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Dharma Page Kunzang [Shenpen] asked again, "What should one do when, while remaining in
evenness, one does sink into that oblivious, ordinary state (leading to an
animal rebirth but often mistaken for Mahamudra)?" I (Lama Shabkar)
replied:
When clouds form, they obscure the stainless sky.
If they are
blown away by the wind
And scattered in the ten directions,
The natural
blue color of the sky reappears.
In the same way, when a state of vague
oblivion
Obscures one's meditation,
One should straighten one's
back,
Raise one's gaze,
Widen one's perspective, heighten
awareness.
Let it extend into infinity,
Then let it be.
Thus one
separates the pure essence from the dross;
This mental haze will clear away
like clouds that just vanish,
Leaving the royal samadhi,
Vividly
transparent, like the immaculate sky.
This is the supreme method
For
dispelling difficulties and enhancing practice.
Rigdzin Shri Singha said:The mind of sentient beings remains fragmented,
While the mind of the Buddhas is all-encompassing;
To let the mind become vast and open like the sky
Is the key instruction for enhancing practice.
From time to time, examine the mind with analytic insight;
Ascertain that
mind is not something graspable--
That it has neither center nor
boundary--
And let this discovery expand.
Sometimes, merge
mind
With a clear, cloudless sky;
Make it vast and lofty;
Leave it wide
open
As an immense, all-encompassing expanse.
Doing this, you will
avoid the flaws
Of slackness, obliviousness, and somnolence;
Your
experience of the view will be enhanced.
Then, when mind contracts
again,
Like an old scroll rolling itself up,
Examine mind thoroughly, time
and again:
This is a profound instruction.
Wondrous--remaining in
lucid serenity,
The state of sky-like evenness!
Joyous--when day or
night, indoors and outdoors,
Eyes open or closed, makes no difference to your
awareness.
Wondrous--when the world of form appears
Like a rainbow in
the unchanging sky of dharmakaya!
Joyous--to dredge the depths of
samsara,
Bringing all beings to enlightenment!
All you whose wisdom is
vast as the sky,
Brilliant as the unobscured sun,
Limpid as crystal, firm
as an unshakable mountain--
To you I pay homage, go for refuge;
Grant me
the waves of your grace.
After I had said this, his understanding of the
view progressed greatly and his realization became as vast as space.
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