9.3 Mannagde (Third Series of Ati Yoga Teachings)

Tib., man-ngag gi-sde
Concealed Instructions Series, Secret Precept Class, Secret Oral Transmission Class
Skt., upadesa

This series of teachings derive from Vimalamitra and Padmasambhava, and consist mainly of terma texts among which the Vima Nyingthig and seventeen Tantras hidden by Vimalamitra's student Tingzin Zangpo (Tib., ting 'dzin bzang po) and later revealed by the terton Donma Lungyal (Tib., dong ma lhung rGyal).

Again, the Mannagde level knows two types of training, the 'Two Paths of the Great Perfection' (rdzogs chen gi lam gnyis), and each of these can be practiced as a path in itself.

9.31 Trekchod "Cutting Through Resistance" (khregs chod); also Trekchö, Trekchöd, Thregchod, Trek-chod
The method of "cutting through to the essence", the "destruction of solidity". It involves the actualization of one's innermost awareness, one's primordial wisdom nature, one's primordial purity (ka dag); realizing the heart of enlightenment in the present moment.
Related terms: the luminous view of Cutting Through ('od gsal khregs chod kyi lta ba)

9.32 Thogal (Tib., Thod-rGal) "direct approach", "All-Surpassing Realisation"; also Thodgal, Togal, Tögal
The method of "direct crossing", with an emphasis on pure spontaneity or spontaneous presence (Tib., lhun-grub), and with practices that exhaust all defilements and fixations, so that the rainbow body can be realized within one lifetime.