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Advice for Tashi Lhamo “Faithful Tashi Lhamo, if you want to attain awakening, Consider how hard it is to win this human body, with its freedoms and riches. Your life may be long, but it’s as fleeting as last night’s dream. Even though you've reached ninety, still you prepare to live on! If you don't keep in mind impermanence and death, You can call it Dharma practice, but it'll only be scraps of advice. […] The guru who grants you mind teachings And is able to turn your mind to the Dharma is your true root guru. Constant devotion to them is essential. If your samaya [vow] degenerates, you’ll have veered from the path. So always be careful to keep your samaya [vow] pure. If you accomplish whatever the guru commands, you’ll maintain pure samaya [vow] . Even if you don’t practice, pure samaya [vow] will be enough. The emissary of all the buddhas is the guru. By connecting with them, you’ve connected with all the buddhas. When you please the guru, all the buddhas are pleased. The victorious one’s compassionate embrace is vital! There are those, of course, who don’t benefit your mind. Though they might have a high throne, they aren’t your root guru. Though they might show great kindness, they aren’t your root guru. Though they might be very close, they aren’t your root guru. So, know how to recognize your root guru!” Advice for Bumthang Lama “Relying on the guru and the Three Jewels, You should uphold discipline, with your own mind as the witness. Don’t scatter your thoughts. Train one-pointedly in calm abiding. With the personal liberation vows, establish the foundation. To begin with, arouse bodhicitta, the mind set on supreme awakening. In the middle, benefit others from within a non-conceptual state. In conclusion, through excellent dedications and aspirations, Extract the essence of the Great Vehicle bodhicitta [mind of enlightenment]. With the devotion that sees the guru as Buddha, Train in the generation stage that recognizes environment and beings as divine, And attain the fruition of the Secret Mantra Vajra Vehicle -- The completion stage of the unity of bliss and emptiness. In particular, rest in the awareness of mind essence. Abide in the inconceivable, inexpressible, clear-empty state. Whatever thoughts arise, like rain falling on a lake, They are self-liberated. To maintain this is a Great Perfection pith instruction. Were you to ask a hundred gurus, there would be no more than this. Were you to read a thousand volumes of scripture, it would all come down to this. So now don’t be too distracted, but apply yourself to meditation. Since study, reflection, and meditation are the highway of the path, You must exert yourself in them, and not get distracted! Getting lost in distraction, accumulating wealth, just chatting idly -- Can you really bear to loaf around in such a meaningless way? Don’t you see the great looming abyss of samsara [the depth of suffering]? Make meaningful this human body of yours, endowed with freedom! Please, I request you, create the auspicious conditions for reaching awakening in this life.”
