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Tibetan Book of the Dead - All things are manifestations of the Mind
Identifier
010705
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
A description of the experience
All things that appear are manifestations of mind.
The surrounding environment which appears to be inanimate,
that too is mind.
The sentient life-forms which appear as the six classes of living beings,
they too are mind.
The joys of both the gods and humans of the higher existences which appear,
they too are mind.
The sorrows of the three lower existences which appear,
they too are mind.
The five poisons, representing the dissonant mental states of ignorance, which appear,
they too are mind.
The awareness, that is self-originating pristine cognition which appears,
it too is mind.
The beneficial thoughts conducive to attainment of nirvana which appear,
they too are mind.
The obstacles of malevolent forces and spirits which appear,
they too are mind.
The deities and [spiritual] accomplishments which manifest exquisitely,
they too are mind.
The diverse kinds of pure [vision] which appear,
they too are mind.
The non-conceptual one-pointed abiding [in meditation] which appears,
it too is mind.
The colours characteristic of objects which appear,
they too are mind.
The state without characteristics and without conceptual elaboration which appears,
it too is mind.
The non-duality of the single and the multiple which appears,
it too is mind.
The unproveability of existence and non-existence which appears,
it too is mind.