-Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche

Mind’s ultimate nature, emptiness
endowed with vividness,
I was told is the real Buddha.
Recognizing this should help me
Not to be stuck with thoughts of
hierarchy.

Mind’s ultimate nature, its
emptiness aspect,
I was told is the real Dharma.
Recognizing this should help me
Not to be stuck with thoughts of
political correctness.

Mind’s ultimate nature, its vivid
aspect,
I was told is the real Sangha.
Recognizing this should help me
Not to be stuck with thoughts of
equal rights.

One cannot disassociate emptiness from vividness.
This inseparability I was told is the Guru.
Recognizing this should help me
Not to be stuck with depending on chauvinist lamas.

This nature of mind has never been stained by duality,
This stainlessness I was told is the deity.
Recognizing this should help me
Not to be stuck with the cate