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 ’...
B. The teaching of the particulars
First, as for the explanation the particulars of this and other points:
When these have not been joined to the path of liberation, These four sources of sanity are causes of samsara.
But when they are empowered by the path of peace, Then they manifest as the four immeasurables
By which we can transcend the ocean of samsara.
The Supreme Essence (snying po mchog) says:
Shariputra, these four, by which genuine mind is not produced now and will not be produced later, are kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity, the four Bhrama-viharas. They are accompanied by samsaric karmic formations. The kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity that produce genuine mind now and produce it later are called the four immeasurables, because they also produce the path of nirvana.