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 ’...

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Part 4 - Mind is uncreated or unfabricated

Without the increase and decrease of the three times, though it appears to arise continually, mind is natureless. From the time it arises as the six realms of beings, as for mind:

It is neither in the departed past nor unborn future.
It does not exist in the present, always the same in nature.[1]
Do not use mind to look for mind, just let it be.

The past is gone. The future is not yet here. Present mind has no arising, duration, nor cessation. Unestablished for even an instant, neither viewed nor viewer exist. They put themselves to rest. The All-Creating King says:

Since mind is not a thing that can be viewed by mind,
By looking it is not seen. Let it rest as suchness.

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[1]:

The point is not obvious, However the commentary seems to say that if it existed in the present it would involve changes of arising and ceasing and so forth.

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