Awakened One,
Do not let your thoughts wander.
Having arrived at the time of death,
Think of nothing but the awakened heart,
Bodhichitta,
Love and compassion,
And attain perfect enlightenment for the sake of all sentient beings as limitless as space.
Recognize the luminosity of death as the Dharmakaya,
Your own absolute Buddha nature.
Now the sign of earth is dissolving into water,
Water into fire,
Fire into air,
Air into consciousness.
Awakened One,
When your body and mind separate,
The luminosity will appear pure and clear with terrifying brightness,
Yet hard to discern,
Shimmering like a mirage on a plain in spring.
Do not be afraid of it.
Do not be bewildered.
This is the natural radiance of your own dharmata,
Pure emptiness,
In which there is no essential substance,
Quality,
Or color whatsoever.
Therefore recognize it.
Awakened One,
A great roar of thunder will come from within the light,
Like a thousand thunderclaps simultaneously.
Do not be afraid of it.
Do not be bewildered.
This is the natural sound of your own dharmata.
Therefore recognize it.
Listen,
Now the pure luminosity of death is dawning upon you.
Recognize it.
At this moment your state of mind is by nature pure emptiness,
Without any substance,
Quality,
Or color whatsoever.
This is the dharmata,
Samantabhatri,
The all-good mother.
Your mind is also unobstructed,
Pure,
And vibrant.
This mind is the male Buddha.
Samantabhatra,
The all-good father.
These two,
Your mind whose nature is emptiness,
And your mind which is unobstructed,
Pure,
And vibrant,
Are inseparable.
This itself is the Dharmakaya of the Buddha,
Your absolute Buddha nature.
This mind of yours,
In sin's separable clarity,
An emptiness in the form of a great mass of light.
It has no birth,
Nor death.
It is the Buddha of unchanging light.
Recognize it.
Awakened one,
Listen without distraction.
Now what is called death has arrived.
Now what is called death has arrived.
Now what is called death has arrived.
Awakened one.
With a body like this,
You will see your home and family as though you were meeting them in a dream.
But although you speak to them,
You will get no reply.
You will see your relatives and family weeping,
So you will think,
I am dead.
What shall I do?
And you will feel intense pain,
Like the pain of a fish rolling in hot sand.
But now suffering is no use.
Even though you are attached to your relatives and family,
It is no use,
So do not be attached.
Invoke the Lord of great compassion and there will be no suffering or fear.
Now what is called death has arrived.
Now what is called death has arrived.
Awakened one.
Since your mind is separated from your body,
You cannot settle down.
You feel angry and cold,
And consciousness becomes airy,
Speeding,
Swaying,
And impermanent.
You will think,
So I am dead.
What shall I do now?
And you will feel intense and boundless pain.
Do not occupy yourself with all kinds of thoughts,
But rest your mind in its basic state.
But since you are a mental body,
You cannot die.
And even though your body is cut into pieces,
You will recover.
You are really the natural form of emptiness,
So there is no need to fear.
The Lords of Death are the natural form of emptiness.
Your own confused projections and you are emptiness,
A mental body of unconscious tendencies.
This cannot harm emptiness,
And external Lords of Death,
Gods,
Evil spirits,
Demons,
And so on,
Have no reality apart from your own confused projections.
So,
Recognize this.
At this moment,
Recognize everything as the Bardo.
Awakened one,
See in this way,
Without distraction.
As soon as you recognize,
You will attain complete enlightenment in the four kayas.
Do not be distracted.
This is the dividing line where Buddhas and sentient beings are separated.
It is said of this moment,
In an instant,
They are separated.
In an instant,
Complete enlightenment.
Awakened one,
If you have not recognized what has gone before,
All the signs of the country and place where you are going to be born will appear.
So listen without distraction.
Now you are wandering in the Bardo of becoming.
If you look into water,
You will not see your reflection,
And your body has no shadow.
There is no material body of flesh and blood.
These are signs of the mental body,
Wandering in the Bardo of becoming.
So now,
You must concentrate your mind,
One pointedly,
Without distraction.
Awakened one,
You who are now dead,
Listen.
If the womb entrance has not been closed,
The time has come to take a body,
Give up attachment and yearning for the relatives and friends,
Sons and daughters you have left behind.
They cannot help you.
Call on the name of the Three Jewels and take refuge in them.
You should bless the womb you are entering as a palace of the gods,
And invoke the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas,
Especially the Lord of great compassion.
Namake Kama Nama.
Namake Kama Nama.
Namake Kama Nama.
Namake Kama Nama.
Namake Kama Nama.
Namake Kama Nama.
Namake Kama Nama.
Namake Kama Nama.
Namake Kama Nama.
Namake Kama Nama.
Namake Kama Nama.
Namake Nama.
Namake Kama Nama.
Namake Kama Nama.
Namake Kama Nama.
I am the only one who is not with me.
I am the only one who is not with me.
I am the only one who is not with me.
I am the only one who is not with me.
I am the only one who is not with me.
I am the only one who is not with me.
I am the only one who is not with me.
Awakened One.
Having arrived at the time of birth,
Think of nothing but the awakened heart,
Bodhichitta,
Love,
And compassion.
And attain perfect enlightenment for the sake of all sentient beings as limitless as space.
