Fortunate children,
If you seek to attain enlightenment,
Then I,
The wandering vagabond,
The old dog Patral,
Shall explain my unerring heart advice in just a few words.
Put this into practice,
My determined children,
I beg you.
What we call emptiness dharmakaya is the heart practice of all the gurus and accomplished siddhas.
It is the wisdom mind of all the Buddhas of the past,
Present and future,
Introducing the indivisibility of the dharmakaya and one's own mind.
It is knowing the one thing that liberates all.
It is the universal,
King-like solution.
It is the great seal of reality,
Mahamudra,
Allowing your own mind,
Empty and uncontrived,
To settle into whatever is naturally occurring.
Practitioners who wish to realize the genuine view without mistake should allow the mind to rest with vivid clarity in an unaltered,
Empty state of mind.
The mind is agitated,
Thinking of everything under the sun,
Your body,
Speech and mind,
To settle in total relaxation.
Then remain in this state,
Keeping a close watch over the restless,
Thinking mind,
Without slipping into distraction.
No matter what the mind might be thinking,
It is enough simply to relax directly,
Without trying to alter or adjust anything,
And then to sustain that experience without becoming distracted.
Don't try to adjust,
Or improve,
Or to block,
Or to cultivate anything.
Allow whatever occurs to unfold,
And settle into it directly.
When the mind is sinking,
Dull or drowsy,
Then without becoming attached to any experiences,
Risks or clarity,
Settle naturally,
Without trying to correct or adjust anything,
And simply rest.
If you feel doubt,
Then settle directly into the nature of the one who doubts.
You must settle into the very one who is thinking.
When the mind feels happy or sad,
Settle without distraction,
Into the very one who feels happiness or sadness,
And rest.
No matter what kind of thoughts arise,
Be they good or bad,
Positive or negative,
Happy or sad,
Don't indulge them,
Or reject them,
But settle,
Without altering,
In the very mind that thinks.
Don't draw the mind inwards,
And don't search for any external focus for meditation.
Simply settle,
Without altering,
In the very mind that seeks,
Or thinks,
That meditates.
Don't chase outwardly after perceptions,
And don't draw things inwards.
Simply settle in the inseparability of perceptions.
In short,
Do not alter the mind,
But settle directly within whatever occurs.
When the mind is still,
Then settle into that stillness,
Without trying to alter it in any way.
Allow your mind to settle in stillness,
Whenever it is still,
And in movement,
Whenever it stirs.
Simply allow the mind to rest directly,
In thought,
Whenever there is thinking,
And in non-thought,
Whenever there is no thinking,
And the mind has only subtle,
Barely perceptible thoughts.
Focus your awareness completely,
And settle in vivid clarity.
Rest in that vibrant lucidity.
Simply settle in an experience of emptiness,
With vivid clarity.
Have I understood or not?
Is there something to observe or not?
Is this it or not?
You won't find the mind by searching for it.
Mind has always been empty,
Right from the very beginning.
So simply settle into its empty condition.
There is no need to search.
It is the very one who searches.
Simply settle,
Without distraction,
Directly into the searcher,
Without altering or manipulating the mind in any way.
Let it rest by itself,
And settle in the experience,
Whatever arises.
