The Great Chariot

by Longchenpa | 268,580 words

A Commentary on Great Perfection: The Nature of Mind, Easer of Weariness In Sanskrit the title is ‘Mahāsandhi-cittā-visranta-vṛtti-mahāratha-nāma’. In Tibetan ‘rDzogs pa chen po sems nyid ngal gso’i shing rta chen po shes bya ba ’...

Now there is the dedication of the merit of having taught the freedoms and favors to sentient beings:

The futile agitation of beings is pacified,
By the amrita of hearing this good and auspicious news.
Going into sweet solitude, in pleasant forest retreats,
May mind, that is worn out in this thicket of the kleshas,
Be freed this very day from all its weariness.

By looking at this explanation of the holy amrita of peace, adorned with a continuous stream of the flowers of truth, may all beings, who have wasted the freedoms and favors because of the distractions of this life turn back. May they all be secluded and joyful in peacful hermitages, and in one lifetime may all their minds, long wearied by samsara, be released from that weariness.

This is the instruction on the particular topic of easing weariness. May the meaning of this whole chapter showing samsara and its sadness be instantly taken to heart. There is also a dedication written after completing the chapter. The further chapters should be known also to be like that:

In peaceful forests, caves, and joyful valleys of herbs,
Dancing with moving flowers, to the rush of waterfalls,
May this mind, which has been so long in complete exhaustion,
Producing the genuine benefits of the freedoms and favors,
Come to rest in unmoving equality/equanimity.

May no beings be seen who are not tamed by that.
With pacified kleshas and the seven noble riches,[1]
After leaving behind this body and this life,
May we reach the primordial level--the King of Mind.

Footnotes and references:

[1]:

The seven aryan riches, 'phags pa nor bdun, faith, discipline, generosity, learning, decency, modesty, and prajña (knowledge).

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