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Second Interlude
the Buddha', would have destroyed the very foundation of their training and belief. To find a way around it, they mistranslated the whole chapter.
Both distortions illustrate how clinging to rigid mental constructs rejects a vivid first-hand account of someone who actually experienced what he is writing about, - and thereby prevents opening a whole new, fascinating dimension of life
Fortunately the text before and after both these passages was clear enough to reconstruct the original content.
A Hidden Cache of Knowledge Interesting is further that the mysterious way the Tibetan scripture popped out of its hiding place just as I was ready to comprehend it, finds a bizarre counterpart in Padma-Sambhava's own life.
Foreseeing that his books would be burned by an insensitive king, Padma-Sambhava buried his manuscripts in concealed caches, hiding them amongst other precious items to prevent them from being destroyed.
Long after his death - and also after the death of the destructive king - people with special powers made it their task to intuitively locate these caches. Thus a significant number of Padma-Sambhava's works were found, amongst them 'The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation'.
To those discovering his books, he left a last message: -
