Our coming in this hour then by the God of very gods is to seal the lightbearer one by one individually, to give assistance and to aid. Concerning those predictions of that which may come to pass in Earth in this coast, be it understood that planetary karma shall take its course. The only divine intervention that may be forthcoming is that intervention invoked by those below. Thus, it is an hour to wrap one’s cloak about oneself by the fire infolding itself and to remember when in days of old Abraham did say “We seek no continuing city here.”
Let the lightbearer raise up the light and be raised up! And in that rising light let him see and know as the watchman on the wall of the night of Earth’s dark cycle that where the star of the Divine Mother does appear so there is the gathering of his own Christhood and fellow members of that divine design, even that mandala of the eternal Buddhas and Christed ones.
Get thee hence then, O beloved of the light! For the dispensation is a saving grace unto those who bear the pillar of fire in the earth and move up and down the earth with angels of light for the holding of that balance.
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To be a Buddhist lay person doesn’t just mean to observe the four root precepts, it means to cast unvirtuous misdeeds far away. To be a novice doesn’t merely mean to assume a pure exterior, it means to practice virtue correctly. To be a monk doesn’t only mean to control body, speech and mind in daily activities and to be forbidden to do all kinds of things, it means to bring all roots of virtue to the path of great enlightenment.
To be virtuous doesn’t simply mean to wear yellow robes, it means to fear the ripening of karma. To be a spiritual friend doesn’t just mean to assume a dignified demeanor, it means to be the glorious protector of everyone....
To be a mantrika [a person who gives mantras] doesn’t just mean to mutter incantations, it means to swiftly attain enlightenment through the path of uniting means and knowledge. To be a meditator doesn’t simply mean to live in a cave, it means to train oneself in the true meaning [of the natural state]. To be a hermit doesn’t just mean to live in the deep forest, it means that one’s mind is free from dualistic constructs.
To be learned doesn’t only mean to uphold eight worldly concerns, it means to distinguish between right and wrong. To be a bodhisattva doesn’t mean to retain self-interest within, it means to exert oneself in the means of liberating all sentient beings from samsara.
To have faith doesn’t mean to whimper, it means to enter the right path out of fear of death and rebirth. To be diligent doesn’t mean to engage in various restless activities, it means to exert oneself in the means of leaving samsaric existence behind. To be generous doesn’t merely mean to give with bias and partiality, it means to be profoundly free from attachment to anything whatsoever.
Oral instruction doesn’t mean many written books, it means a few words that strike the vital point of meaning in your mind. View doesn’t simply mean philosophical opinion, it means to be free from limitations of mental constructs. Meditation doesn’t mean to fixate on something with thought, it means your mind is stable in natural cognizance free from fixation.
Spontaneous action doesn’t just mean to act with crazy abandon, it means to be free from fixation on deluded perceptions as being real....Learning doesn’t just mean to receive teachings through one’s ears, it means to cut through misconceptions and have realization beyond conceptual mind. Reflecting doesn’t only mean to pursue conceptual thinking and form assumptions, it means to cut through your deluded clinging....Don’t mistake mere words to be the meaning of the teachings. Mingle practice with your own being and attain liberation from samsara right now….
Now you must seek a good companion for the time of departure. That is most important! Keep that in mind! As for this companion it is essential in this life to keep company with whomever or whatever helps you to attain unexcelled enlightenment. Keep that in mind! When you meet with misfortune understand that this is the teacher who exhorts you to virtue and that this teacher is most kind! Keep that in mind!
Again Master Padma said: Tsogyal, if you have faith in your heart you must make it endure. If you don’t, you must make it arise! To lack faith is like trying to make charcoal white: you are severed from the virtues of the path of liberation....To lack faith is like being in a boat without oars: you cannot cross the sea. To lack faith is cTo be a Buddhist lay person doesn’t just mean to observe the four root precepts, it means to cast unvirtuous misdeeds far away. To be a novice doesn’t merely mean to assume a pure exterior, it means to practice virtue correctly. To be a monk doesn’t only mean to control body, speech and mind in daily activities and to be forbidden to do all kinds of things, it means to bring all roots of virtue to the path of great enlightenment.
To be virtuous doesn’t simply mean to wear yellow robes, it means to fear the ripening of karma. To be a spiritual friend doesn’t just mean to assume a dignified demeanor, it means to be the glorious protector of everyone....To be a mantrika [a person who gives mantras] doesn’t just mean to mutter incantations, it means to swiftly attain enlightenment through the path of uniting means and knowledge. To be a meditator doesn’t simply mean to live in a cave, it means to train oneself in the true meaning [of the natural state]. To be a hermit doesn’t just mean to live in the deep forest, it means that one’s mind is free from dualistic constructs.
To be learned doesn’t only mean to uphold eight worldly concerns, it means to distinguish between right and wrong. To be a bodhisattva doesn’t mean to retain self-interest within, it means to exert oneself in means of liberating all sentient beings from samsara.
To have faith doesn’t mean to whimper, it means to enter the right path out of fear of death and rebirth. To be diligent doesn’t mean to engage in various restless activities, it means to exert oneself in the means of leaving samsaric existence behind. To be generous doesn’t merely mean to give with bias and partiality, it means to be profoundly free from attachment to anything whatsoever.
Oral instruction doesn’t mean many written books, it means a few words that strike the vital point of meaning in your mind. View doesn’t simply mean philosophical opinion, it means to be free from limitations of mental constructs. Meditation doesn’t mean to fixate on something with thought, it means your mind is stable in natural cognizance free from fixation.
Spontaneous action doesn’t just mean to act with crazy abandon, it means to be free from fixation on deluded perceptions as being real....Learning doesn’t just mean to receive teachings through one’s ears, it means to cut through misconceptions and have realization beyond conceptual mind. Reflecting doesn’t only mean to pursue conceptual thinking and form assumptions, it means to cut through your deluded clinging....Don’t mistake mere words to be the meaning of the teachings. Mingle practice with your own being and attain liberation from samsara right now….
Now you must seek a good companion for the time of departure. That is most important! Keep that in mind! As for this companion it is essential in this life to keep company with whomever or whatever helps you to attain unexcelled enlightenment. Keep that in mind! When you meet with misfortune understand that this is the teacher who exhorts you to virtue and that this teacher is most kind! Keep that in mind!
Again Master Padma said: Tsogyal, if you have faith in your heart you must make it endure. If you don’t, you must make it arise! To lack faith is like trying to make charcoal white: you are severed from virtues of the path of liberation....To lack faith is like being in a boat without oars: you cannot cross the sea. To lack faith is like sowing grains in rigid and uncultivated though fertile soil: not a single virtue survives....
To lack faith is like a blind man staring at a shrine: you don’t see the object of knowledge. To lack faith is like an idiot arriving on an island of pure gold: you don’t know what you have found. People without faith cannot possibly attain liberation or enlightenment! Again Master Padma said: Tsogyal, for attaining enlightenment to have faith is to complete half the practice of the dharma….Faith is like a healing physician: it eliminates the chronic disease of the five poisons....Again Master Padma said: Tsogyal, the root of all virtues of buddhahood rests on faith, so let an unchanging faith arise from deep within you!
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