Not Even Rigpa Exists
Also see: Clarifications on Dharmakaya and Basis by Loppön Namdrol/Malcolm
Malcolm:
You mean rig pa. Rig pa is also empty, baseless, and not established
in anyway at all. The Dzogchen tantras and Longchenpa declare this
univocally.
Retinue of nonexistent superficial appearances, listen!
There is no separate object in me, the view of self-originated
pristine consciousness. Passing away in the past does not exist. Arising
in
the future does
not exist. Appearing in the present does not exist in any way. Karma
does not exist. Traces do not exist. Ignorance does not exist. Mind does
not exist. Intellect does not exist. Wisdom does not exist. Saṃsāra
does not exist. Nirvāṇa does not exist. Not even vidyā (rig pa) itself
exists. Not even the appearances of pristine consciousness exist. All
those arose from a nonexistent apprehender.
-- Tantra Without Syllables.
This
"nonexistent apprehender," indicates the union of the two truths. Even
rig pa is something relative, that is why it is a path dharma, not a
result dharma. It vanishes at the time of the result.
- Acarya Malcolm Smith, https://www.dharmawheel.net/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=38591&start=40
