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While being limited [by trials], remain alert and without fearfulness;
even if you are still limited, remain luminous and without conflict.
While establishing yourself [in meditation], remain free of any basis and without
settling yourself; even if you are still established, remain vast and without conflict. »
-Padmasambhava
A « nirdesha-doha »...
By Padmasambhava,
quoted by Longchenpa,
translated from Tibetan to French by Philippe Cornu,
then to English by me.
For many years i've had in front of my desk a 'poem' by Padmasambhava that i had found in
Longchenpa's Rang gRol sKor gSum, the trilogy of natural freedom. Recently i found out it
had not all been translated to english, so i thought it would be a nice dharma-task for me to
tackle. Well... usually one should translate to it's own language. Anyhow, here is my rendition
of those instructions i have been contemplating for so long. My licences are bracketed, except
that i've « simplified » an issue: a verse like « even if you still […] meditate » should have read:
« because even while […] meditating ». In my present understanding that because explains
nothing... I have had a few glimpses of insight for a more precise meaning, or guessed-out
structure of the original, but have not come to any better conclusion yet.