འཕགས་པ་ཀླའ་རྒྱལ་པ་མ་དྲས་པས་ཞས་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 52

52

“Phenomena have not originated in the past,
They will never pass away in the future,
And they do not abide between the two.
Those who know in that way are the heedful.

“The body, like a reflection, has no essence.
The speech, like an echo, is empty.
The mind, like an illusion, is like the wind.
Those who understand in this way are the heedful.

“Those who know the definitive meaning—
The way of the definitive discourses and dependent origination,
From the cessation of ignorance to the cessation of birth and death—
They are the heedful.

“It has been taught, that the gateways to liberation, the three times,
The three trainings, the absence of reference points,
The absence of a self, a being, a life force, and an individual,
And right and wrong, are all like a raft.

“Without conceptualizing in any way the unborn,
Or attainment, the immutable, origination,
The transcendent strengths, or the cultivation of insight,
Those who understand in this way are the heedful.

“Whether a buddha has appeared or has passed into nirvāṇa,
The realm of phenomena always remains.
The wise constantly perceive the true meaning.
Those who know the true nature are the heedful.

“The entire extent of the past is the limit of reality,
The extent of which is the entire range of phenomena,
And the extent of space is ever the extent of beings.³²
Those who know the true nature are the heedful.

“Though they know there is no ripening of karma in the true nature,
They do not discard virtue and nonvirtue—
For unless one abides in the perfections,
One will not see with wisdom the vehicles of the Buddha.

“Staying in isolation is the vehicle of pride,³³
Hearers follow the words of liberation,
Through generosity one attains wealth,
Through discipline one attains higher rebirths.

“By learning that, one attains insight that is familiar with thusness.
All compounded phenomena arise from improper mental engagement,