You can know the Ultimate Perfection by direct experience. That’s because perfection comes from what you are; not from what you see, do, or think. However when you assume that limitation is true, you appear to be limited. Since limitation is too small for you, it becomes irritating like a festering sore on your foot. And that’s the beginning of suffering.
The weapon that destroys limitation
But you should know that you have the power to destroy the beliefs that seem to keep you stuck in limitation. The weapon you need is the willingness to question: What is my mind anyway? Am I limited to the objects that I see? How come I become uncomfortable on dates, or when I have to meet my boss?
The energy that you need for liberation is the willingness to question all that seems normal. Just remember that suffering is not the normal state, only undying perfection that has no limits. You cannot obtain this state. The only thing you can do is let go of limitation. What is left is what you are even now and you just overlooked it.
Some Buddhist Terms
Sangsara is another name for the world. It is in constant motion. Because of this motion, when you attempt to grasp fulfillment from an object, the happiness that you want, seems to slip through your fingers.
Dharma, as used here, is the path to Liberation where you turn within to find the source of Wisdom and Bliss.
Now let’s see how Padma explains this succinctly in The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation.
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Owing to worldly beliefs, which he is free to accept or reject, man wanders in the Sangsara.
Therefore, practicing the Dharma, freed from every attachment, grasp the whole essence of these teachings expounded in this Yoga of Self-Liberation by knowing the Mind in its Real Nature.
The truths set forth herein are known as ‘The Great Self-Liberation’; and in them culminates the Doctrine of the Great Ultimate Perfection.
The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation
By Padma-Sambhava
Translated by Evans-Wentz
Oxford University Press
What is attachment?
Attachment is often misunderstood in spiritual practice. Aspirants struggle their whole life in their effort to destroy attachment, and in the end they fail. That’s because they still believe that objects contain happiness, and since happiness comes from their essential being, they cannot destroy it.
But if they return happiness to its source, the place where they actually experience it, they automatically destroy attachment. They discover that they never really wanted the object; they just wanted the happiness, which resides in their heart. So knowing where happiness comes from is the key to destroying attachment.
Your mind is perfection!
The key to finding Liberation is to look directly at your experience, not what it’s supposed to be. That’s why when you see the real nature of your mind you will be in for a surprise. The nature of your mind is Perfection! This Perfection is the Great Liberation.
Feel free to ask questions
Please
feel free to continue asking questions. I’m always glad to hear your
reactions and clarify my explanations. Unlike the path of faith, on the path
of Self-Knowledge it is curiosity that destroys limitation and allows
you to abide in your natural freedom.
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