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11. The
First Kukuräja
The First Kukuräja, Lord of Dogs,
whose father was Kukuräja Gatu and whose mother was Dawa Dachen, was a bhiksu
learned in the five branches of knowledge and particularly expert in the
eighteen mahäyoga tantras of Mantrayäna. Aspiring after the essential meaning,
he asked Atsantra Äloke for the essence of the teachings. The latter summarized
them for him thus:
It is
thought that creates the duality of mind and object;
It is wisdom that
perceives them as non-dual.
Meditation
means understanding there is nothing to enter into or to exit from.
Not grasping
what appears is the state of self-liberation!
Kukuräja perceived without any
shadow of doubt the state of self-liberation of his mind and of all the
phenomena of vision. Then he perfectly understood the meaning of the primordial
state and expressed his realization thus:
I
am Kukuräja!
Being
without birth or death, mind itself is Vajrasattva.
The
dimension of Vajrasattva's body pervades the whole universe
And not even
the sky can be an example of it.
Meditating
means not being distracted from this understanding!
