Maitripa: Sublimating afflictions

A deluded mind by its intrinsic nature
is great awareness;

It aids meditators greatly.

The way a forest fuels a great fire.

Elevating dualistic thoughts to the path

A transient thought arises from the unborn emptiness.

It embodies the nature of all-embracing reality.

These two have been inseparable from the beginning.

I therefore proclaim the two to be of one flavour.

Maitripa: Insight

By realizing the intrinsic nature
of one´s self, one will realize all
cosmic appearances and actualities
as being Mahamudra, the great,
ultimate and all-pervaiding reality.

He who has not attained this intrinsic
reality will achieve nothing except
temporary freedom. Once he has
realized this intrinsic reality,
What is there that can bind him?