View and Meditation

VIEW AND MEDITATION

by Jamgon Kongtrul

NAMO GURU

View and meditation can be explained in many ways,

But sustaining the essence of your mind includes them all.

Your mind won't be found elsewhere;

It is just your present thought.

Don't chase after that thought,

Just look into its essence.

There is no duality-no observer, nothing observed.

It is empty-not a concrete substance.

It is cognizant-aware by itself.

These two are not separate, but a unity.

Nothing whatsoever, yet everything is experienced.

Simply recognize this! 

With constant mindfulness, sustain this recognition.

Cultivate nothing but this.

Let it remain naturally.

Don't spoil it by tampering and worrying about being right or wrong.

The ultimate luminosity of dharmakaya is this unfabricated, ordinary mind.

Though there are many Dharma words in mahamudra and dzogchen,

The root of practice is included herein.

If you search elsewhere for something better,

A "buddha" superior to this,

You are chained by hope and fear-so give it up!

Devotion and gathering the accumulations are the most important methods

For completely realizing this teaching.

Always concentrate on devotion

To the guru, the Lord of Uddiyana,

And apply your body, speech, and mind to what is virtuous.

MANGALAM.