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 2 - The Instruction that We Should Exert ourselves in the Dharma Day and Night

When we are wandering in samsara, abiding there time and time again, one time after another, here is what should be done:

Being terrified of death, within our endless births,
With deprivation and suffering falling on us like rain,
Comes from distraction, making no use of the freedoms and favors.

The higher manifestations, the dharmas of truth and goodness
Arise from thinking how hard it is to be free and favored.
Be gladdened, working with tireless effort, day and night.

The Gandavyuha Sutra says:

Kye! O son of noble family, wherever there are those who wander in samsara, they do not think of how their own bodies adorned with the freedoms and favors, are so hard to obtain. Because of the bad company of non-spiritual friends, they are whirled about in samsara, and tormented in flames of suffering. Nevertheless, by contemplating the freedoms and favors, you will be completely liberated from samsara. Therefore you should do that.

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