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Introduction

Homage to the glorious Samantabhadra! (rb)

Naturally occurring timeless awareness 一 utterly lucid awakened mind 一
is something marvelous and superb, primordially and spontaneously present.
It is the treasury from which comes the universe of appearances and possibilities, whether of samsara or nirvana.
Homage to that unwavering state, free of elaboration.(rb)

The very pinnacle of spiritual approaches, the expanse in which the sun and moon orbit the most majestic mountain,
is the expanse of the vajra heart essence 一 spontaneously present and utterly lucid 一
the expanse of the naturally settled state that entails no effort or achievement.
Listen as I explain this superb, timelessly infinite expanse.(rb)

Chapter 1

Within the expanse of spontaneous presence is the ground for all that arises.
Empty in essence, continuous by nature,
it has never existed as anything whatsoever, yet arises as anything at all.
Within the expanse of the three kayas，although samsara and nirvana arise naturally,
they do not stray from basic space 一 such is the blissful realm that is the true nature of phenomena.(rb)

Mind itself is a vast expanse，the realm of unchanging space.
Its indeterminate display is the expanse of the magical expression of its responsiveness.
Everything is the adornment of basic space and nothing else.
Outwardly and inwardly, things proliferating and resolving are the dynamic energy of awakened mind.
Because this is nothing whatsoever yet arises as anything at all,
it is a marvelous and magical expression, amazing and superb.(rb)

Throughout the entire universe, all beings and all that manifests as form
are adornments of basic space, arising as the ongoing principle of enlightened form.
What is audible, all sounds and voices without exception, as many as there may be,
are adornments of basic space, arising as the ongoing principle of enlightened speech.
All consciousness and all stirring and proliferation of thoughts, as well as the inconceivable range of nonconceptual states，
are adornments of basic space, arising as the ongoing principle of enlightened mind.(rb)

Beings born in the six classes through the four avenues of rebirth, moreover,
do not stray in the slightest from the basic space of phenomena.
The universe of appearances and possibilities 一
the six kinds of sense objects manifesting in dualistic perception 一
appears within the realm of the basic space of phenomena just as illusions do, manifest yet nonexistent.
Without underlying support, vividly apparent yet timelessly empty, supremely spacious, and naturally clear, just as it is,
the universe arises as the adornment of the basic space of phenomena.(rb)

However things appear or sound, within the vast realm of basic space
they do not stray from their spontaneous equalness as dharmakaya, awakened mind.
Since the timeless state of utter relaxation is naturally empty and without transition or change,
whatever manifests constitutes the scope of naturally occurring timeless awareness, the true nature of phenomena,
merging in a single blissful expanse, without any effort, without anything needing to be done.(rb)

Sambhogakaya is unwavering natural lucidity.
Even as anything at all manifests, it is by nature spontaneously present,
uncontrived and unadulterated 一 a pervasive state of spontaneous equalness.(rb)

Due to the way in which the distinct, myriad display arises,
emanations occur naturally 一 the amazing magic of what has ultimate meaning.
They never stray from the wholly positive state in which nothing need be done.(rb)

Within awakened mind itself, which is without pitfalls,
the spontaneous perfection of the three kayas, entailing no effort,
is such that, without straying from basic space, they are spontaneously present and uncompounded.
The spontaneous perfection of the kayas, timeless awareness, and enlightened activity, moreover,
is a great amassing 一 the supreme expanse that is timelessly perfect, timelessly arising.(rb)

Timelessly and spontaneously present, this pure realm is without transition or change.
With the perception of the true nature of phenomena within basic space,
wisdom arises continuously as the adornment of that space.
Not created or achieved, it abides timelessly.
Like the sun in the sky, it is amazing and superb.(rb)

Within this ultimate womb of basic space, timelessly and spontaneously present,
samsara is wholly positive, nirvana is positive.
Within the wholly positive expanse, samsara and nirvana have never existed.
Sensory appearances are wholly positive, emptiness is positive.
Within the wholly positive expanse, appearances and emptiness have never existed.
Birth and death are wholly positive, happiness and suffering are positive.
Within the wholly positive expanse, birth, death, happiness, and suffering have never existed.
Self and other are wholly positive, affirmation and negation are positive.
Within the wholly positive expanse, self, other, affirmation, and negation have never existed.(rb)

Labeling takes place in confusion, for what is nonexistent is taken to exist.
Given that the nature of things is similar to that of dream images, which have no basis,
how exceedingly strange it is to fixate on samsara and nirvana as though they existed in their own right!(rb)

Everything is wholly positive, a supreme state of spontaneous presence.
Since there never has been confusion, is no confusion, and never will be confusion,
conditioned existence is merely a label.
It is beyond the extremes of existence and nonexistence.
Since no one has ever been confused at all in the past,
no one is confused at present and no one will be confused later on.
This is the enlightened intent of the original purity of the three planes of conditioned existence.(rb)

Since there is no confusion, nothing exists as some unconfused state.
Supreme, naturally occurring awareness is timelessly and spontaneously present.
Since there never has been freedom, is no freedom, and never will be freedom,
nirvana is just a label and there is no one who has ever known freedom.
There never will be freedom, for there never has been bondage.
Complete purity, like space, is free of being restricted or localized.
This is the enlightened intent of the original purity of total freedom.(rb)

In brief, within the ultimate womb of basic space, spacious and spontaneously present,
whatever arises as the dynamic energy of its display 一 as samsara or nirvana 一
in the very moment of simply arising has never known existence as samsara or nirvana.
Whatever arises in a dream due to the dynamic energy of sleep does not actually exist.
There is only self-knowing awareness, the blissful place of rest,
extending infinitely as the supremely spacious state of spontaneous equalness.(rb)

This is the first section of The Precious Treasury of the Basic Space of Phenomena, demonstrating that samsara and nirvana by nature do not stray from basic space.(rb)

Chapter 2

Given that basic space is by nature primordially and spontaneously present,
it is infinitely pervasive, with no division into outer and inner.
Without any limiting boundaries, it is beyond division into above and below or any other direction.
Beyond the duality of spacious versus narrow, awareness — pure like space —
is this very expanse, free of the elaborations of a conceptual framework.(rb)

The magical expressions that originate within unborn basic space
are completely indeterminate and not subject to any restrictions whatsoever.
They cannot be characterized as “things” for they have no substance or characteristics.
In that their nature is like the panoramic vista of space,
they are unborn, spontaneously present，and free of any time frame, any beginning or end.(rb)

The essence of all samsara and nirvana is awakened mind.
Spontaneously present — not occurring, not originating, and not finite —
it has not come from anywhere, nor does it go anywhere at all.
The expanse of awakened mind, with no linear time frame,
does not come or go, for it is infinitely pervasive.(rb)

The true nature of phenomena 一 suchness 一 has no beginning, middle, or end.
This state of infinite evenness, equal to space and pure by nature, has no beginning or end.
It is beyond any time frame.
It is unborn，unceasing，and has no substance or characteristics.
It neither comes nor goes and cannot be characterized as some “thing.”
It involves no effort or achievement or anything needing to be done.
The ground of suchness itself has no periphery or center.
Since it is nonreferential and uninterrupted, it is the expanse of equalness.(rb)

Since the true nature of all phenomena is equalness,
there is not a single thing that does not abide within the expanse of that equalness.
The scope of awakened mind is a single state of evenness in which everything is equal.
Since it is unborn — an infinite evenness so vast that it is equal to space —
the scope of equalness is without interruption.(rb)

Therefore, the fortress of infinite pervasiveness is spontaneously present and beyond extremes.
The fortress of the spacious and timeless expanse has no division into higher and lower or in between.
The fortress of unborn dharmakaya encompasses everything impartially.
The fortress of the precious secret is unchanging and spontaneously present.
The universe of appearances and possibilities, whether of samsara or nirvana,
is perfect as the timeless fortress of a single state of equalness.(rb)

On this infinite foundation, extending everywhere impartially,
the stronghold of awakened mind does not distinguish between samsara and nirvana.
Its imposing and lofty summit is the spacious expanse that is the true nature of phenomena.
At the very center of the panorama of this uncreated nature,
the entranceway that frees one from developmental effort is wide open.(rb)

Within that palace, adorned by the spontaneously present array of wealth,
the king, naturally occurring timeless awareness, sits on his throne.
All aspects of the dynamic energy of that awareness, manifesting as thoughts that proliferate and subside,
serve as ministers, exercising control over the domain.
The holy queen, naturally abiding meditative stability,
is accompanied by the royal heirs and servants, naturally arising enlightened intent.
This encompassing expanse of supreme bliss is naturally lucid and nonconceptual.(rb)

Within that very context, unwavering and beyond imagination or description,
mastery is gained over the entire universe of appearances and possibilities.
This is the vast dominion of the basic space of phenomena.(rb)

If one abides in that domain, everything is dharmakaya. With no wavering from this single, naturally occurring timeless awareness,
there is an unfabricated, timelessly ensured transcendence of effort and achievement.
Given that the sphere of being, without any “hard edges,” is inclusive,
everything, just as it is, is encompassed within the expanse in which there is no differentiation or exclusion.(rb)

Neither the realms of the six classes of beings nor even the pure realms of buddhas exist elsewhere.
They are the realm of space，the true nature of phenomena.
Given that they are of one taste in naturally lucid awakened mind,
samsara and nirvana are fully encompassed within the scope of awareness.(rb)

In this treasury of the basic space of phenomena, the source of everything,
nirvana is timelessly and spontaneously present, without having to be sought.
So within dharmakaya — unchanging, nonreferential，and infinitely extensive —
the manifestation of the outer and inner universe is sambhogakaya,
and the natural arising of things like reflections is nirmanakaya.
Since there is no phenomenon that is not perfect as an adornment of the three kayas,
everything arises as the display of enlightened form, speech, and mind.
Moreover, without exception, the countless pure realms of the sugatas
arise from the very same source 一 mind itself, the expanse of the three kayas.(rb)

As well, the “cities” of the six classes of beings，whose nature is that of samsara,
are simply reflections arising within the scope of the basic space of phenomena.
Moreover, the various manifestations of birth and death, pleasure and pain，
are like phantasmagoria within this expanse — mind itself.
Although they do not exist, they appear to, and in manifesting they have no basis,
and so they are like clouds in the sky, simply occurring adventitiously due to circumstances.
Neither existent nor nonexistent, they are by nature beyond extremes,
fully encompassed within the sphere of being, free of elaboration.(rb)

Mind itself — that is, the nature of awakened mind —
is pure like space，and so is without birth or death，pleasure or pain.
It has no substance to delimit it and is free of the phenomena of samsara and nirvana.
It cannot be characterized as some “thing,” and being an infinitely spacious expanse,
it is unchanging，without transition, spontaneously present, and uncompounded.
Given that buddhahood lies within the vajra heart essence of utter lucidity,
everything is a naturally occurring realm of bliss —
the very context of sublime enlightenment, a state of spontaneous equalness.(rb)

This is the second section of The Precious Treasury of the Basic Space of Phenomena, concerning the universe of appearances and possibilities arising as a pure realm.(rb)

Chapter 3

EVERYTHING IS SUBSUMED within all-inclusive awakened mind. Since there is no phenomenon that is not included in awakened mind, the true nature of all phenomena is that of awakened mind.(rb) Space is a metaphor for awakened mind. Since that mind has no cause and is not an object that comes into being, it does not abide in any finite way, is inexpressible, and transcends the realm of the imagination. The phrase "the realm of space" is simply a way of illustrating it metaphorically. If even the metaphor itself cannot be described as some "thing," how could the underlying meaning that it illustrates be imagined or described? It should be understood as a metaphor for what is naturally pure.(rb) The underlying meaning is that awakened mind is self-knowing awareness equal to space. It is not within the realm of the imagination, for it defies illustration or description. Naturally lucid and unwavering, the spacious expanse of utter lucidity is not created but is spontaneously present, with no fixed reach or range. Dharmakaya is the spacious domain that is the heart essence of enlightenment.(rb) The evidence is that anything can and does arise due to the dynamic energy of awareness. Even as it arises, there is no place of arising or anything arising. "Arising" is simply a label, for if examined, it is found to be like space. Everything being encompassed within a supreme state of equalness without bias constitutes the expanse of infinite evenness, which entails no dualistic perception.(rb) Given that naturally occurring timeless awareness-the true nature of phenomena-is boundless, analogies are used so that it can be ascertained through metaphor, underlying meaning, and evidence. Equal to space, that nature, which subsumes everything and is without differentiation or exclusion, is exemplified by these three linking factors. In the womb of basic space, a supremely spacious state of equalness, everything is timelessly equal, with no time frame of earlier or later, no better or worse. This is the enlightened intent of Samantabhadra, of Vajrasattva. (rb) Awakened mind can be compared to the sun. It is utterly lucid by nature and forever uncompounded. With nothing to obscure it, it is unobstructed and spontaneously present. Without elaboration, it is the scope of the true nature of phenomena, which does not entail concepts. (rb) In being empty it is dharmakaya, in being lucid it is sambhogakaya, and in being radiant it is nirmanakaya. The three kayas do not come together or separate. Since these enlightened qualities are already and forever spontaneously present, they are not obscured by the darkness of flaws and faults. They are identical in being without transition or change throughout the three times, identical in permeating all buddhas and ordinary beings alike. This is called "naturally occurring awakened mind."(rb) Its dynamic energy arises as anything at all- whether there is realization or not, there is the universe of appearances and possibilities and beings' perceptions in all their variety.(rb) Though things arise, none of them has any independent nature whatsoever. Like water in a mirage, a dream, an echo, a phantom emanation, a reflection, a castle in the air, or a hallucination, all things are clearly apparent yet do not truly exist- they merely manifest adventitiously, without basis or support. You should realize that all these manifestations are temporary, adventitious phenomena.(rb) Due to the nature of spontaneously present awakened mind, there is a continuous display, the magical illusion of samsara and nirvana. Since this entire magical display is fully encompassed within basic space, you should know that it does not stray from the scope of primordial being.(rb) Within this, everything is the scope of awakened mind. With that single perfection, all is perfect-without being made so, everything is perfect. Naturally occurring timeless awareness is by nature spontaneously perfect.(rb) Given that awakened mind is neither apparent nor not apparent, the outer and inner worlds of samsara and nirvana do not exist as phenomena yet arise nonetheless as a myriad display- the universe of appearances and possibilities, whether of samsara or mrvana- because they are, by nature, the stirring of mind's dynamic energy.(rb)

simply arising, forms are by nature empty.

From what is unborn there manifests what seems to be born, but even as it manifests, nothing whatsoever has been born. From what is unceasing there manifests what seems to cease, but there is no cessation. These are illusory expressions of emptiness. Even with abiding there is nothing that abides. There is no basis on which anything could abide. Within the context in which there is no coming or going, regardless of what manifests, it never exists as what it seems to be, and so one is reduced to merely labeling it as "having no independent nature."(rb) Sensory appearances, moreover, arise naturally due to the dynamic energy of awareness, and so their nature is described in a purely symbolic way as one of "interdependent connection." Even in the very moment that things seem to arise due to that dynamic energy, they do so without being subject to extremes or divisions- with no question of whether or not something arises- and even "dynamic energy" is just a symbolic term, with no finite essence whatsoever. So within the context that is never subject to transition or change, nothing strays in the slightest from awakened mind.(rb) This is the third section of The Precious Treasury of the Basic Space of Phenomena, presenting the metaphors for awakened mind.(rb)

Chapter 4

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Chapter 6

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Chapter 7

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