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With the perfect superior intention,
Develop the aspiring awakened mind
And practice the six paramitas in application.
In particular, straighten your body and expel your stale breath.
Focus on the form of Jetsün Tara in the sky before you.
Envision her as inseparable from your guru
And visualize the emanation of light rays.
When your mind is dull, focus it on a sphere in her forehead.
When your mind is even, rest it at her heart center.
When your mind is agitated, settle it in her navel center.
Through unwavering concentration,
One-pointedly focus your mind, eyes, and breath.
Finally, she dissolves into you.
Cut the pursuit of thoughts of the three times.
Rest in the continuity of objectless naturalness.
With body and mind made pliable, shamatha is accomplished.
This is called the paramita of concentration.
Within this state, all that appears
As outer and inner, the world and beings,
Is merely personal perception, like dreaming.
Look at the mind that perceives.
All is elusive and traceless, like a cloud in the sky.
Carefully investigate mind’s nature.
It is not manifold, but utterly empty.
It is not oneness, but vividly awake.
In this state of indivisibility beyond concepts,
Realize the samadhi of united shamatha and vipashyana—
The ultimate mother, Jetsün Tara, Prajñaparamita.
These were the instructions in the main practice of the path.
After understanding that all phenomena are empty,
Train in unborn yet unconfined perception
As the development stage.