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The path to liberation, the index of the universe, the essence, has gone. Knowing this, now it is only appropriate to contemplate the nature of the being, the character that is steadfast and stable, which is the direct cause of liberation. As it is said,
"In the same way, those who are enamored with the worldly causes, their time has passed endlessly, because they have not known anything about the means of the causes of liberation." ||154||
Thus, by saying that the nature of the being is the path to liberation, the first stanza has been spoken.
"The being, by nature, is steadfast, but with fluctuating qualities, and is then the other time. If it does its own time, it will be freed from the bondage of karma." ||155||
The being of the world, because it is in the state of knowledge and perception, even though it is steadfast by nature, is still tainted by the pursuit of the arising of the primordial delusion, and because of the impure use, it is diverse in its nature, and its fluctuating qualities are the other time, the other character. And the same, by abandoning the pursuit of the arising of the primordial delusion, because of the pure use, it is unified in its nature, and its steadfast qualities are the own time, the own character. Now, if, in any way, the being, illuminated by the light of right knowledge, abandons the other time and takes up the own time, then it will surely be freed from the bondage of karma. For the character of the being, by nature, is the path to liberation. ||155||
Meaning of the verse: (The being) being, (steadfast by nature) (in terms of substance) even though it is steadfast by nature, (with fluctuating qualities, and then the other time) if it has fluctuating qualities, then it is the other time. (If) if it (does its own time) (by becoming transformed with steadfast qualities) does its own time, then (from the bondage of karma) it is freed from the bondage of karma.
Commentary: Here (in this stanza) the steadfast character in the nature of the being is shown to be the path to liberation by the destruction of karma through the acceptance of the own time and the abandonment of the other time. The worldly being, (in terms of substance) because it is in the state of knowledge and perception, even though it is steadfast by nature (-steadfastly situated), when it becomes transformed by following the arising of the primordial delusion, because of the impure use (-impure use), it takes on the diversity of its nature (-diversity of its nature), and its fluctuating qualities are the other time, the other character. There...