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/de Itar dag pa de bain ghegs //
Tathāgata.
(28) "perception-only": is the perception of voidness of apprehending and apprehended, and of expression and expressed. "does not amount to yoga": without "perceptiononly", the yoga is unfulfilled. "is pure": in the event this yogin gains the supreme wisdom, completely pure, the yogin pure in that manner is the Tathāgta.
(29) rnam par ses pa rnam pa bźi/
/phyag rgya bźi yi cho ga yis / /gsan ba gñis med sbyar ba yis/
(29) By the four images of perception, by means of four mudra, by the secret nontwo praxis, the Body, Speech, and Mind rightly arise.
praxis] become Body, Speech, and Mind, (30) thugs ni phyag rgya chen po ste/ /dam tshig phyag rgya kun du 'gro/ /chos kyi phyag rgya gsun gi ste/ /las kyi phyag rgya sku yi yin //
/sku gsun thugs ni yań dag byun // (29) "four images of perception": "perception" should be accepted as "perception-only" with "secret non-two praxis", by which the ordinary body, speech, and mind [and and Omnipresence (thams cad du 'gro ba). (30) The Mind is the Mahamudra; the Samaya-mudrā is Omnipresence; the Dharma-mudrā is Speech; the Karma-mudrā is Body.
the wisdom of samadhi.
(30) "the Mind ......": all of these indicate (31) rgya yis rgyas btad dños po ni/
/gsan bdag gsan ba'i rnal 'byor pa'o/
(31) The "given thing" sealed by seal (mudra) is the secret yogin as the secret master. By the true nature of introspection he examines with samadhi-wisdom.
/ran rig pa yi 'o bo yis/
/tin 'dsin ye ses brtags pa yin //
(31) "sealed": by the four seals (mudra). "secret master": the yoga which is the fruit itself. "true nature of introspection": lacking this, the yogin would not have the clear vision (vidya) of wisdom (jñāna). "samadhi" means calming the mind (Samatha) and discerning the real (vipasyana). (32) /lus nag sems su rnam brtags pa'i/
/bya ba rgyud du rnam brtags pa/ /gsan ba rnam pa gsum bu bśad/ /rdo rje las can sna tshogs bźin //
(32) What is considered a series of acts and considered among the ordinary body, speech, and mind, is explained as three secret aspects, as though all (of them). belong to diamond acts (vajrakarma).
(32) "acts": inseparable from body, etc. "three secret aspects": become the three secret
realities (v. 25).
(33) sans rgyas lňa yi bdag ñid ni/
/gsan ba'i ye ses bla med yin/ /phyag rgya bźi po gsan ba de /
(33)
The identity of the five Buddhas is the incomparable secret wisdom. The secret four mudra perfect the (magical)