1. View: By omnipervasiveness, let unconditional self-awareness go into the self-liberated vision not grasped by mind; this way is good
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...I would also observe that this is an advice of "dzogchen" or "natural mind", which is not exclusively buddhist (just saying for those who may not have studied buddhism): Tenzin Wangyal is also bonpo (and leans much more heavily that way: I've met him), which is the more shamanic tradition of Tibet...the underlying view is the same, and yet this addresses *specifically beings who are operating from the dzogchen viewpoint*, and is thus not to be taken as some mistaken advice to confuse "Behavior: Without dualistic choosing, let experiential vision directly perform flexible actions which are without attachment; this way is good" with some form of doing-what-thou-wilt, which is a very very common misunderstanding and mistake: it really means that the non-dual view *including not distinguishing action from a doer or object, which in buddhism would be tempered by the highest good of all*, is used...not that things are nihilist or that consequences don't matter... can be quite tricky...
Thanks for clarifying... after re-reading it, I realize it is a bit out of context... in the book, these instructions are given to Tapihritsa's two senior students. Tapihritsa has reincarnated as a child, and after a few dialectic hijinks where the two students blow him off because he's a kid they finally recognize and then he gives these instructions.
...I think a lot of these things benefit greatly from context, and extensive background on the part of the reader...some, though, just say what they mean in ways that people *get*, and you never know who will benefit from what phrasing or what insight will arise...thanks for posting, though...I'm glad to see people submitting something other than a link to go somewhere else, which was the story with the last four-five submissions, which have not been accepted...
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can be quite tricky...
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