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 ’...

E. Dedicating the merit of the situation

Now there is the aspiration that the merits of composing this may be a way for beings to attain blessings:

Thus, by the amrita of this auspicious news,
From the resounding drums of the thunder-clouds of Dharma,
By the deep, melodious speech of beneficial instructions,
May the weary nature of the minds of beings
Unhinged by afflictive emotions and fixated thoughts of permanence,
Be released this very day from all its weariness.

In benefit-producing white light, to the sound of divine drums, from the swelling ocean of good teachings emerge water dragons of instruction with open mouths. For beings exhausted by cyclic existence, the turbulent extremes of ever-grasping mind are completely pacified. By the primordial lord who draws breath in enjoyment of bliss and happiness in his excellent mansion adorned by the rays of the sun, may all weariness be eased.

Beings are inconstant, as if they were in a dream.
Gathering and dispersing things are hollow and empty.
Like companions that match our path when traveling to market
May we know these things as impermanent and soon parted.

Like an flash of lightning among the autumn clouds,
The life of beings hurtles by like a waterfall.
Phenomena are impermanent with no stability.
From this day forth let us realize that with certainty.

Land and property and much collected wealth,
Along with any fame and glory we possess,
Are fickle things. Mind can never rely on them.
Let us know their illusory nature of the four extremes.

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