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1. The Father Lineage: HE/HE

Qin

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The Text:

The Father Lineage.

The Father Principle is the basis of the Father Lineage. It is described aslineage because its expressions evolve from the unconditional into theconditional.

Profoundly Unfathomable:

Radiating Brilliance;

Just, Fitting and Timely;

Powerful and Fruitful.

These four characters encompass the meaning of Heaven and Earth.

The Commentary:

How unfathomable is the profundity of the Father Lineage!

It empowers all things with their original nature;

Thus it is the root and sovereign of Heaven.

Clouds emerge and bestow rain;

Likewise, the myriad classes of beings flow into form.

The Father Lineage is unfathomable beyond thought. It is the root of all of the

lineages, patterns, and potentials of both Heaven and Earth. Out of the cosmicmirror, the root of Heaven, all things arise as pure potential, and then flow intobeings as if a cloud were producing rain.

The myriad classes of beings are categories or potentials. Here the energy

of the ultimate court flows through drala (shn) into embodiment.88

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Great clarity and intelligence from birth through death: 7

Fulfilled in six dignified stages, each accomplished and perfected according to

auspicious coincidence of the time and season.

Heavenly rule rides auspicious coincidence, guiding the imperial chariot of the six

inscrutable dragons.

The dao of the Father Lineage is magical becoming and dissolving.

The cycle of change, from birth to death, is fulfilled according to auspiciouscoincidence (literally, the 'time' or the 'season'). How things come into being

and dissolve is the Dao of the Father Lineage. The six dragons correspond tothe six lines of the hexagram, and represent the six phases of being in accordwith auspicious coincidence. They are inscrutable because their root is too

profound to be inspected with mind; but at the same time they are the basis of

how events occur in the realms of Heaven, Earth and humankind.

Beings genuineness is upholding their original nature, Heavens command.

To cherish and protect this is to join with the supreme harmony,

Which [manifests as] Just and Powerful.

When beings follow the command of Heaven they are fulfilling their original

nature; at the same time, the command of Heaven is in itself their original

nature. When beings cherish and protect this command in the center of theirheart, their individual lives and actions are naturally synchronized with the will

of Heaven; therefore their relative circumstances manifest as fitting and timely

() and powerful and fruitful ().




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When [such] a leader arises, all things and the ten thousand nations [constituencies]

are joined in harmony.8

These leaders uphold Heavens command, and therefore embody its lineage ofProfound and Unfathomable; Radiating Brilliance; Just, Fitting and Timely;

Powerful and Fruitful (). An enlightened ruler acts as a profound

catalyst that allows Heaven and Earth to unite.

The Image:

Heaven is the source of strength and power.

The warriors' inherent strength is unceasing.

Wise people and great leaders do not use personal strength and determinationto accomplish their ends, especially in joining Heaven and Earth. Theirstrength comes from the ability to accept the command of Heaven and be deeply

synchronized with how circumstances arise out of unconditionality, the cosmic

mirror. Thus their strength arises from unconditional mind--Heaven--and isunceasing.




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2. The Mother Lineage: EA/EA

K'n




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The Text:

The Mother Lineage

The character k!n is made up of 'Earth' () and 'extend' (), evoking theimage the vast expanse of the plains. According to Trangu Rinpoche, the plains

are a metaphor for the dharmadhatu, the space that accommodates everything. 4

Profound Brilliant Wakefulness

The virtuous power of the mare5 is beneficial.

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Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche Enhancing the Practice of Mahamudra:

Without attachment to anything, enjoy in an uncontrived, spacious way the plain of luminous equality, your own mind. Doing this with diligence.

Without attachment to anything, causes or results, enjoy your own mind, the true nature of mind, luminous equality. The true nature of mind is equality,

and equality as the nature of luminosity. Here the metaphor is a plain, a vast plain is open and spacious, filled with flowers and other things. Your own

mind, luminous equality is described metaphorically as a plain. Enjoy this in an uncontrived spacious way. What is enjoyed in a spacious way? The plain

of luminous equality, your own mind, is enjoyed in an on a spacious way.

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Trangu Rinpoche, Drala: (Banner, November, year?):

The first of the five (external) dralas is klunga (silent k). Lungta means a plain expanse. One could have a great expansive plain with a river that flows

through it. On the plain there is a horse. The horse is free to run as far as it wants, it can run in any direction, at great speed. It is that kind of horse that is

meant by klungta in this system. It is not the windhorse but the horse of the great plains. The obstacles to this kind of klungta are the presence of

ignorance or stupidity which obscure wisdom. When ignorance is dispelled then the klungta is free to run wherever it wishes, as far as it wishes.

Ignorance has to be dispelled in order to set free klungta.

In the Vajrayana, the elimination of ignorance is called the dharmadhatu wisdom. Dharmadhatu means the nature of phenomenon, the nature of anything.

Dhatu means great expanse. It is like the klungta, the horse of the plainsthe great expanse in which it is free to run like having the freedom to develop

ones power, to develop ones strength as much as one wishes. Because of ignorance or stupidity ones mind is very narrow in that state. When one is

free from narrow-mindedness, ones mind becomes very vast and free to develop all ones potential or power. In Buddhist terms, this is the dharmadhatu

wisdom. On a more worldly level, this is described as klungta, the horse of the vast plains."




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Here the character l is rendered as 'beneficial', rather than as 'Just, Fittingand Timely'. The power of the mare is just or beneficial in that it is always

completely fitting and appropriate, and blessed by auspicious coincidence. Her

power to nurture and support beings is attuned to their original natures, and istherefore fundamentally beneficial.

The virtue and purity of the mares power is that she is free of obscurations andignorance, or any kind of territoriality or bias. Thus the mare is able to travel

anywhere in the vast plains, without boundary or obstruction. The mare is theagent of the vast plains. She is a metaphor for the Mother Lineage, which

has the capability to range over all of phenomena, her fertility and richness

nurturing all beings according to their needs and natures.

The horse of the plainsthe great expanse in which it is free to run like

having the freedom to develop ones power, to develop ones strength as

much as one wishes. Thrangu Rinpoche

The warrior's path begins in delusion

And leads to the attainment of nobility.

This translation relies on the subsidiary meaning of as ford, or place tocross, leading to the meaning of y#u w"ng as a way to progress or goahead, to find a path through ones life.Thus the wise or virtuous person has a

way of traversing his or her life that begins in confusion and leads to nobility.

In the Southwest it is fitting to find companions.

[The immature rely on external support]

In the Northeast, it is fitting to abandon companions.

[The mature do not depend on externals]

In the mandala of Later Heaven [ ) the southwest trigram is Earth , andthe northeast trigram is Mountain . When a being is born, he or she must be

educated and brought up. An immature person is humble, and a part of amultitude, which is represented by the trigram Earth. The Earth is nourishing




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and supportive, and like the Earth, the immature individual is still basic and

undistinguished, and depends on the support and guidance of others of his orher own kind.

Later in life, a person of virtue becomes accomplished, and his or her nature is

fulfilled by his or her way of being in society. A mature person of virtue is not

one of the multitude, but is alone in the unconditional expression ofwarriorship. A genuine warrior or leader can see reality directly, and thus is

ruled by Heavens commands () in fulfilling his or her duty in joining Heavenand Earth. The warrior is without companions in the sense of not relying onothers for relative support and guidance. The mountain here represents the

accumulation of merit and wisdom, which is the body of the awake (bodhi)

being (sattva).9

On an inner level, at the beginning of the Bodhisattva warriors path, he or she

perceives sentient beings, and thus has many companions. At the end of the

Bodhisattvas path, he or she does not see any true existence in beings, and in

this sense is without friends or companions.

Abiding peacefully is auspicious and powerful.

Generally we have emphasized the Shambhala connotation of by translatingit as powerful and fruitful. Here the meanings correct, pure, loyal are

also important. Peaceful abiding is like the practice of shamatha meditation,

which allows one to rest naturally in ones present situation without struggle.

In the same sense, the warrior of the mother lineage () finds power and

genuineness in not struggling with the makeup of his or her situation, but bysupporting it or being brought up by it, as the case may be. This is also

connected with the Shambhala dignity of Meek, where modesty allows one to gobeyond self-centered struggle.

The Commentary:

The profundity of the Mother Lineage is consummate indeed!10

The Mother Lineages depth and breadth are inconceivable. The root of theMother Lineages profundity is unfathomable.

It empowers the birth and supports the livelihood of all beings. 11




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The mutually beneficial interdependence between the classes of beings and things is

radiating brilliance.

The mare is of the nature of Earth:

She roams the Earth without boundary.

Flexible and loyal, she is Just, Fitting and Timely [and]

Powerful and Fruitful.

The character xin, here translated as mutually beneficialinterdependence is also the name of Hexagram 31. It means the fitting

relationship between beings of a similar class based on the resonance of their

inherent qualities.

Here the primal virtues h'ng, l, and zh'n, translated above as'radiating brilliance', 'just, fitting and timely', and 'powerful and 'fruitful', must

be understood in their larger senses as well. Brilliance connotes harmony andfruitfulness on many levels. This is more fully expressed in relation to the Great

Eastern Sun:

Radiating confidence, peacefulIlluminating the way of discipline6

The qualities of l (just, fitting and timely), andzh'n (powerful andfruitful) express the fundamental integrity, appropriateness, longevity andstrength that lead to conquering degraded ways of being in the relative world:

Eternal ruler of the three worlds

May the Great Eastern Sun be victorious.

The mare is a metaphor for the feminine quality of Earth as it manifests inbeings: its sphere of activity is without boundary and her activity carries beings

without limit.

She is flexible and loyal because she always obeys the command of Heaven bysupporting the true natures of beings according to their natures.

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The warriors path isAt first deluded, missing the Dao;

Afterwards, loyalty is constant and ordinary.

This section describes the path of the individual warrior. At first, the warriordoes not know nor trust his or her own nature, and thus does not follow the

Dao. When mature, the warriors loyalty to Heaven is natural and ongoing.

In the Southwest find companions and allies,

[The immature rely on external support]

Traveling [the path] through the mutual support of ones own kind.

The immature identify strongly with their own kindtheir species, family, clanand nation. This is the context in which their development takes place.

In the Northeast abandon companionship.

[The mature do not depend on externals]

The mature transcend relying on external reality as a support.13

In the end there is rejoicing:

At peace and Powerfully Fruitful: [this is] auspicious.

The Earth's resonance is without boundary.

The fruition of warriorship is peace: resting in auspicious coincidence,

resonant with all of relative reality extending to space itself.

The Image:

The Mother Lineage is like Earth:

The depth of the Warriors' goodness and virtue carries all beings.

When the basic energy of the Mother Lineage is applied to the paths of

warriors, their confidence and trust in their basic natures is expressed asvirtuous activity that benefits beings.



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