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The '''three modes of liberation''' (Tib. གྲོལ་ལུགས་གསུམ་, [[Wyl.]] ''grol lugs gsum'') describe degrees of increasing naturalness in the liberation of thoughts and emotions through the mastery of [[Dzogchen]] practice.

The three modes of liberation that are specifically mentioned are:
#Liberation through recognition of thoughts (Tib. ཤར་གྲོལ་, Wyl. ''shar grol''), like recognizing an old friend in a crowd
#Liberation where the thought frees itself, or self-liberation (Tib. རང་གྲོལ་ , Wyl. ''rang grol''), like a snake uncoiling and unwinding its own knots
#Liberation of thoughts as [[dharmakaya]], without their bringing either benefit or harm (Tib. ཕན་མེད་གནོད་མེད་དུ་གྲོལ་བ་ , Wyl. ''phan med gnod med du grol ba''), like a thief entering an empty house

==References & Further Reading==
*His Holiness the [[Dalai Lama]], ''Dzogchen : The Heart Essence of the Great Perfection,'' published by Snow Lion, ISBN 1-55939-156-1, pages 83-84, and pages 186-187.
*His Holiness the [[Dalai Lama]], ''Mind in Comfort and Ease: The Vision of Enlightenment in the Great Perfection'' (Somerville: Wisdom Publications, 2007), pages 223-224.
*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], ''[[The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying]]'', revised and updated edition, Harper San Francisco and also Rider, 2002, ISBN 0-7126-1569-5, pages 167-170

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