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“Three aphorisms that focus on the crucial points”<\/h2>\n

Prahevajra, Garab Dorje<\/span><\/h2>\n

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ngo rang thog tu sprad<\/em><\/p>\n

Meet your essential nature in the moment.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thag gcig thog tu bcad<\/em><\/p>\n

Be definitively certain of this single point.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

gDeng grol thog tu bca\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n

Be directly assured of liberation.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Brief Commentary on \u201cThree aphorisms that focus on the crucial points\u201d <\/strong><\/em>b<\/span>y Dudjom Rinpoche.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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1. ngo rang thog tu sprad<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shes pa so ma \u2018di nyid rig pa rang gnas kyi ye shes su ngo rang thog tu sprad<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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2. Thag gcig thog tu bcad<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018khor \u2018das kyi chos gang snang thams cad rig pa rang gi rtsal kho na las ma \u2018das pas na rig pa gcig tu yo langs bskyang pa \u2018di las gzhan med par thag gcig tu bcad<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. gDeng grol thog tu bca\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

rnam rtog che phra gang shar thams cad rang ngo shes ma thag nas rig stong chos sku\u2019i klong du shar grol du mnyam pa gdeng grol thog tu bca\u2019 ba\u2019o<\/em><\/p>\n

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Meet your essential nature in the moment<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meet in the moment your essential nature as the Primordial Knowledge, this natural and fresh knowledge of the instant, the Primordial Evidence.<\/p>\n

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Be definitively certain of this single point<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since everything that arise<\/span>s as the phenomen<\/span>a of cyclic wandering and its beyond cannot override<\/span> the natural dynamics of the Primordial Evidence<\/span>, there is nothing else but this: to preserve the unique flow of the Primordial Evidence. Be definitely certain of this single point.<\/p>\n

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Be directly assured of liberation<\/strong><\/p>\n

Whatever coarse or subtle thoughts appear, as soon as you recognize them naturally, equal in their emergence and liberation within the space of the Body of Reality – empty Primordial Evidence – be directly assured of liberation.<\/p>\n

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