibetan Bon religion, and is a topic which has been treated fairly seriously in Tibet for centuries past and into the modern era. Other Vajrayana teachings also mention rainbow body phenomena which occur during or after the dying process.




Rigpa



The rainbow body phenomenon is a third person perspective of someone else attaining complete knowledge (Tibetan: རིག་པ, Wylie: rigpa). Knowledge is the absence of delusion and clinging regarding the display of the basis.
Rigpa has three wisdoms, which are kadag, lhun grub and thugs rje. Kadag deals with trekchö. The lhun grub aspect has to do with esoteric practices, such as (but not limited to) tögal, that self-liberate the human body into a Sambhogakāya (rainbow body phenomenon). The symbol of Dzogchen is a Tibetan "A" wrapped in a thigle. The "A" represents kadag while the thigle represents lhun grub. The third wisdom, thugs rje (compassion), is the inseparability of the previous two wisdoms.
In Dzogchen, the fundamental point of practice to attain the rainbow body is to distinguish rigpa (natural state) from sems (mind).
The ultimate fruition of the tögal practices is a body of pure light and the dissolution of the physical body at death, this is called a rainbow body (Wylie 'ja' lus, pronounced ja lü.) If the four visions of tögal are not completed before death, then during death, from the point of view of an external observer, the dying person starts to shrink until he or she disappears or "vanish into light". Usually fingernails, toenails and hair are left behind (see e.g. Togden Ugyen Tendzin, Ayu Khandro, Changchub Dorje).
The attainment of the rainbow body is typically accompanied by the appearance of lights and rainbows around the body.
Exceptional practitioners are held to realize a higher type of rainbow body without leaving behind "the hair or fingernails" or dying, a state named the Rainbow Body of Great Transference, or jalu powa chemo. Having completed the four visions before death, the individual focuses on the lights that surround the fingers. His or her physical body self-liberates into a non-material body of light (a Sambhogakāya) with the ability to exist and abide wherever and whenever as pointed by one's compassion.




Eyewitness account


Shardza Tashi Gyaltsen's Heart Drops of Dharmakaya, a Kunzang Nyingtik Dzogchen meditation manual commentated on by Lopon Tenzin Namdak, contains an eyewitness account of his main students' bodies shrinking and rainbows appearing in the sky at death.




Reported accomplishments


Shardza Tashi Gyaltsen (1935)
Sodnam Namgyal (1952)
Ayu Khandro (1953)
Togden Ugyen Tendzin (1962)
Khenpo A-chos (1998)




See also


Tukdam – Buddhist post-mortem meditation




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Account of Khenpo A-Cho's Rainbow body attainment archived
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Rainbow Body is an orchestral composition by the American composer Christopher Theofanidis. It was commissioned by the Houston Symphony, which first performed the work in April 2000 under the conductor Robert Spano. The piece is dedicated to the Texas lawyer and philanthropist Glen Rosenbaum. Rainbow Body is one of Theofanidis's most-performed compositions and won the 2003 London Masterprize competition.




Composition


Rainbow Body has a duration of roughly 13 minutes and is composed in a single movement. The melody of the piece is loosely based on "Ave Maria, o auctrix vite" by the 12th-century composer Hildegard of Bingen. The composition was also inspired by the Tibetan Buddhist idea of rainbow body (from which the piece takes its title), wherein the body of an enlightened being is absorbed back into the universe upon his/her death.




Reception


Rainbow Body has been praised by music critics. Andrew Druckenbrod of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette opined, "Under its attractive shimmering surface, it has depth and sophistication." Andrew Farach-Colton of Gramophone also lauded the piece, writing:Christopher Theofanidis's Rainbow Body has exuberant outbursts of pure diatonic splendour that are not so far removed from Copland's 'prairie' harmonies, though Theofanidis's piece is actually based on a chant by the medieval mystic Hildegard von Bingen. Indeed, Hildegard's melody is woven so seamlessly into the score's colourful fabric that one would likely never guess its provenance – especially given the music's distinctly American accent.
Bernard Holland of The New York Times gave the piece a mixed response, however, noting that it "sounded suspiciously like bait: a user-friendly feel-good piece bearing the imprimatur of modernity and beckoning to listeners skittish of the new. [...] That his music speaks a language that flourished and died nearly a century ago should not be a stigma. We are getting past the stage where originality of method in music is more important than content." He added:And there are interesting elements here. Quasi-modal melody plays in unison across all of the upper strings and against trembling drones in the lower ones. The acoustical echo created solely by means of instruments is fascinating. Interspersed with this lyrical, exotic soul-searching are outbursts of distress that seem halfhearted at best. Mr. Theofanidis's brass-ridden, major-chord coda comes, I am sure, from the composer's heart. But it bloviates to an embarrassing degree.




Recording


A recording of Rainbow Body, performed by Robert Spano and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, was released in 2003 through Telarc. The disk also featured Samuel Barber's Symphony in One Movement, Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring, and Jennifer Higdon's blue cathedral.




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