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Great exaltation is not mortal —

Great exaltation is always immortal.

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With the depth of space is this perfect wisdom deep.  

Being isolated it is hard to see, 

Being empty it is hard to understand.

Those who hear this perfection of wisdom, take it up, study it, spread it and write it — they must be endowed with more than a puny wholesome root.  

Their diligence will be continually supported and sustained by the Tathāgata. 

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It is wonderful to see the extent to which the Tathāgata has well supported the Bodhisattvas, having encompassed and favoured them. 

It is because these Bodhisattvas have practised for the happiness and positive welfare of the many, out of empathy for the world.  Out of deep care and empathy for sentient beings, and for the benefit of a great mass of people, they work to win supreme enlightenment, and thereafter to demonstrate the supreme Dharma.

A Bodhisattva courses in perfect wisdom. He knows form and the remaining skandhas are unthinkable.  When he does not perceive form and the rest, then he courses in perfect wisdom. 

The Bodhisattva does not construct self confidence, nor the state of self knowledge, nor the Buddhadharmas as these powers are unthinkable; this is how the Bodhisattva practises the perfection of wisdom.   

The perfection of wisdom is a vast treasure, and it is as pure as space.  Many obstacles will arise in this practice of the perfection of wisdom.  It is a fact that in respect of very precious things many difficulties will arise, but the Bodhisattva devotes his undivided attention to this practice. 

The Buddhas lend their support for the avoidance of obstacles as they maintain themselves in immeasurable and incalculable world-systems.  Hence the Bodhisattvas train in Thusness. They train in the deep perfection of wisdom, and progress while remaining poised in their decision to win full enlightenment. 

The continual study of the perfection of wisdom, and the mental excitation about it, will greatly benefit them; it is a great advantage, bringing fruit and rewards as they aim at ultimate reality. This wisdom of perfection will be penetrated by all beings into what dharmas truly are.  

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When they have seen a world which is a wilderness, full of famine and disease,

They have no fear, and go on putting on the armour,

For the wise are always joined to the limit, which is further on.

They do not produce the least fatigue in their mind. 

Supported by space is air and, by that, a mass of water;

By that again is supported this great earth and the living world.  
It is the foundation of the enjoyment of the deeds of beings and thus it is established in space. 
How can one think of that object?

Just so the Bodhisattva, who is established in emptiness, 

Manifests manifold and various works for beings in the world,  
And his vows and cognitions are a force which sustains beings.
But he does not experience the Blessed Rest; for emptiness is not a place to stand on. 

— The Prajñāpāramitā

Śākyamuni pronounced this mystic verse, having six mantrarāja and possessing unarisen characteristics, being non-dual in arising and joined with the vocal lord.

A  Ä  I  Ī U Ū E AI O AU AṀ AḤ 

I am Buddha, the embodied knowledge of the buddhas occurring in the three times. 

“OṀ homage to you, 

Embodied Knowledge of Insight, Cutter of Suffering, Sharp as a Vajra. Homage to you, Lord of Speech, Gnostic Body, Arapacana!

Reverence to you, the Buddha, whose womb is emptiness.

Homage to you, the enlightenment of the Buddha.

His great avarice is an exalted festival, subduing all avarice; his great desire is the great delight, grand happiness and great pleasure.

Reverence to you, the desire of the Buddha.
Homage to you, the passion of the Buddha.
Reverence to you, the joy of the Buddha.
Homage to you, the delight of the Buddha.

Of great form and great body, with great colour and grand physique, with exalted name he is very noble, having a grand and expansive mandala.

Reverence to you, the Buddha’s smile.
Homage to you, the Buddha’s laugh.
Reverence to you, the Buddha’s speech.
Homage to you, the Buddha’s internal reality.

Bearing the great sword of insight, with an iron hook for defilements, he is foremost, greatly famous, very renowned, with great light and exalted splendour.

Reverence to you, arisen from nonexistence.
Homage to you, the arising of buddhas.
Reverence to you, arisen from the sky.
Homage to you, the arising of gnosis.

Bearing the grand illusion, he is wise, Accomplishing the object of beings in the grand illusion. Delighted with the pleasure of the grand illusion, he is a conjuror of grand illusions.

Reverence to you, Illusion’s Net.
Homage to you, the Buddha’s dancer.
Reverence to you, the all for all.
Homage to you, the majestic body.

The man of little learning is as if born blind.  

How can he meditate? 

On what can he reflect? 

Study then with diligence, reflect and meditate.

—Through this, vast wisdom will arise. 

Aśvaghoṣa

Pure are your eyes, broad and beautiful, like the petals of a blue lotus.

Pure is your thought, having discovered the supreme transcendence of all rapture.

Immeasurable is the ocean of your virtues, the accumulation of your good deeds. 

You affirm the path of peace. 

Those who are well disciplined by your precious Dharma are free of vain imaginings and always deeply peaceful. 

Oh, Great Ascetic, obeisance to you!  

We bow to you, who stand nowhere, like infinite space.

In the precious palace of the heart,

The pure aspect of the essence of original purity,  
Lies the radiance of the body of emptiness and clear light.
The perfection of the original wisdom body, 
The self-light sphere is there,  
And the colours of compassion are clear and manifest.  

As it is taught in the root tantra of the Great Perfection: 

“Self arising wisdom does not rely upon causes and conditions. Unobstructed wisdom is pure clarity.” 

Endowed with a good heart, 

May all beings cultivate love and compassion for one another.

Without hatred and without fighting or quarrelling,

May they enjoy the glorious resources of great happiness

And swiftly attain the level of supreme understanding. 

Galactic Centre - Constellation of Sagittarius inside the Milky Way

Make offerings to the great assembly for the restoration of vows; body, speech and mind. 

Conceptions of the sky are unborn,

So conception is just like stainless sky.

Whoever is without attachment just dedicates in the sky,

By attaining the state of dharmakāya, great benefit will occur, like sky. 

— Vajrasattva

Tagyegyang —Northern Treasures Temple in Yolmo, Nepal

Even though your nature is naturally free from attachment and aversion, you manifest desirable qualities for those who have desire, and wrath for those who are wrathful.

Always guiding beings by skilful methods,

Oh, Buddha, I bow to you. 

As the Chinese proverb says:  

If we don’t change direction, we are likely to arrive at the place towards which we are going.