FW: Quote of the Week | View, Meditation, Action, Fruition

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Mar 19, 2014, 7:14:29 PM3/19/14

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This quote I find of interest. Perhaps a book we can consider in future?

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Subject: Quote of the Week | View, Meditation, Action, Fruition
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 08:02:37 -0400

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March 17, 2014

VIEW, MEDITATION, ACTION, FRUITION

Please listen without your minds wandering.
Though I am not skilled in composing songs,
This is the way to understand the true oral instructions.
Keep this in mind and ponder it.

The three worlds are primordially pure.
Ultimately, there is nothing more to understand.
Not negation, unceasing continuity,
Unchanging—such is the view.

The innate essence is naturally luminous.
Unconditoned, meditation is unceasing.
Not negation, beyond losing and gaining,
Without desire or attachment—such is the meditation.

Arising from the natural occurrence of various
coincidences,
The play of illusion is unobstructed.
Not negation,
Things are unpredictable, abrupt—such is the action.

Mind shines as bodhicitta.
There is no attainment of the three kayas of buddha.
Not negation, beyond hope and fear,
Without ground or root—such is the fruition.

Of Interest to Readers

This week we honor the parinirvana of Marpa, which was yesterday.

EXCERPTED FROM

The Life of Marpa the Translator translated by Chögyam Trungpa and the Nalanda Translation Committee, pages 60–61

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Teachings excerpted from works published by Shambhala Publications.

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