C. The brief teaching of the way of the ground, path, and fruition of sutra and tantra

Having seen the way of this, as for these traditions:

Having gathered together the means of accomplishing this,
This deep and excellent sense of the cause and fruition vehicles
Was composed at Ogyen Dzong,^[1] high on Mount Gangri Thökar,
With the rising of Drime Özer^[2], spotless rays of light.

In this treatise, the true meaning of the ground, path, and fruition of the vehicles of cause and fruition; and the meaning of the ground, path, and fruition of the fruition vehicles of secret mantra; and whatever words arise from the elders of the traditions of sutra, tantra, scripture, realization, and oral instructions, with their profound true meanings, all are gathered into one as the suchness of the holy guru.

At the practice place of Ogyen Dzong on the throat of Gangri Thökar, this was accurately presented. That mountain's temple of auspicious rocks is a source of the increase of virtue. With the rise of the mountain adorned by former snows and covered by a white robe of moonlight, by the power of the season, these days, the peak is much more beautiful than a mere range of rock. On the mountainsides are fields of medicinal herbs, and clean waters flow there. The flowers and fragrant herbs growing in the wide southern direction, set off by green juniper forests, shine like the throat of a peacock.

The practice-supporting forest citadel where these are seen by Padma's self-arising blessing is called Ogyen Dzong.

This treatise, teaching the single essential meaning is a precious treasury worthy of being received on the head. The Uttaratantra says:

Thus, depending on trustworthy scripture and reasoning,
In order that I might purify myself alone,
And in order to take care of those possessing minds
Of abundant devotion and goodness, this was explained by me.

As those possessing eyes are able to see with the help
Of lightning, lamps, a jewel, or the sun and moon,
Depending on the Sage, who produces the confident light
That is the great topic of Dharma, this was fully explained.

Whatever is meaningful, closely connected to the Dharma,
Teaching removing all the kleshas from the three realms,
And also is something teaching the benefits of peace;
That is the speech of the Sages. The reverse is otherwise.

Whatever in terms of the Conquerors’ teachings alone
Is expounded with a perfectly undistracted mind,
And also corresponds with the path of liberation,
That, like the words of the sages, receive upon the head.^[3]

That is well said.