Sun, 23 May 2010
Run Away Fears
Here is the long delayed final verse of Lama Phurbu Tashi's poem.
Once we have established ourselves in the present moment,
It is like knocking at the true nature door to enter into freedom land.
Being in the present moment is like embracing the suchness in our arms.
It is like all the worries and the fears are being scared and run away
Establishing yourself in the present moment means to see that the past and future are only ideas, that is to say, illusions, for that is what illusions are, phenomena that only exist as ideas. To see the unreality of the past and future is to understand wishlessness, the first of the three doors to liberation. Free from thought of past or future and dwelling peacefully in the present, the true nature of all phenomena, which are beyond conceptuaization, becomes apparent. This is to understand signlessness, the second of the three doors of liberation. Once we see that concepts, after all, only exist in our minds and not in the phenomena we attribute them to, we see the suchness of phenomena. Suchness means that the mode of abiding of all phenomena is emptiness. To see this is to understand the third of the three doors to liberation, emptiness. Thus the practice of remaining aware of the present is the door to liberation. When liberation is achieved, all the afflictive emotions, including fear, are vanquished, as the last verse indicates.
