Fw: [Mahamudra] more Tilopa "encore"

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- Joyce Short

Mahamudra

Tuesday, March 13, 2001 9:44 AM

[Mahamudra] more Tilopa "encore"

> Again, thank you Joyce. In a websearch, this particular translation

does> not appear, tho others are available. Les Hixon has an

especially beautiful> way of expressing the meaning.> Am forwarding

these to Harsha's list too. > Love, GloriaHi Gloria,Yes, I highly

recommend "Mother Of The Buddhas" - Les Hixon, where Imlifting this

from. It's a marvelous "Meditation on the PrajnaparamitaSutra". Full

of "daring extravagance and mystical passion". (Big Smile)

"This is the royal wealth of Mahamudra,no common coin in any

realm.Beloved Naropa, this treasure of Buddhahoodbelongs to you and

to all beings.Obsessive use of meditative disciplinesor perennial

study of scripture and philosophywill never bring forth this

wonderful realization,this truth which is natural to

awareness,because the mind that desperately desiresto reach another

realm or level of experienceinadvertently ignores the basic lightthat

constitutes all experience.The one who fabricatesany division in

consciousnessbetrays the friendship of Mahamudra.Cease all activity

that separates,abandon even the desire to be free from desiresand

allow the thinking process to rise and fallsmoothly as waves on a

shoreless ocean,The one who never dwells in abstractionand whose only

principleis never to divide or separateupholds the trust of

Mahamudra.The one who abandonscraving for authority and

definition,and never becomes one-sidedin argument or

understanding,alone perceives the authentic meaninghidden in the

ancient scriptures.In the blissful embrace of Mahamudra,negative

viewpoints and their instinctsare burned without remainder,like

camphor.Through the open door of Mahamudra,the deluded state of

self-imprisonmentis easily left behind forever.Mahamudra is the torch

of supreme libertyshining forth through all conscious beings.Those

beings constituted by awarenesswho try to ignore, reject or grasp

awarenessinflict sorrow and confusion upon themselveslike those who

are insane.To be awakened from this madness,cultivate the gracious

friendshipof a sublime sage of Mahamudra,who may appear to the world

as mad.When the limited mindenters blessed companionshipwith

limitless Mind,indescribable freedom dawns".To be continued.To

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