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In the nature of the mind devoid of concepts,while meditating, remain in the equality of non-meditation;even if you still meditate, remain naturally, without conflict.

Distracted, remain stable in non-distraction;even if you are still distracted, remain freely, without conflict.

While looking , remain suspended without looking;,even if you still look , remain fixed, and without conflict.

While projecting[the deity] , remain alert without exteriorizing;even if you still project, remain anchored without conflict.While concentrating, remain clear without concentration;even if you are still concentrated, remain collected without conflict.

In effort, remain open without forcing;even if you are still in effort, remain sober without conflict.

While correcting[the mind-stream] , remain lucid without correcting;even if you still correct, remain pure and without conflict.

While accompishing the practice, remain without the effort of accomplishing;even if you still accomplish, remain spontaneous and without conflict. While suppressing (thoughts), remain spontaneous without denying them;even if you still deny them, remain in the unborn without conflict. While being limited[by trials] , remain alert and without fearfulness;even if you are still limited, remain luminous and without conflict.

While applying yourself, remain relaxed without effort;even if you are still in effort, remain in the energy which springs forth, without

While establishing yourself [in meditation] , remain free of any basis and withoutsettling yourself; even if you are still established, remain vast and without conf

-Padmasambhava

A lain L arochelle (2007)

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Aum Ah Hum

A nirdesha-doha ...ByPadmasambhava ,quoted byLongchenpa ,translated from Tibetan to French byPhilippe 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 inLongchenpa'sRang gRol sKor gSum , the trilogy of natural freedom. Recently i found out ithad 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 renditionof those instructions i have been contemplating for so long. My licences are bracketed, excethat i've simplified an issue: a verse like even if you still[]meditate should have read: because even while[] meditating . In my present understanding thatbecause explainsnothing... I have had a few glimpses of insight for a more precise meaning, or guessed-oustructure of the original, but have not come to any better conclusion yet.

L ongchenpa, La libert naturelle de l'esprit.Prsentation et prface de Philippe Cornu, prface de Sogyal Rinpoch.

ditions du Seuil, coll. Points. Sagesses n 66, Paris, 1994.395 p. / p.247 ISBN 2-02-020704-4

A lain L arochelle (2007)