Derge Kangyur/Tengyur e-text, Esukhia/Barom edition — public domain (mechanical reproduction)
This brief instructional text advocates for a state of non-dual awareness and equanimity toward the temporal flow of karma. The author argues that the practitioner should abandon emotional reactivity—specifically attachment and aversion—regarding virtuous and non-virtuous actions across the three times. By employing the metaphor of the lion of primordial wisdom, the text encourages a state of natural joy that transcends conceptual elaboration. The work concludes by positioning the nature of phenomena as the proper domain of yoga, cautioning the reader against the duality of striving for meditation or avoiding it. Ultimately, the text commits the reader to a practice of non-meditation, where the goal is to abide in the innate nature of reality rather than engaging in a structured mental process of cultivation.
Provenance
About this text
An instructional treatise on the nature of phenomena, the glu/ belongs to the classical Tibetan period. This work is preserved in the Tengyur, volume ཟི, where it is situated within the General Unexcelled Yoga Tantra Works and occupies a single page. The text advocates for a state of non-dual awareness and equanimity toward the temporal flow of karma, urging the practitioner to abandon emotional reactivity—specifically attachment and aversion—regarding virtuous and non-virtuous actions across the past, present, and future. By employing the metaphor of the lion of primordial wisdom, it encourages a state of natural joy that transcends conceptual elaboration. It positions the nature of phenomena as the proper domain of yoga, cautioning the reader against the duality of striving for meditation or avoiding it. A scholar or serious reader consults this work today to examine a practice of non-meditation, wherein the goal is to abide in the innate nature of reality rather than engaging in a structured mental process of cultivation.
The text is significant for its alignment with the Great Perfection (Dzogchen) or Mahamudra traditions, which emphasize the innate purity of the mind over gradual cultivation. For the modern reader, it represents a shift from moralistic striving toward a radical acceptance of the present moment.
Structure
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Instruction on Equanimity and Non-Meditation
A concise exhortation to abandon attachment and aversion and to dwell in the natural state of primordial wisdom.
Themes
Equanimity toward karma (1)
Primordial wisdom (1)
Non-meditation (1)
Summary, significance and provenance note generated by gemma4:31b from the translation and the catalogue record.
Homage to the Buddha!
Regarding the virtuous and non-virtuous actions of the past, future, and present, do not feel attachment or aversion. Be naturally joyful, like the lion of primordial wisdom. The profound nature of phenomena is the domain of yoga; do not engage in thoughts of meditating or not meditating, or of possessing or not possessing the awakened mind. Be naturally joyful, like the lion of primordial wisdom.
Regarding the paths of conduct of buddhas and sentient beings, do not engage in thoughts of conformity or non-conformity. Be naturally joyful, like the lion of primordial wisdom. Regarding the phenomena that are the results of happiness and suffering, and regarding saṃsāra and nirvāṇa, do not harbor hopes or fears. Be naturally joyful, like the lion of primordial wisdom.
This is complete.
Translation status: Not among 84000's published translations, and not in progress there. Translations published elsewhere have not been searched for, so one may exist. (source: 84000 catalogue + registry; checked 2026-11-10).
Set in Newsreader and EB Garamond; Tibetan in Noto Serif Tibetan; Chinese in Noto Serif SC.