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If you can view gold and dirt with equanimity and see them as equal,
That is a sign of having realized the illusory nature of transient things.
If you can pay meticulous attention to your actions and their effects, adopting virtue
and abandoning non-virtue,
That is a sign of finding the swift path that ascends the staircase to liberation.
If you can purify the negativity, defilements and habitual tendencies of your body,
speech and mind,
That is a sign of closing the door to rebirth in samsaras lower realms.
If you can keep the Three Jewels in your mind, so that they are never separate from
it,
That is a sign of being hooked by the compassion of the supreme refuge.
If you can meditate on how all beings have been your parents,
That is a sign of the arising of the sun and moon of the great vehicle.
If you can carry the two accumulations onto the path continuously,
That is a sign of the maturing of the fruition of kyas and wisdoms.
If you can see all that appears and exists arising in total purity as the lama,
That is a sign of reaching the pinnacle of Dzogchen yoga.
If you can recognize the unity of the three kyas in pure awareness,
That is a sign of the ripening of the fruition, which is Samantabhadra.
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This brief summary of the signs showing that the common preliminary practices have
penetrated the mind
Was written in response to repeated requests from the assembly of my students,
By the old beggar called Dndul.
Through this merit may all beings be matured and liberated!
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