Monday, 10 August 2015 9:39 AM
TILOPA
Mahamudra is beyond all words and symbols
But for you Naropa , earnest & loyal
Must this be said :
The Void needs no reliance ,
Mahamudra rests on nought
Without making an effort ,
But remaining loose & natural ,
One can break the yoke ! -Thus gaining liberation . . .
If one sees , nought , when staring into space .
If , with the mind , one then observes the Mind ;
One destroys distinctions and reaches buddhahood .
The clouds that wander through the sky
Have no roots , no home ;
Nor do the distinctive thoughts
Floating through the mind .
Once the Self-Mind is seen , discrimination stops !
In space , colours and spaces form .
But neither by black nor white is space tinged .
From the Self-Mind all things emerge ;
The Mind by virtues and by vices is not stained .
The darkness of ages cannot shroud the glowing
Sun ; the long kalpas of samsara
neer can
Hide the Minds brilliant light .
Though words are spoken to explain the Void , the Void
As such can never be expressed . Though we say ;
the Mind is brilliant as light it is beyond all words
And symbols . Although the Mind is void in essence ,
All things it embraces and contains .
Do not , with the body , but relax ;
Shut firm the mouth and remain silent ;
Empty your mind and think of nought .
Like a hollow bamboo rest at ease .
Giving not nor taking , put your mind at rest .
Mahamudra
is a like a mind that clings to nought .
Thus practising , in time you will reach buddhahood .
The practice of mantra and paramita
Instructions in the sutras and precepts
And teachings from the schools and scriptures
Will not bring realisation of the innate truth .
For if the mind when filled with some desire
Should seek a goal , it only hides the light .
He who keeps the tantric precepts , yet discriminates ,
Betrays the spirit of samaya .
Cease all activity , abandon all desire ,
Let thoughts rise and fall as they will ,
Like ocean waves .
He who abandons craving and clings
Not to this or that , perceives the real
Meaning given in the scriptures !
In Mahamudra
all oness sins are burned ;
In Mahamudra
one is released from the prison
Of this world . This is dharmas supreme
Torch . Those who disbelieve are fools ,
Who ever wallow in misery and sorrow .
To strive for liberation one should
Rely on a guru .
When your mind receives his blessings
Emancipation is at hand .
Alas , all things in this world are
Meaningless ; they are but sorrow s seeds .
Small teachings leads to acts -- one
Should only follow teachings
That are great !
To transcend duality is the kingly view
To conquer distractions is the royal practice
The path of no--practice is the way of all buddhas
He who treads that path reaches buddhahood .
Transient is the world , like phantoms
And dreams ; substance it has none .
Renounce it and forsake your kin .
Cut the strings of lust and hatred and
Meditate in woods and mountains .
If without effort you remain loosely
In the natural state .
Soon Mahamudra
you will win and
Attain the nonattainment .
Cut the root of a tree and the leaves will wither ,
Cut the root of your mind and samsara falls .
The light af any lamp dispels in a moment
The darkness of long kalpas ;
The strong light of the Mind in but a flash
Will burn the veil of ignorance .
Whoever clings to mind sees not the
Truth of what is beyond the mind .
Whoever strives to practise dharma
Finds not the truth of beyond practice .
To know what is beyond both mind
And practice one should cut cleanly
through the root of mind and stare naked !
One should thus breakaway from all distinctions
And remain at ease !
One should not give or take but remain natural -For Mahamudra is beyond all acceptance and rejection .
Since alaya is not born , no one can
Obstruct or soil it ; staying in the unborn
Realm , all appearance will dissolve into dharmata ,
And selfwill and pride will vanish into nought .
The supreme understanding transcends all this and that .
The supreme action embraces
great resourcefulness without attachment .
The supreme accomplishment is to realise immanence without
At first a yogi
In midcourse
hope .
feels his mind tumbling like a waterfall ;
like the Ganges it flows slow and gentle ;
In the end it is a great vast ocean
Where
the lights of
son & mother merge into
one
....
