Malcolm wrote: rainbow body you realize the exhaustion of phenomena while in the bardo of dharmatā i.e. during thugdam.
Obviously rainbow body occurs, so obviously bardo of dharmata occurs.
However I have come to believe that bardo of dharmata only appears for long dedicated Dzogchen practitioners who have made significant progress.
Why is there no mention of bardo of dharmata before Dzogchen Menngagde for example?