The Tibetan Book of the Dead · Reading 111 of 170
The After-Death World
The Judgement
Reading 4 of 5
In that state wherein thou art existing, there is being experienced by thee, in an unbearable intensity, voidness and Brightness inseparable — the Voidness bright by nature and the Brightness by nature void, and the Brightness inseparable from the Voidness — a state of the primordial [or unmodified] intellect, which is the Adi-Kāya. And the power of this, shining unobstructedly, will radiate everywhere; it is the Nirmana-Kāya.
O nobly-born, listen unto me undistractedly. By merely recognizing the Four Kāyas, thou art certain to obtain perfect Emancipation in any of Them. Be not distracted. The line of demarcation between Buddhas and sentient beings lieth herein. This moment is one of great importance; if thou shouldst be distracted now, it will require innumerable aeons of time for thee to come out of the Quagmire of Misery.
A saying, the truth of which is applicable, is:
'In a moment of time, a marked differentiation is created;
In a moment of time, Perfect Enlightenment is obtained.'