Monday, September 12, 2011

All Hail to the Harmony of Mind and Nature



"Timeless spontaneity,
forever present, is created by no one;
it is the pure mind that like a wish-fulfilling gem
is the origin of all samsara and nirvana.


Every experience, whatever it may be,
is the uncontrived triad of essence, nature and compassion,
the display of pure being, enjoyment and magical emanation;
since samsara and nirvana are the three-dimensional matrix of pure mind,
spontaneously perfect in uncontrived hyper-sameness,
samsara is not to be rejected here, nor nirvana attained.
All evaluation silenced, we abide at the heart of reality
where every experience is pure mind,
and timeless spontaneity is disclosed as the key.



Homage to the sole nature of mind, the seed of all and everything,
to the mind that creates the sense of existence and release from it,
to the mind that fulfills all our desires like a wish-fulfilling gem!"

~various excepts from Longchempa's Treasury of Natural Perfection


"All hail to the harmony of mind and nature"
A Yum Hunab Ku, Evam Maya E Ma Ho
A Yum Hunab Ku, Evam Maya E Ma Ho
A Yum Hunab Ku, Evam Maya E Ma Ho
~Mayan mantra~


Innumerable aeons ago
some ati-yogins with good fortune and karmic connection,
with faith in me, the supreme source, and in my total presence,
perceived that there was no view to cultivate, no commitment to keep,
no ideal conduct to strive in, no path to tread,
no climbing spiritual levels, no karmic cause and effect,
no duality of ultimate and relative truth,
and nothing to cultivate in meditation,
and seeing that there was no mind to develop and no remedy
they saw the nature of my mind:
this revelation is necessary for those like them!

~from Longchempa's Treasury of Natural Perfection



2 comments:

  1. Thanks for bringing this to our attention! There is a lot there. What a gem! I looked up "Ati Yoga." It's basically another name for Dzogchen. Essence, nature, compassion. Pure being, enjoyment, magical emanation. Sat, Chit, Ananda.

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  2. Man, those squirrels show up everywhere! In this case, showing the way to honoring ourselves. Another great image!

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