FINAL HEART ADVICE JUST BEFORE HE DIED
THE ORAL INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN BY THE GREAT VIDYADHARA OF IMMORTALITY WHEN HIS PHYSICAL BODY WAS ABOUT TO DEPART INTO DHARMADHATU
At all times and in all situations, I bow to and take Refuge in the sublime qualified Master endowed with boundless Compassion who is like a wish-fulfilling Jewel !
To attain the state of unexcelled Enlightenment, upon entering the gate of the precious BuddhaDharma, you must give up concerns for this life !
Your parents , family, friends and other people lead your mind towards the fleeting goals of this life’s activities, and offering all kinds of seemingly affectionate advice.
Fooling yourself with all this will only result in various hindrances for Dharma practice.
So it is essential not to listen to their words !
Fooling yourself with all this will only result in various hindrances for Dharma practice.
So it is essential not to listen to their words !
Besides a qualified Master you won’t find anyone who can give genuine spiritual advice. If you want to truly practice Dharma you must quickly make preparations for Death. Besides that, someone who entertains many temporary and ultimate plans will not be able to be a Dharma practitioner.
People nowadays may outwardly pretend to try and please everyone but that only proves they are possessed inwardly by Mara.
Place your trust in Dharma and your Master !
Take mountain retreats and un-peopled valleys as your dwelling place !
Give up clinging to the short lived pleasures of food, clothes and the like !
Cut your ties to close family members !
Cast away all hypocritical flattery and manipulation !
Focus one-pointedly on whatever your Master says !
By doing so your Dharma practice will be pure.
In general, people nowadays fall under Mara’s reign. In particular, fickle and indolent women don’t follow the advice of their teachers and instead take guidance from their family. By doing so they postpone doing what they definitely should be doing now: studying and training in Dharma practice.
They seem to be primarily caught up in pointless worldly activities, kowtowing to family and friends, and the like.
Therefore take hold of the “rope to your nose” and don’t listen to others !
Sincerely take to heart the fact that the time of Death lies uncertain. Then knowing that there is not time to waste, diligently apply yourself to spiritual practice !
Your parent’s kindness can only be repaid through Dharma practice, there is no benefit in repaying them in with mundane attainments. Your teacher’s kindness can only be repaid by practicing meditation, nothing else will do.
You can only benefit sentient beings through the Bodhichitta resolve and by making aspirations; comparatively any other immediate action is of little benefit.
As for your vows and samayas, unless you take your own conscience as witness, you will only become a hypocrite even though you may maintain a superficially virtuous morality and exterior.
Remain in secluded valleys and mountain retreats, because any spiritual practice done among the masses will only get you caught up in one situation after another. If you fail to take control of your own mind, even though you may make many promises and take many vows, they will result in hardly any benefit at all.
Unless you realize the key point of Natural Awareness ~~~ that knowing one thing liberates all ~~~ you won’t find any certainty in pursuing endless seemingly “important” information.
To summarize all vital points: with the thought “I will surely die !” hasten your plans to practice the Dharma !
Since a Master is your only hope, supplicate him/her from your Heart !
Since all pleasure and pain, whatever befalls you, is a repayment from the past, don’t entertain many plans !
Treat good, evil and impartial people as being above you and always take the lowest seat !
Train in impartial pure perception and do not belittle others !
Acknowledge your own faults and don’t meditate on others’ shortcomings !
Since the vital point of all the Teachings lies in your own mind, always scrutinize its nature !
Cast away the fixation of rigidly meditating upon a reference point and instead release your awareness into carefree openness !
Decide that whatever you experience is the playful expression of Awareness; don’t try to improve good or correct evil !
All experience is your own Mind and this Mind, free from arising and ceasing, is the identity of the Trikaya Guru. This Guru is indivisible from your Natural Awareness. Its cognizant Radiance encompasses all that appears and exists.
