'da' ka ye shes kyi 'chi kha ma'i man ngag

འདའ་ཀ་ཡེ་ཤེས་ཀྱི་འཆི་ཁ་མའི་མན་ངག།

'da' ka ye shes kyi 'chi kha ma'i man ngag

Instruction for the Moment of Death

Commentary of Atyayajñānasūtra

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One of a series of short texts by the Kadam scholar Kyotön Mönlam Tsultrim, which represent an intersection between the works of Maitreya, particularly the Ratnagotravibhāga, and the practical instructions of Mahāmudrā.

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This short text (PIW) relies on the [[[Atyantajñānasūtra]] for its Mahāmudrā instructions at the moment of death. It says that one needs to understand that all appearances as well as mind are not really existent and are unfindable, and then one needs to settle within the state of nonconceptuality. Thus, the nonconceptuality that abides as the natural state and the nonconceptuality of meditation meet like mother and child, through which one will attain Mahāmudrā in the intermediate state. (p. 320)

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Kadam - The Kadam tradition, which traces its origin to the teachings of Atiśa, was the first of the so-called New Schools of Tibetan Buddhism, traditions which arose during or after the Second Propagation of Buddhism (phyi dar) in the tenth century. Tib. བཀའ་གདམས་

These are the root verses of the Uttaratantra attributed to Maitreya by the Tibetan tradition.

Mahāmudrā - Mahāmudrā refers to an advanced meditation tradition in Mahāyāna and Vajrayāna forms of Into-Tibetan Buddhism that is focused on the realization of the empty and luminous nature of the mind. It also refers to the resultant state of buddhahood attained through such meditation practice. In Tibet, this tradition is particularly associated with the Kagyu school, although all other schools also profess this tradition. The term also appears as part of the four seals, alongside dharmamūdra, samayamudrā, and karmamudrā. Skt. महामुद्रा Tib. ཕྱག་རྒྱ་ཆེན་པོ།

'jog sgom - This is the meditation of directly observing the mind without engaging in any analytical or intellectual activity. (Thrangu Rinpoche, Transcending Ego, 102). Skt. स्थाप्यभावना Tib. འཇོག་སྒོམ་

niṣprapañca - Freedom from conceptual elaborations. Skt. निष्प्रपञ्च Tib. སྤྲོས་བྲལ་

This brief text contains the instructions on attaining Mahāmudrā in the intermediate state based on the Atyayajñānasūtra.

This brief text contains the instructions on attaining Mahāmudrā in the intermediate state based on the Atyayajñānasūtra.