A ho!

Homage to the lama, Samantabhadra, the very nature of self-knowing awareness.

Saṃsāra and nirvāṇa, empty in themselves—whatever arises is sameness itself.

Ati, the Great Perfection, lies beyond the reach of conceptual mind.

Rest in effortless self-liberation, O Dzogchenpa!

Mind itself, groundless, empty yet luminous, is the expanse of dharmatā.

Whatever dualistic thoughts may arise—past, present, or future—

Never straying from the expanse of dharmatā, they are liberated in their own place.

Rely on authentic mindfulness, O Dzogchenpa!

Mindfulness, its object, and the one who is mindful are free from concrete grasping.

Mind and its objects are purified into the expanse of dharmatā.

The five poisons, freed from the root, are an unbroken stream of primordial wisdom.

Liberation upon arising, without bias or partiality—is this not so, O Dzogchenpa?

Appearances have no objective reality; one's own mind is without intrinsic nature.

Saṃsāra and nirvāṇa are non-dual, beyond the sphere of subject and object.

Everything is ineffable—empty and luminous, beyond the ordinary mind.

Awareness and the expanse, without meeting or parting—is this not so, O Dzogchenpa?

Within the primordial expanse, gain stability in rigpa.

For the Sky Yogin, unceasingly,

All days are exhausted into the expanse free from grasping.

Abide in the natural state, O Dzogchenpa!

COLPHON

Thus this was sung as a song of personal experience by the Great Perfection Sky Yogin, the Venerable Śākya Śrī.

NOTES

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