The Tibetan Book of the Dead · Reading 121 of 170
The After-Death World
The Dawning of the Lights of the Six Lokas
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O nobly-born, the special art of these teachings is especially important at this moment: whichever light shineth upon thee now, meditate upon it as being the Compassionate One; from whatever place the light cometh, consider that [place] to be [or to exist in] the Compassionate One. This is an exceedingly profound art; it will prevent birth. Or whosoever thy tutelary deity may be, meditate upon the form for much time — as being apparent yet non-existent in reality, like a form produced by a magician. That is called the pure illusory form. Then let the [visualization of the] tutelary deity melt away from the extremities, till nothing at all remaineth visible of it; and put thyself in the state of the Clearness and the Voidness — which thou canst not conceive as something — and abide in that state for a little while. Again meditate upon the tutelary deity; again meditate upon the Clear Light: do this alternately. Afterwards, allow thine own intellect also to melt away gradually, [beginning] from the extremities.
Wherever the ether pervadeth, consciousness pervadeth; wherever consciousness pervadeth, the Dharma-Kāya pervadeth. Abide tranquilly in the uncreated state of the Dharma-Kāya. In that state, birth will be obstructed and Perfect Enlightenment gained.