Dzogchen is the pinnacle of Vajrayana Buddhism. It is a cycle of teaching and of practices – but essentially Dzogchen is the primordial condition of the individual. It is thus both within and beyond the scope of conventional religion. As the primordial condition of the individual, Dzogchen is the state of referenceless relaxation in the vastness of each moment.It is vast because it is undelineated by time. It is referenceless because the moment is experienced without allusion to past moments or future moments.
Dzogchen is the self-existent confidence of being which arises spontaneously from beginninglessness.
p4-5, Shock Amazement : The four naljors and four ting-ngé’dzin from the Dzogchen series of the nature of Mind.
Khandro Déchen and Ngakpa Chögyam, Aro Books Worldwide, 2018, ISBN 978-1-898185-45-1