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est your mind in its own natural state, to free from all the fabrication. So when you can relax in that<br />

natural state effortlessly that is called “realization of <strong>Mahamudra</strong>”, “seeing that own nature.”<br />

Milarepa said, “When you talk about the view of <strong>Mahamudra</strong>, that view is your mind. Look at the<br />

nature of mind and that is the view of <strong>Mahamudra</strong>. If you are looking for a view beyond your mind,<br />

then it is like rich person begging on the street.” You have all the things which are there to be had,<br />

meals and clothing, but still you go around begging. Another way to say this is it is like a beggar who<br />

has a stove [Khenpo: In the east a stove means you have two rocks and you bridge a pot on top of<br />

them, and then cook food or boil water] consisting of gold or jewels. But that beggar has not realized<br />

that and continues to beg constantly. Then one day a person comes along and realizes the situation<br />

and sees all of that gold or the jewels. He asks the beggar, “Why are you begging?” The beggar<br />

replies, “I have to beg since I don’t have anything.” The person says, “Your two stones are made of<br />

gold or jewels”, as the case might be, and the beggar says, “Oh, I didn’t know that. This has been with<br />

me for a long time. This has always been with me. I just never realized it.”<br />

It is like that. We don’t realize the jewel that we have. We expect to get something from the outside.<br />

So look at your mind, realize that, stabilize that, and actualize that. And that is the <strong>Mahamudra</strong> that is<br />

within you.<br />

In the tantra this jewel is called “the inconceivable co-emergent wisdom.” The tantra text says,<br />

“Because the co-emergent wisdom is free from all elaboration, there is nothing to meditate on.” Now<br />

this goes a little higher. We need to meditate. But this is explaining from the point of view of one who<br />

is more highly accomplished in the practice. At that point there is not any effort to meditate on<br />

something. But it is very important to have non-stopping awareness, mindfulness. You should<br />

always have he mindfulness of the awareness on the <strong>Mahamudra</strong> without interruption.<br />

In this practice you don’t have to worry so much about understanding or not understanding. Some<br />

people say, “Buddhism, oh, it is too complicated. You have to read so many books, complete so many<br />

studies. So I don’t have enough knowledge to practice.” Some people worry about that. So there is<br />

absolutely no need to worry. We just get to the essence of the practice.<br />

Within the field of Buddhism every individual has the opportunity to study and practice. You don’t<br />

have to be “smart” all the time! But the awareness and mindfulness are very necessary. So when we<br />

practice, don’t worry about all those “outside” things, but rather look at the mind, establish the mind.<br />

Don’t worry about so many words, but just get the meaning, the essence of the meaning. To free from<br />

samsara and attain enlightenment you have to work within the mind. Mind is the one we have to<br />

work. It is not how much you know; it is how much you purify your negative thoughts, delusions. So<br />

in that way we get free from the boundary of this life, the next life, and the bardo. Lord Jigten<br />

Sumgon said, “I, a yogin, have realized the inseparable nature of this life, the next life, and the bardo.<br />

So now I don’t have to make any more effort.” [If you want to read this songs, the translation is in the<br />

book called Prayer Flags.]<br />

One-Taste and Impermanence<br />

In samsara we have the expectation or hope for happiness and we have fear for suffering. But in the<br />

<strong>Mahamudra</strong> State, the nature of the happiness is emptiness and the nature of the suffering is<br />

emptiness. See that nature. That’s called “one taste.” Equalize that through the meditation practice.<br />

Be without fear, without attachment.

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