Lady Tsogyal asked the master: Which signs indicate correct training in meditation? The master replied: When you have trained in the above manner for a long time, the inner and outer signs will all appear.
The inner signs include: ● not noticing the inward and outward movement of breath while remaining composed; ● not feeling that there is a physical body;
● not sensing heat, cold, or even strong pain; ● and feeling a natural sense of delight that is not directed at anything whatsoever. At this point, there is less clinging to any given sense object, less fixating on “it is such and such,” and less timidity in every regard. Selfishness, likes and dislikes, worries, the eight worldly concerns, and other types of thinking all become fewer and less pronounced. Until these signs have manifest, you must try your utmost to become in accord with them. You might also have some minor miraculous powers, clairvoyance of others’ minds, and the like. All these are the inner signs. The outer signs include: ● seeing light shining in your body, or seeing various lights, colors, or shapes in midair; ● seeing the bodily forms of buddhas and other noble beings; ● hearing their voices and seeing their gestures of showing you respect; ● or that they give you teachings, predictions, and so forth. ● Clinging to these occurrences and believing in their lasting reality entails the flaw of becoming interrupted by Mara25. When you neither cling to nor believe in them, they indicate good qualities.
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Treasures from Juniper Ridge: the profound instructions of padmasambhava to the dakini yeshe tsogyal
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