

When the mind is agitated, thinking of everything under the sun, allow your body, speech and mind to settle in total relaxation. Dispelling Hindrances to Unaltered Naturalness The fruition, unaltered, is Dzogpachenpo, the Great Perfection. The path, unaltered, is Madhyamaka, the Great Middle Way. The ground, unaltered, is Mahāmudrā, the Great Seal. In the Oral Transmission ( Nyengyü) it is said: Whether what arises is desirable or undesirable, simply settle upon the arising, without altering it. No matter what kind of thoughts arise - be they good or bad, positive or negative, happy or sad - don’t indulge them or reject them, but settle, without altering, in the very mind that thinks. “Have I understood or not?” “Is there something to observe or not?” “Is this it or not?” No matter what occurs in the mind, simply settle, without altering, in the very mind that thinks. Simply settle, without distraction, directly into the searcher. You won’t find the mind by searching for it. Simply settle, without altering, in the very mind that meditates.

And don’t search for any external focus for meditation. Simply settle, without altering, in the very mind that seeks or thinks.ĭon’t draw the mind inwards. Allow whatever occurs to unfold and settle into it directly.ĭon’t draw the mind inwards. In short, do not alter the mind, but settle directly within whatever occurs.ĭon’t try to adjust or improve or to block or cultivate anything. When it is not thinking, settle directly into that non-thinking, without trying to alter it. When the mind is still, then settle into that stillness, without trying to alter it in any way. Practitioners, male and female, who wish to realize the genuine view without mistake should allow the mind to rest with vivid clarity in an unaltered, empty state of mind. These labels are magnificent, and the meaning is magnificent too: allowing your own mind, empty and uncontrived, to settle into whatever is naturally occurring.

When realized at night, it brings enlightenment at night. When realized in the morning, it brings enlightenment in the morning. It is the Great Seal (Mahāmudrā) of reality. It is knowing the one thing that liberates all. It is Mahāmudrā, Madhyamaka and Dzogchen combined into a single teaching: introducing the indivisibility of the dharmakāya and one’s own mind. It is the wisdom-mind of all the buddhas of the past, present and future the life-vein of all yidam deities, the heart-blood of all ḍākinīs, the supporting abode of all dharma-protectors, the essence of all sūtras and tantras, and the refined quintessence of all the secret mantras and vidyā mantras. What we call “emptiness dharmakāya” is the heart-practice of all the gurus and accomplished siddhas. Put this into practice, my determined children, I beg you. Shall explain my unerring heart advice in just a few words: Then I, the wandering vagabond, the old dog Patrul, Samantabhadra, may I swiftly gain your realization,Įxactly in the same way, without any error.įortunate children, if you seek to attain enlightenment, You cut delusion at its root and realize primordial awakening: Without straying from the state of utterly pure dharmakāya, This heart advice of Ragged Abu arranged in verse? Self-Liberating Meditation A Profound Method for Attaining Enlightenment according to the Ultimate Great Perfection
