Meditation on the very subtle mind - Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
Today I will give some essential instructions on the fifth and sixth stages of training in Mahamudra, which ar dentifying our very subtle mind, and realizing our very subtle mind directly. Having accomplished the fourth stage of training in Mahamudra, that is, realizing our own subtle mind directly, we continue to meditate on our own subtle mind during long, deep sleep. And when our inner winds naturally enter, abide, and dissolve into the central channel, with subtle memory, we should recognize the eight signs of this dissolution... from the mirage-like appearance to the clear light. Our mind of sleep that experiences the eighth sign of this dissolution is the clear light of sleep. Having recognized the eight signs of dissolution, our mind that experiences the eighth sign of this dissolution is the clear light of sleep. At the beginning it is initial example clear light. This means that it is not fully qualified clear light... because the dissolution of the inner winds into the central channel is partial. Because it is not fully qualified in the clear light, because the dissolution of the inner winds is partial. However, we continue to meditate on this initial example clear light... continually during long, deep sleep, continually day-by-day and month-by-month, until it transforms into the ultimate example clear light of sleep. By doing this, when our initial example clear light transforms into the ultimate example clear light of sleep, we have attained the ultimate example clear light of sleep. At this time, we have accomplished the fifth stage of training in Mahamudra, that is, identifying our very subtle mind. We should then engage in the next stage, the last stage, the sixth stage of training in Mahamudra, that is, realizing our very subtle mind directly. Again, having accomplished the fifth stage, that is, identifying our very subtle mind, we continue to meditate on our ultimate example clear light of sleep during long, deep sleep... continually day-by-day and month-by-month until it transforms into meaning clear light. By doing this, when our ultimate example clear light transforms into meaning clear light... we attain meaning clear light... and at this time, we have accomplished the sixth stage of training in Mahamudra, that is, realizing our very subtle mind directly; from where we will directly attain full enlightenment. Between ultimate example clear light and meaning clear light, we will attain the divine illusory body. As I already explained before, between ultimate example clear light and meaning clear light... we will attain the divine illusory body, which is the deathless body. At this time our very subtle inner wind, the very subtle body, is transformed into the divine illusory body in the aspect of a Tantric enlightened Deity such as Heruka; but the colour of the illusory body is necessarily white... because its substantial cause, that is, the very subtle inner wind, is white color. The moment we attain the divine illusory body, our main body is necessarily the divine illusory body as white Heruka, and not a human body. The moment we attain the divine illusory body, our main body is necessarily the divine illusory body as white Heruka, and not a human body. Since our main body is the divine illusory body, it will never die, this means that we ourself are now a deathless person.1 However, in order to communicate with human beings and engage in daily human activities,1 we need to keep our human form as a temporary body.1 Through keeping a human form as our temporary body,1 we can communicate with ordinary human beings and engage in daily human activities as normal.1 After we have attained meaning clear light,1 our divine illusory body then transforms into Buddha's Form Body...1 and our mind of meaning clear light transforms into Buddha's mind of omniscient wisdom.1 At the same time, we ourself become an enlightened being, as Buddha Heruka,1 with the entire Pure Land of Buddha Heruka's mandala,1 surrounded by countless enlightened Heroes and Heroines.1 So we have accomplished our final ultimate goal for living beings.1 We have reached our final destination.