The Tibetan Book of the Dead · Reading 134 of 170

The Closing of the Door of the Womb

The Fifth Method of Closing the Womb-Door

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Still, even when this is done, if the holding [phenomena] as real remaineth undissolved, the womb-door is not closed; and, if one be ready to enter into the womb, thereupon one should close the womb-door by meditating upon the Clear Light, this being the fifth [method]. The meditation is performed as follows:

'Lo! All substances are mine own mind; and this mind is vacuousness, is unborn, and unceasing.'

Thus meditating, allow the mind to rest in the uncreated [state] — like, for example, the pouring of water into water. The mind should be allowed its own easy mental posture, in its natural [or unmodified] condition, clear and vibrant. By maintaining this relaxed, uncreated [state of mind], the womb-doors of the four kinds of birth are sure to be closed. Meditate thus until the closing is successfully accomplished.