“May I always be an object of enjoyment
For all sentient beings according to their wish
And without interference as are the earth,
Water, fire, wind, herbs and forests.
May I be as dear to sentient beings as their own life
And may they be even more dear to me,
May their negativities ripen for me
And may all my virtues ripen for them”
- Acarya Nagarjuna in Ratnavali (Precious garland)
(The renowned scholar who wote the profound treatise of Mulamadhyamakakarika
to establish the Buddha’s Prajna Paramita teaching through the medium of logic)
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“Of all that we perceive as forms and sounds, there is noting that does not arise from the mind. To realize that the mind is awareness indivisible from emptiness is the view. Keeping this realization in mind at all times and never being distracted from it, is meditation. To practise the two accumulations as a magical illusion from within that state is action. ”
-Atisa Dipankara Srijnana to his disciple Drom Toenpa
(Jowo Atisa from Bengal travelled to Tibet in 12th century and
re-established the pure precepts of Mahayana)
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“Without compassion, the view of emptiness
Will never lead you to the sublime path
Yet meditating solely on compassion,
You remain within Samsara,
So how could you be free?
But he who comes to possess both of these
Will dwell neither in Samsara nor in Nirvana”
-Mahasiddha Saraha
(Mahasiddha who initiated the Mahamudra lineage.
He is also renowned as the first poet of Hindi for his Dohakosa – 8th century)
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“The genuine path has interdependence and cause and effect.
This is spontaneous union of prajna and upaya.
Using the means of apparent but essenceless cause and effect,
There is the apparent but essenceless path of meditation.
And thus the apparent but essenceless fruit can be attained.
Apparent but essenceless benefit for sentient beings
Is produced in a way that is apparent but essenceless.
This is pure cause and effect, profound in its interdependence.
Therefore, the essence of sutras and tantras of the true meaning
Is that by having united the two accumulations,
Perfect Buddhahood will quickly be established.”
-- Kunkhyen Longchen Rabjam in the Great Chariot
(The great scholar-yogi of Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism)
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“Like a blind man
Finding a gem in a pile of trash,
Through coincidence of conditions
The compassionate motive of enlightenment has arisen in me.
It is the supreme elixir
That overcomes the death of wandering beings.
It is the inexhaustible treasure
That pacifies the poverty of Samsara.
It is the supreme medicine
That quells the world’s disease.
It is the tree in the pathways of conditioned existence
That gives shelter to beings in their relentless cycling.
It is the bridge across deep trenches for all beings
That leads to freedom from the worst realms
It is the mind like the dawning moon
That cools the afflictions of Samsaric wandering.
It is the magnificent sun
That evaporates the darkness of ignorance.
It is the quintessential butter
That rises from the churning of the milk of Dharma”
-Santideva in Bodhicarya-avatara |
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