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The View, Concisely Put
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This mind that knows emptiness
Is itself the awakened mind, bodhicitta. The Buddha potential is just this. The sugata essence is just this. Because of tasting what is, It is also the great bliss. The understanding of secret mantra is just this. Means and knowledge is just this. This self-knowing, while one is still defiled, Does not depend on other things, So self-existing wakefulness is just this. Being aware, it is cognizance. A natural knowing that is free of thought. This self-knowing cannot possibly form thoughts. Without conceptualizing 'a mind,' Since it is not something to be conceived, This original wakefulness, cognizant yet thought-free, Is like the wisdom of the Tathagata. Therefore, it is taught, "Realize that luminous mind Is the mind of original wakefulness, And don't seek an enlightenment separate from that."
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