Longchenpa: Great Perfection

Let us cross the ocean of these
three worlds of samsara
within the vast ship of samadhi
where grasping is never found,
arriving at last in the nature
of the great perfection.
Along with the bliss of the ground
there is a constant well being.

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.

Virupa: Lada

Where the mind detaches itself from discrimination
there is neither defilement nor doubt;

Where mind perceives intrinsic reality directly,
there is no duality of knowledge and knower.

Savari: Non-meditation

In the discipline of quiescent mahamudra

there is nothing to meditate on, not even an atom.

Do not meditate,
for the perfect meditation

is to remain inseparable

from the state of non-meditation.

Secret offering: Compassion

BODHICHITTA

Inner offering: Bliss

Cosmic mind: Master Mind

Possessing a state of the art tool like the human brain

should be regarded as a very auspicious sign.

Learn to use it properly

and the mysteries of life will unfold.

You would never use a portable computer

just to crack nuts and decorate your room,

would you?

When ignorance, hate, pride, envy

and lust drag your mind, you are

behaving  just like an animal.

So learn from the ones who reached

mastery of their lives through the

mastery of their minds.

Demons: Self clinging

Hope and fear.

Our Self clings to pleasure

and rejects pain.

Clinging and craving:

The root of suffering.

Clinging turns pleasure into pain.

Do not fear pain.

Do not crave for pleasure.

Do not cling to sensations.

Do not crave for sensations.

Just let them flow.

Clinging wants to transform impermanent

objects or sensations into permanent.

Craving wants to escape the present feeling of unrest

hoping that the possession of  some objects

will give us happiness.

Both clinging and craving are the only

demons that keep mind fettered to suffering.

Pyramids: Atlantis

Just a few thousand years ago

there appeared a stirp of lucid minds

who mastered the secrets of pyramids.

They understood the essence of space-time,

and comprehended the relationship

between mind and matter.

They left a net of energy places,

so future generations could follow their steps

and join them in the NOW.

Geometry

architecture:

molding the mind.

Astronomy

physics:

stargate

Chamber of the queen

chamber of the king:

pyramidion.

Compassion

wisdom:

Orinary Mind

NOW

MenKauRa: Sagaramati

O Sagaramati,

all realities are marked by the seal

of innate freedom, which is completely pure and nondual.

Like the expanse of space, all realities are without distinction

because they are all marked by the seal of evenness.

Tilopa: Lada

The nature of mind is neither modulated nor unmodulated.

Understand it to be of primal purity, beyond concepts.

By abstaining from cogitation or contemplation,

examination or analysis,

meditation or performance,

as well as from hope or fear,

the mental clinging to them will be pacified spontaneously

and the mind will attune itself

to the primordial intrinsic reality.

Lada: Determining the mind

Watch that which has been determined

without any mental activities.

Space is designated as empty,

yet its exact nature cannot be verbalized.

Similarly the mind is designated as luminously clear,

yet its exact nature is empty, with no ground for definition.

Thus the self-nature of mind is and has been

from the very beginning like that of SPACE.

Tilopa

Appearances: Virtual or Real?

Appearances are mind.

Apparent objects are not mind.

Looking at mind within appearances:

Do not imagine that the external objects,
or apparent objects, are mind.

Look at appearances in the mind,
and you will find its nature.

Make sure you focus on appearances.

Imagining that apparent objects are mind
will not get you closer to seeing its essence.

Do not block appearances; look at them
as they emerge, stay and vanish.

Like a comet appearing in the sky.

Appearances: Climbing

When I started climbing the mountain,
I put a lot of effort into it.

After trekking for a while,
there was just walking.

At the summit,
it was calm and clear.

Without any effort,
nobody went down.

Climber, climbing and mountain,
empty appearances.

HUNG

The Path: Gradual or Instantaneous

According to their distinct levels of intellect,
there are persons inclined toward either the
gradual or the instantaneous path.

A great medicine for gradual seekers
becomes a poison for instantaneous seekers.

A great medicine for instantaneous illumination
becomes a poison for gradual illumination.

Persons with inborn creative abilities should
be shown the instantaneous path,
while young minds should be guided
through the gradual path.

Karpey Sarnying
(The Moonlight)

It depends on your karma if NOW you belong to
either the gradual or the instantaneous type of
practitioner.

It would be stupid to pretend to be instantaneous
if you are gradual.

It would also be stupid to pretend to be gradual
if you are instantaneous.

The genuine master is only the CATALYST of
your process of re-awakening. When you are
ready, the master shows up, and the changes
take place following your own karmic pace,
which can be gradual or instantaneous.

If it is instantaneous, you will get a glimpse
of the nature of mind, and your practice will
be in accord with your type.

If you are of the gradual type, then your
practice will lead you progressively towards
seeing the nature of mind.

We should be HONEST and assess impartially
our present condition and the type of practitioner
we are.

Without HONESTY, HUMILITY and INTELLIGENCE,
no master will be able to help us rediscovering
our real nature.

In fact, there is only one path, and it is us who belong either to the
instantaneous or to the gradual type of practitioners.