A. Having resolved the view, we should meditate

Having thus explained the view of the great freedom from extremes, the natural state like the sky, in which all dharmas are by nature unborn; now there is the teaching of meditation, self-arising wisdom, luminous like the sun and moon. As just explained:

And so when we have seen the equality of all dharmas,
It is important to rest in the natural state as it is.

After first cutting through extremes with the view, we should rest within the natural state by meditation. Otherwise we will not be liberated from the host of kleshas or perfect the virtues of the path. Therefore we certainly should meditate. Rest in the sky-like natural purity of things as they are, cutting through complexities of hope and fear. The All-creating King says:

Kye Ho vajra being! Now meditate on the meaning.
In dharmata, enlightenment without meditation,
There are neither meditation or its object,
To rest in the nature of non-meditation is meditation.

The meaning is the unborn, which is the meaning of all.
When the marks of discursive thought are apprehended as suchness,
None of the motions of memory, discursive thoughts, and mind,
Can cause the least distraction from the unborn state.

When it is known that thinking like that is meditation,
Resting in non-meditation will never be distracted.

Also:

Kye Ho vajra being! Now you should meditate well!
Whatever appears or is heard, all the dharmas of that,
To one who well knows the essence,^[1]are only that single meaning.
When the nature has manifested, that which has been shown,
Is realized to be the nature of the unborn itself.
Hopeless fearless non-distraction is meditation.

After hearing, contemplate and meditate on the meaning. This because the essence needs to arise in our being.

The Sutra Teaching the Truth of Suchness (de kho na nyid nges par bstan pa’i mdo) says:

Shariputra, if someone listens to theDharma for ten kalpas, and someone else meditates for merely the time of a finger-snap in the samadhi of suchness, the merit of the second will be increased much more than that of the first.

Footnotes and references:

[1]:

rtogs goms, has realized and is familiar with it.