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Nothing is as it appears. Know all things to be like this: A mirage, a cloud castle,
A dream, an apparition,
Without essence, but with qualities that can be seen. Know all things to be like this:
As the moon in a bright sky
In some clear lake reflected,
Though to that lake the moon has never moved.
Know all things to be like this:
As an echo that derives
From music, sounds, and weeping,
Yet in that echo is no melody.
Know all things to be like this:
As a magician makes illusions
Of horses, oxen, carts and other things,
Nothing is as it appears. Buddha
Understanding your mind!
"Even though that which is usually called "mind"
is widely esteemed and much discussed,
Still it is not understood or it is wrongly understood
or it is understood in a one-sided manner only.
Since it is not understood correctly, just as it is in itself,
There comes into existence inconceivable numbers
of philosophical ideas and assertions.
Furthermore, since ordinary individuals do not understand it,
They do not recognize their own nature,
And so they continue to wander among the six destinies of
rebirth within the three worlds, and thus experience suffering.
Therefore, not understanding your own mind is a very grievous fault. Guru Padmasambhawa  Mind Not seeing your mind as Buddha,
you obscure Nirvana.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 15 October 2009 )
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by Jamyang Khyentse Chokyi Lodro
Homage to Guru Rinpoche, the Lord of Orgyen, the incomparable object of Refuge!
This unique, free and well-favoured human form is so difficult to obtain.
Since we have actually attained it this time,
Let us endearvour to unfold the realization of its full potential,
And not leave it to rot.
The root of all dharmas is one's mind.
If unexamined, it rushes after experiences and is ingenious in the games of deception.
If you look right into it, it is free from any ground or origin,
In essence free from any coming, staying or going.
All the dharmas of Samsara and Nirvana are one's own mind,
Only determined by its display (our perception), pure or impure -
In reality, neither exists.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 22 July 2010 )
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