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Nagarjuna's Mahamudra Vision

(Homage to Manjusrikumarabhuta!) 1. I bow down to the all-powerful Buddha hose mind is free of atta!hment" ho in his !ompassion and wisdom Has taught the ine#pressible. $. In truth there is no birth %hen surel& no !essation or liberation' %he Buddha is like the sk& (nd all beings ha)e that nature. *. +either ,amsara nor +ir)ana e#ist" But all is a !omple# !ontinuum ith an intrinsi! fa!e of )oid" %he obje!t of ultimate awareness. -. %he nature of all things (ppears like a refle!tion" .ure and naturall& /uies!ent" ith a non-dual identit& of su!hness. 0. %he !ommon mind imagines a self here there is nothing at all" (nd it !on!ei)es of emotional states Happiness" suffering" and e/uanimit&. 1. %he si# states of being in ,amsara" %he happiness of hea)en" %he suffering of hell" (re all false !reations" figments of mind. 2. 3ikewise the ideas of bad a!tion !ausing suffering" 4ld age" disease and death" (nd the idea that )irtue leads to happiness" (re mere ideas" unreal notions. 5. 3ike an artist frightened

B& the de)il he paints" %he sufferer in ,amsara Is terrified b& his own imagination. 6. 3ike a man !aught in /ui!ksands %hrashing and struggling about" ,o beings drown In the mess of their own thoughts. 17. Mistaking fantas& for realit& 8auses an e#perien!e of suffering' Mind is poisoned b& interpretation 4f !ons!iousness of form. 11. 9issol)ing figment and fantas& ith a mind of !ompassionate insight" :emain in perfe!t awareness In order to help all beings. 1$. ,o a!/uiring !on)entional )irtue ;reed from the web of interpreti)e thought" Insurpassable understanding is gained (s Buddha" friend to the world. 1*. <nowing the relati)it& of all" %he ultimate truth is alwa&s seen' 9ismissing the idea of beginning" middle and end %he flow is seen as =mptiness. 1-. ,o all samsara and nir)ana is seen as it is =mpt& and insubstantial" +aked and !hangeless" =ternall& /uies!ent and illumined. 10. (s the figments of a dream 9issol)e upon waking" ,o the !onfusion of ,amsara ;ades awa& in enlightenment. 11. Idealising things of no substan!e

(s eternal" substantial and satisf&ing" ,hrouding them in a fog of desire %he round of e#isten!e arises. 12. %he nature of beings is unborn >et !ommonl& beings are !on!ei)ed to e#ist' Both beings and their ideas (re false beliefs. 15. It is nothing but an artifi!e of mind %his birth into an illusor& be!oming" Into a world of good and e)il a!tion ith good or bad rebirth to follow. 16. hen the wheel of mind !eases to turn (ll things !ome to an end. ,o there is nothing inherentl& substantial (nd all things are utterl& pure. $7. %his great o!ean of samsara" ;ull of delusi)e thought" 8an be !rossed in the boat ?ni)ersal (pproa!h. ho !an rea!h the other side without it@ Colophon The Twenty Mahayana Verses, (in Sanskrit, Mahayanavimsaka; in Tibetan: Theg pa chen po nyi shu pa) were compose by the master !agar"una# They were translate into Tibetan by the $ashmiri %an it &nan a an the 'hikshu translator (rak"or Sherab ()rags *byor shes rab)# They have been translate into +nglish by the &nagarika $un,ang Ten,in on the last ay o- the year ./01 in the hope that the karma o- the year may be mitigate # May all beings be happy2

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