Awakened One,
do not let your thoughts wander.
Having arrived at the time of death,
think of nothing
but the awakened heart,
bodhicitta,
love,
and compassion,
and attain perfect enlightenment
for the sake of all sentient beings,
as limitless as space.
Recognize the luminosity of death as the Dharmakaya,
your own
absolute Buddha nature.
Now the sign of earth
is dissolving into water,
water into fire,
fire into air,
air
into consciousness.
Awakened One,
when your body and mind separate,
the luminosity will appear pure and clear,
with terrifying brightness,
yet hard to discern,
shimmering
like a mirage on a plain in spring.
Do not be afraid of it.
Do not be bewildered.
This is the natural radiance of your own Dharmata,
pure emptiness,
in which there is no essential substance,
quality,
or color whatsoever.
Therefore,
recognize it.
Awakened One,
a great roar of thunder will come from within the light,
like a thousand thunderclaps simultaneously.
Do not be afraid of it.
Do not be bewildered.
This is the natural sound of your own Dharmata.
Therefore,
recognize it.
Listen.
Now the pure luminosity of death is dawning upon you.
Recognize it.
At this moment,
your state of mind is by nature pure emptiness,
without any substance,
quality,
or color whatsoever.
This is the Dharmata,
Samantabhadri,
the All-Good Mother.
Your mind is also unobstructed,
pure,
and vibrant.
This mind
is the male Buddha,
Samantabhadra,
the All-Good Father.
These two,
your mind whose nature is emptiness,
and your mind which is unobstructed, pure,
and vibrant,
are inseparable.
This itself
is the Dharmakaya of the Buddha,
your absolute
Buddha nature.
This mind of yours is inseparable clarity
and emptiness
in the form of a great
mass of light.
It has no birth,
nor death.
It is the Buddha of unchanging light.
Recognize
it.
Awakened one,
listen without distraction.
Now what is called death
has arrived.