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 2g - The teaching of the freedoms and favors, which support the Dharma
Supported by the freedoms that we have, the natural arising of the dharmas of liberation is like this:
The holy rain of the cooling waters of wisdom
From[1] the banks of clouds of glorious benefit and great bliss
Falls on the ground of the freedoms and favors, the pure minds of beings.
Therefore joyfully practice the Dharma from your heart.
That is the instruction. The supreme teachings of the Buddha are the rain of Dharma. The freedoms and favors are its support. This rain naturally falls.
The Array of Stalks Suutra (Gandavyuha Sutra, sdong po bkod pa’i mdo) says:
Kye! child of a noble family, for those with the freedoms and favors, a great abundant rain of Dharma will fall. They will possess immeasurable benefits.
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