Another Song of Milarepa's
All worldly pursuits have but one unavoidable and inevitable end, which is sorrow; acquisitions end in dispersion; buildings in destruction; meetings in separation; births in death. Knowing this, one should, from the very first, renounce acquisitions and storing-up, and building, and meeting; and, faithful to the commands of an eminent Guru, set about realizing the Truth. That alone is the best of religious observances. Milarepa
Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there. Rumi
Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life's search for love and wisdom. Rumi
Because of lack of moral principle, human life becomes worthless. Moral principle, truthfulness, is a key factor. If we lose that, then there is no future. Dalai Lama
The Miraculous View, Meditation, Conduct and Fruition:
A Little Song at the Heart of the Profound Meaning
Namo Shri Hasa Vajra Ye!
In twenty mighty fortresses and in eight great caves
For the lineage practicing the definitive meaning, you showed the way
With such profound view and meditation
Profound conduct and fruition
Great Shepa Dorje,[x] all yogis call you “King”
As you sit on my heart’s lotus throne, I make you offerings!
A view to hold, a person with a theory
All of this is just conceptual activity
The most profound meaning leaves it all behind—
Ultimate reality transcends the thinking mind
With scripture and reasoning as its adorning jewels
This explanation of view is a miracle.
Within emptiness, clear light, mind’s reality
Without effort, fresh, resting relaxedly
Completely naturally, you just settle in
That’s all there is in meditation
The skill in the practice involves realizing
That there’s no object and no one meditating
With this skill as its adorning jewel
This meditation is a miracle.
Actions of body and speech are of such variety
And when they are in motion, doing whatever it may be
Join them with view and meditation that transcend conceptuality
For these are the greatest friends of conduct’s activity
When not practicing formal meditation
Enter the samadhi where all experience is illusion
Illusion-like samadhi is the adorning jewel
Of this conduct that is a miracle.
Mind’s true nature is primordial purity
In its natural state it has always been free
Nothing to attain, no one attaining anything
No attaining at all can be seen
Yet dependently arising, and labeled by convention
Is the appearance of someone attaining fruition!
With this appearance as its adorning jewel
This fruition is a miracle!
Besides all of this, in addition
These are great miracles for another reason—
Samsara and nirvana, in genuine reality
Are of the nature of complete equality
Kleshas self-liberated are primordial awareness
So view, meditation, conduct and fruition are miraculous!
Again, these are the amazing ones—
View, meditation, conduct and fruition
When free from doubt, you’re sure about these four
It’s a sign you’ve practiced in lives before!
Realizing this is a wonderful feeling
Let it be a cause for your rejoicing!
Through this virtue may everyone
Practice miraculous view, meditation, conduct and fruition!
By doing so in this life, and into infinity
May others’ benefit be accomplished spontaneously!
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