Ideas realized
Bardo of Becoming:
Now when the bardo of becoming dawns upon me,
I will concentrate my mind one- pointedly,
And strive to prolong the results of good karma,
Close the womb-entrance and think of resistance;
This is the time when perseverance and pure thought are needed,
Abandon jealousy and meditate on the Guru with his consort.
-Bardo Thodol
Bardo of dharmatā
Now when the bardo of dharmatā draws upon me
I will abandon all thoughts of fear and terror,
I will recognize whatever appears as my projection
And know it to be vision of the bardo;
Now that I have reached this crucial point,
I will not fear the peaceful and wrathful ones,
My own projections.
-Bardo Thodol
Bardo of the moment before death:
Now when the bardo of the moment before death draws upon me,
I will abandon all grasping, yearning and attachment,
Enter undistracted into clear awareness of the teaching,
And eject my consciousness into the space of unborn mind;
As I leave this compound body of flesh and blood
I will know it to be transitory illusion.
-Bardo Thodol
BarDo of Dreams
Now when the bardo of dreams is drawing upon me,
I will abandon the corpse-like sleep of careless ignorance, and let my thoughts enter their natural state without distraction;
Controlling and transforming dreams in luminosity.
I will not sleep like an animal
But unify completely sleep and practice.
-Bardo Thodol
Let go of what has passed. Let go of what may come. Let go of what is happening. Do not try and figure anything out. Do not try and control anything. Relax, right now, and rest in the radiant luminescent coalescence of emptiness and appearance.
“‘Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God’”
Arjuna, the Vedas belong to the three gunas, and you must be free of the three gunas, free from opposites, eternally dwelling in truth, neither acquiring nor keeping, self-possessed
Bhagavad Gita 2.45
Your authority is in action alone, and never in its fruits; motive should never be in the fruits of action, nor should you cling to in-action.
Bhagavad Gita 2.47
With wisdom as the highest goal, controlling the senses and filled with trust one reaches wisdom. Then with wisdom reached one goes quickly to the highest peace.
Bhagavad Gita 4.39
Son of Pandu, know that which they call renunciation is yoga; no one becomes a practitioner of yoga without renouncing worldly desires.
Bhagavad Gita 6.2