The great master Padmasambhava said to his disciple Padmakara, “devoted one with a faithful and virtuous mind listen to me. Although there are many profound key points of body, rest free and relaxed as you feel comfortable. Everything is included in simply that. Although there are many key points of speech such as birth control and mantra practice, stop speaking and rest like a mute. Everything is included in simply that. Although there are many key points of mind such as concentration, relaxation, projecting, dissolving, and focusing inward. Everything is included in simply letting it rest in its natural state, free and easy. Without fabrication. The mind doesn’t remain quietly in that state. If one wonders “is it nothing?“ like haze in the heat of the midday sun, it’s still shimmers and flashes fourth. But if one wonders “is it something?“, It has no color or shape to identify it. But is utterly empty and completely awake: that is the nature of your mind. Having recognized it as such, to become certain about it, that is the view. To remain undistracted in the state of stillness, without fabrication or fixation, that is the meditation. In that state, to be free from clinging or attachment, excepting or rejecting, hope or fear, toward any of the experiences of the six senses: that is the action. Whatever doubt or hesitation occurs, supplicate your master. Don’t remain in places of ordinary people, practice in seclusion. Give up your clinging to whatever you are most attached to, as well as whomever you have the strongest bond with in this life, and practice. Like that although your body remains in human form your mind is equal to the Buddhas. At the time of dying you should practice as follows: by earth dissolving in water the body becomes heavy and cannot support itself. By water dissolving in fire the mouth and nose dry up. By fire dissolving in wind body heat disappears. By wind dissolving in consciousness one cannot but exhale with a rattle and inhale with a gasp. At that time, the feelings of being pressed down by a huge mountain, being trapped within darkness, or being dropped within the expense of space occur. All these experiences are accompanied by thunderous and ringing sounds. The whole sky will be vividly bright like an unfurled brocade. Moreover the natural forms of your mind; the peaceful, the wrathful, and semi wrathful deities, and the ones with various heads fill the sky within a dome of rainbow lights. Brandishing weapons they will utter beat beat, kill kill, hung hung! Phat Phat! and other fierce sounds. In addition there will be light like 100,000 suns shining at once. At this time you’re innate deity will remind you of awareness saying, “don’t be distracted. Don’t be distracted.“ You’re innate demon will disturb all your experiences, make them collapse, and utter sharp and furious sounds, and confuse you. At this point, notice: the feeling of being pressed down is not that of being pressed by a mountain. It is your own elements dissolving. Don’t be afraid of that. The feeling of being trapped within darkness is not a darkness. It is your five cents faculty is dissolving. The feeling of being dropped into the expanse of space is not being dropped, it is your mind without support, because your body and mind have separated and your breathing has stopped. All experiences of rainbow lights are the natural manifestations of your mind. All the peaceful and wrathful forms are the natural forms of your mind. All sounds are your own sounds. All lights are your own lights. Have no doubt about that. If you do feel doubt you will be thrown into Sansara. Having resolved this to be self display, if you rest wide awake in luminous emptiness then simply in that you will attain the three Kayas, and become enlightened. Even if you are cast into send Sara, you won’t go there. The innate deity is your present taking hold of your mind with undistracted mindfulness. From this moment it is very important to be without any hope and fear, clinging and fix station towards the objects of your six cents faculties. As well as toward fascination, happiness, and sorrow. From now on if you attain stability, you will be able to assume your natural state in the Bardo, and become enlightened. Therefore the most vital point is to sustain your practice undistractedly from this very moment. The innate demon is your present tendency towards ignorance, your doubt, and hesitation. At that time whatever fearful phenomena appear such as sounds, colors, and lights: don’t be fascinated. Don’t doubt. And don’t be afraid. If you fall into doubt even for a moment, you will wander in Sansara. So gain complete stability. At this point the womb entrances appear as celestial palaces. Don’t be attracted to them. Be certain of that. Be free from hope and fear. I swear there is no doubt that you will then become enlightened without taking further rebirths. At that time it is not that one is helped by a Buddha. Your own awareness is primordially enlightened. It is not that one is harmed by the hells. Fixation being naturally purified, fear of samsara and hope for Nirvana are cut from the root. Becoming enlightened can be compared to water cleared of sediments. Gold cleansed of impurities. Or the sky cleared of clouds. Having attained space like dharmakaya for the benefit of oneself, you will accomplish the benefit of sentient beings as far as space pervades. Having attained Sambovakaya and NirmManukaya for the welfare of others, you will benefit sentient beings as far as your mind pervades phenomena. If this instruction is given three times to even a great sinner, such as one who has killed his own father and mother, he will not fall into Sansara even if thrown there. There is no doubt about becoming enlightened. Even if you have many other profound teachings, without an instruction like this you remain far away. Since you don’t know where you may wander next, practice this with perseverance. This completes the sacred refined essence instruction. The reply to questions on self liberation at the moment of death and in the Bardo. Samaya seal seal seal. ********************************