Derge Kangyur/Tengyur e-text, Esukhia/Barom edition — public domain (mechanical reproduction)
This fragment, titled Meditation on the Unborn View and Activities, introduces a meditative practice centered on the non-dual nature of reality. The text posits that the nature of the mind is fundamentally empty and unborn, identifying this quality directly with the uncontrived nature of phenomena (dharmatā). By framing the practice as a meditation on the unborn view, the work commits the reader to a realization of the inseparability between the subjective nature of mind and the objective nature of phenomena. The brief passage suggests a structure that begins with traditional Sanskrit and Tibetan nomenclature and a gesture of homage before moving into the core ontological assertion that serves as the basis for the subsequent meditative activities.
Provenance
About this text
A treatise on the meditative cultivation of the unborn nature of reality, the Caryādṛṣṭyanutpannatattvabhāvanā is attributed to the Indian author Panaha. Preserved within the classical Tibetan tradition, the work appears in the Tengyur, volume ཟི, where it comprises two pages and is categorized among the General Unexcelled Yoga Tantra Works. The record does not name the translators responsible for its passage into Tibetan. The work enacts a meditative practice centered on the non-dual nature of reality, asserting that the nature of the mind is fundamentally empty and unborn. It identifies this quality directly with the uncontrived nature of phenomena, or dharmatā, and argues for a realization of the inseparability between the subjective nature of mind and the objective nature of phenomena. A scholar or serious reader consults this text today to examine the ontological assertions that serve as the basis for the yoga of non-attachment, beginning with the traditional nomenclature and gestures of homage that precede the core meditative instructions.
Cite thisAnuvāda, “Meditation on the Unborn View and Activities” (Toh 2419), machine draft, 2026.https://naxiai.com/tibetan/works/toh2419
Summary & commentary
Significance
The work is significant for its synthesis of emptiness and the concept of the unborn, which are central to Mahayana and Vajrayana perspectives on the nature of mind. For the modern reader, it illustrates the technical precision used in Indo-Tibetan traditions to collapse the distinction between the observer's mind and the nature of existence.
Structure
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Section
Description
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Introduction
Provides the title in Sanskrit and Tibetan, offers homage to the gurus, and defines the nature of mind as empty, unborn, and inseparable from the nature of phenomena.
Themes
The Unborn (anutpannatva) (1)
Nature of Phenomena (dharmatā) (1)
Non-duality of Mind and Reality (1)
Summary, significance and provenance note generated by gemma4:31b from the translation and the catalogue record.
AnuvādaMeditation on the Unborn View and Activities·
In the language of India: Caryā-dṛṣṭi-anutpannatva-bhāvana-nāma. In the language of Tibet: lta spyod skye med kyi sgom pa zhes bya ba. Homage to the gurus!
The nature of mind is empty and unborn;
That itself is the uncontrived nature of phenomena (dharmatā).
Realizing that view as inseparable,
I declare it to be never departing from meditation.
The yoga of non-attachment conducts itself in its own place;
Without hope in the ten directions, that is the fruition.
Not hoping for that, one engages in passion.
The arising of the natural experience is a great marvel!
Paṇaha speaks thus:
It is the realization of non-dual primordial wisdom (jñāna).
I have drunk the nectar of great bliss.
My neck is adorned with a garland of kuñja flowers.
I fasten my leaf-robe securely.
Intoxicated, I wander through the depths of the forest.
I, Paṇaha, behold the marvel.
In Purimala, there are five masters;
Not being connected to any one is a great marvel!
In the state of nirvāṇa,
I cause the flower garden to flourish.
There, I suck the filaments of the lotus.
I, the king of yogis, have attained the siddhi of the bola and kakkola.
The "Meditation on the Unborn View and Conduct," composed by the master Paṇaha, 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.