Attached and ultimately not attached.

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Those staying in that land benefit those living there, but are not truly existent.
Nevertheless, there is a need that they stay in that place benefiting those beings.
Attached and ultimately not attached are the form kayas;
Emptiness is inseparable from appearance.

Saraha
From a Song for the King

Stainless nature of mind.

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beginningless, Buddha, Buddhanature, Dharma, emotion, Maitreya, mind, nature of mind, Quote, stainless, Uttaratantra-shastra

From beginningless time, unfettered
By the shell of beings’ emotions,
The nature of mind is stainless
And is said to have no beginning.

Maitreya
Ratnagotravibhaga
Excerpt from Systems of Buddhist Tantra by Jamgon Kongtrul

The spiritual teacher.

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calm, Enlightenment, guru, Maitreya, peaceful, Quote, realization, spiritual teacher, teacher, transmission

Rely on a spiritual mentor who is disciplined, calm and very peaceful,
is endowed with qualities of enlightenment and with diligence,
has received a wealth of scriptural transmissions,
and has totally realized suchness, possesses eloquence,
embodies kindness, and has cast off discouragement.

Maitreya
Ornament of the Mahayana Sutras
Skt. Mahayana sutralamkara

Bodhisattva Vow.

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awakened mind, Bodhicaryavatara, Bodhicitta, Bodhisattva, Buddha, conduct, discipline, path, precepts, Shantideva, train, vow

Just as all the Buddhas in the past
Have brought forth the awakened mind,
And in the precepts of the Bodhisattvas
Step-by-step abode and trained,

Likewise, for the benefit of beings,
I will bring to birth the awakened mind,
And in those precepts, step-by-step,
I will abide and train myself.

Shantideva
From the Way of the Bodhisattva
Skt. Bodhicaryavatara

Strive for liberation.

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Like dew on grass, the delights of the three worlds
By their very nature evaporate in an instant.
To strive for the supreme level of liberation,
Which never changes, is the practice of a bodhisattva.

Gyalse Thogme
From the 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva
Excerpt from the Heart of Compassion by Dilgo Khyentse

Shortcut to buddhahood.

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awakening, Bodhicitta, Buddhahood, Compassion, Enlightenment, generosity, kindness, Love, Mahayana, Quote, welfare

Aspiring for the welfare of beings is the shortcut to perfect buddhahood.

From the Tent of the Lotus Heart
Tib. padma’i snying gur

The ultimate meaning of the Heart Essence.

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awareness, basic space, bliss, Dzogchen, Great Perfection, heart essence, kaya, meaning, pure, Quote, spontaneous presence, Tantra

The all-encompassing state of infinite pervasiveness is the sublime, ultimate meaning of the heart essence.
Sense objects are perceived within the state of equalness and dissolve into the naturally occurring state.
The meaning of boundlessness is experienced as that state of self-knowing and supremely blissful awareness.
The manifestation of the essence of being is subsumed within the expanse of the kayas.
The all-pervasive nature of being is a boundless manifestation within basic space.
Inexhaustible, it occurs naturally, free of the limitations of elaboration.
It is the infinitely pervasive nature of lucidity- the unity of basic space and awareness.
It is beyond being an object- neither a creator nor something created.
It displays itself in everything- the consummate natural manifestation of spontaneous presence.

From the Perfect Dynamic Energy of the Lion
Tib. seng ge rtsal rdzogs chen po’i rgyud
Excerpt from A Treasure Trove of Scriptural Transmission by Longchen Rabjam