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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Chapter 2: What is Natural Meditative Stability according to Longchenpa?
Natural Meditative Stability by Longchen Robjump The naturally occurring state of resting imperturbably has never been contrived. It is not altered by sensory appearances or fabricated by ordinary consciousness. If one abides in space, the true nature of phenomena. It reveals itself to be enlightened intent. Inwardly, there is no straying from the essence of awareness
elicited in all its nakedness as the unobstructed unity of lucidity and emptiness. There is no fascination with sense objects that manifest outwardly, no proliferation of thoughts in the ordinary mind inwardly. and no non-dual process of meditation restricting awareness in between these two options. Rather, awareness abides freely and unobstructedly, settled in its own place,
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Chapter 3: How do the four methods of resting relate to awareness?
Through the four methods of resting and the three aspects of meditative absorption, you narrow it down to awareness The four methods of resting are resting imperturbably like an ocean, resting imperturbably in awareness, resting in the immediate perception of sensory appearances, and resting imperturbably like a mountain.
First, it can be shown that you begin by resting imperturbably like an ocean. Without the arising and subsiding of thoughts, There is a naturally limpid, pristine state, like the unwavering evenness of a limpid ocean. Free of the occurrence of or involvement in thoughts, free of hope or fear, you abide within the state of naturally occurring timeless awareness
the true nature of which is profoundly lucid.
Chapter 4: What is the significance of resting imperturbably like an ocean?
Even as reflections of planets and stars appear in an ocean undisturbed by wind, they are not other than the water, yet are not affected by it. Similarly, even as perceptions of sense objects arise continuously within awareness, which, being unobstructed, is immaculate, they are not tainted by reification, And so you rest without straying from that limpid, pristine state of awareness.
The Tantra without letters states,
Chapter 5: How can one rest imperturbably in awareness?
The pure enlightened intent of resting imperturbably like an ocean is not the ordinary perception of sensory appearances, nor does it cause them to manifest. It is not empty or something that exists as emptiness. It is not mere clarity, but is the realm of supreme lucidity. It is not mental laxity, an agitation is automatically absent.
It has never wavered, does not waver, and will never waver. It has never varied, does not vary, and is beyond all variation. Behold the supreme method of resting which is not brought about deliberately. Do not try to complicate or simplify it. This unique state of resting imperturbably is not one of maintaining stillness
yet there is no going beyond it. Rest in the timeless, spontaneous vastness of immutable basic space. In secret, timeless awareness, which is like an ocean. In this great ocean whose depths are hard to fathom, behold the pinnacle of the victory banner that never falls.
In the ineffability of mind, which is empty, lies a supremely uncontrived kaya. Not produced, it is victorious over all attempts to produce it. The uncontrived state of resting imperturbably has never come into being. It is not altered by sensory appearances or fabricated by ordinary consciousness.
Chapter 6: What does resting in the immediate perception of sensory appearances entail?
If one abides in space, the true nature of phenomena, it reveals itself to be enlightened intent.
Abba, abba, abba.
Timeless awareness, dharmakaya, is the total renunciation of ordinary thinking. So if nothing causes one's mind to stir, there is the enlightened intent of meditation. if one does not indulge in extremes with sense objects as a frame of reference. Then, like planets and stars being reflected as though in the ocean's depths, lucidity is continuous without being reified.
Such is the way in which enlightened intent is present.
Abba, Abba, Abba, Abba. Abundance Abundance Abundance Amin. Amin. Amin.
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Chapter 7: How does one achieve the state of resting imperturbably like a mountain?
At this point, it is very important to recognize bare consciousness in all its nakedness. But it is not enough simply to understand this. You must maintain an ongoing state of authentic being. To that end, it is very important not to stray from that state, and so numerous methods of resting are spoken of as skillful means.
Initially, you must establish your natural place of rest to be the enlightened intent of resting imperturbably like an ocean. So it is crucial to become proficient in doing so. This involves a developmental process of cutting through potential errors. As the reverberation of sound states. In meditation that consists of abiding without going astray. The avenues of the senses are lucid.
though concepts do not stir in the mind. Mind that investigates consciousness itself is truly ineffable and is not lost to externals. It is neither clarity that fragments one's experience, nor preoccupation with emptiness, nor the sustaining of bliss, nor impartiality that becomes apathy.
Contrived relaxation in the clarity of mindful awareness, a path that leads to incorrect training, fixation on the arousal of inner bliss, reification of clearly evident attributes, manipulation of visualized colors and syllables, If one does not succumb to such limitations, meditation consists of abiding without going astray.
As for resting imperturbably in awareness, without the compulsions of ordinary mind, there is an unfeigned state, a natural settling, uncontrived and unadulterated, though it cannot be characterized with words.
This absorption in the expanse of being, the true nature of which cannot be characterized, involves neither meditation nor something to meditate on. And so laxity and agitation dissipate naturally, and enlightened intent occurs naturally. The utterly profound key point here is to rest right in actual awareness, naked and unobstructed.
While abiding within the limpid ocean of awareness, you identify its wakeful, pristine quality in all its nakedness, and ensure that you do not stray from it. And so it arises as the true nature of phenomena, without any discontinuity or division into outer and inner. The Tantra without letters states, The pith instruction for resting imperturbably in awareness
This is the point at which one touches on the secret. The enlightened intent of the single decisive point concerning sensory appearances is to seek a means of resting in awareness itself. This is the supreme secret of secrets. On the strength of one's perceptions of sensory appearances one is liberated to the far shore. One is not bound by attachment
For these are awareness's own manifestations. The unique sphere of being is without elaboration. It transcends verbal expression and analysis by ordinary consciousness.
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Chapter 8: What are the practical applications of these methods for meditators?
As for resting in the immediate perception of sensory appearances, all consuming thought patterns cannot be abandoned by being renounced, for they are the dynamic energy of awareness. Their true nature is such that there are no distinctions
nothing to differentiate or exclude. So that nature is not ensured by achievement, but arises as basic space. Without rejecting samsara, you perceive it to be naturally occurring timeless awareness, through the pure yoga of the dynamic energy of the vast expanse of being.
As apparent sense objects arise continuously within the limpidity of awareness, which is like a mirror, the dynamic energy of responsiveness is continuous within that awareness. And so you are vividly aware of these sense objects and feel as though you are encountering them.
Although in essence sense objects do not entail concepts, their specific manifestation makes it seem as though they do. But even as they arise, you do not try to block them, deliberately focus on them, or leave them alone as a compromise. Rather,
As you allow them to settle in their own place, they do not stray from the context of their true nature. Since limpid awareness is the ground for the arising of all sensory appearances, if the five kinds of sense objects arise,
they are naturally evident as the masculine Buddhas of the five families. If the five elements arise, they are naturally the five feminine aspects. If the five emotional poisons arise, they arise within basic space as supreme timeless awareness.
This being the case, whatever manifests is nothing other than the context of awareness itself. Since awareness itself abides unobstructedly as dharmakaya, if you do not reify it, You understand it to be unsullied. This is termed the enlightened intent of Vajrasattva, Dharmakaya that can be neither illuminated nor obscured.
The Tantra without letters states, The supreme skillful means of awareness, resting in the immediate perception of sensory appearances, is the ground underlying all great visions. The five minor elements are Buddhas manifesting on the path. The five great elements are clearly evident manifestations of the mothers. Rest without distraction in the supreme state that is without reification.
In the supreme secret mantra approach, timeless awareness has five great aspects. Rest in basic space, unaffected by the five great elements. Resting in the immediacy of Vajrasattva's awareness reveals the entire perspective of Dharmakaya. As the pure visions of timeless awareness manifest in all their immediacy, the secret method of resting is to rest in the immediate perception of them.
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