The Great Chariot
by Longchenpa | 268,580 words
A Commentary on Great Perfection: The Nature of Mind, Easer of Weariness In Sanskrit the title is ‘Mahāsandhi-cittā-visranta-vṛtti-mahāratha-nāma’. In Tibetan ‘rDzogs pa chen po sems nyid ngal gso’i shing rta chen po shes bya ba ’...
Part 1 - The explanation of merely attaining a human body
What is a "precious human body?"
a. Here is the explanation of the divisions:
There are some who merely gain a human birth,
Some whose body is special, and the precious human body.
b. What is said about the divisions:
Respectively these are persons who act improperly,
Because they have no knowledge of what is right and wrong.
Even though their powers are sound, their birth is common.
They are barbarians, even though born in a central realm. *
*= (A country where the Dharma is practiced.)
The Sutra of Precious Space (nam mkha’a rin po che’i mdo) says:
These are born in the human world because of former goodness, have senses that are completely sound, and always are born in a country where the Dharma is practiced. However, they do not know about karma and its ripening.
They will depend much on the path of what is not good. It may be said that these have become human beings, but they are of the lowest kind. That is the last time they will be human, because after death they will fall without limit into the lower realms.