Mahaguru Padmasambhava

Lady Tsogyal asked the master: How many ways are there to safeguard awakened mind? 

The master replied: 

There are three ways to safeguard it. Safeguard it as you would a wild horse, which should be tamed undistractedly; similarly, the yogi should remain undistracted from the nature of the view. Safeguard it as you would a treasure of precious gems, which, unless you make efforts to protect it, is vulnerable to bandits and thieves. Similarly, the yogi should remain invulnerable nerable to dullness and agitation, lest he allow his samadhi to stray. Safeguard it as a king would his queen, so that people are unable to hurt the queen, as they are all included among her subjects. Similarly, the yogi should remain so that thoughts can cause no harm since he or she has realized all phenomena to be mind.

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Treasures from Juniper Ridge: the profound instructions of padmasambhava to the dakini

Pyeshe tsogyal. From the revelations of Nyang Ral Nyima Özer, Rigdzin Gödem, Sangye Lingpa, Rinchen Lingpa, Dorje Lingpa, Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, and Chokgyur Lingpa. Translated from the Tibetan based on the teachings of Kyabje Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche by Erik Pema Kunsang (Erik Hein Schmidt). Edited by Michael Tweed and Marcia Binder Schmidt. First ed.