Instructions on the Garland of Views
The only written teaching by Padmasambhava (Lopon Pema Jungna)
A note summarizing the different views, vehicles and so on.
Homage to the Blessed Manjushrikumara and Vajradhharma!
The Worldly Paths
The countless erroneous views that exist in the realms of the world may be subsumed into four categories: (i) the unreflective, (ii) the materialists, (iii) the nihilists and (iv) the extremists.
The unreflective do not understand whether or not all things and events have causes and conditions; they are thoroughly ignorant. The materialists do not understand whether or not there exist previous and subsequent lives and, relying upon the words of mundane secrets, they acquire wealth and power [only] for this one life. The nihilists view all phenomena to be devoid of cause and effects and maintain all elements of existence that have come about in this one life as having done so accidentally. Continue reading