消息

A Message

今天，青海来的僧人告诉我了一个消息：一个月之前，多登喇嘛圆寂了。

Today a monk from Qinghai told me a piece of news: Lama Tokden passed away a month ago.

他是竹钦堪布衮则的弟子，曾于山中息交绝游实修21年，其间于监狱度过了一段时光，但仍然修行不辍。并以其证悟境界造出了《大圆满离云虚空》(我也曾有幸拜读此论)，时常示现成就瑞相，并培养了许多弟子。

He was a disciple of Dzogchen Khenpo Kunze and had done solitary retreat in secluded mountains for 21 years. Even when he was incarcerated for some period, he did not let go of his practice. With his profound realization he wrote The Great Perfection: Cloudless Spacious Sky (which I am privileged to have read). On many occasions he displayed auspicious signs of accomplishment and has trained scores of outstanding disciples.

他在圆寂前病得十分严重，圆寂的那天他告诉身边的人：“愿意听我话的有缘弟子，在我走后，应精进修持菩提心。”说完，隆重地穿上法衣，以金刚跏趺坐安详示现圆寂。

He was quite ill toward the end; on the day he died he told people around him: “All the students connected to me, here is my advice if you will listen: You must practice bodhichitta diligently when I am gone.” Thus said, he put on his formal gowns ceremoniously, sat in the vajra posture, and serenely passed away.

修习密法的人都明白，事先了知死亡，死时安然自在的密乘修行人实在不可胜数。得到大圆满灌顶与窍诀的人，只要信心不退，并严守密乘戒，即使精进不足，今生未获成就，但以听闻加持力，来世也可值遇密法，并获成就。

In the Vajrayana circles, there are numerous tantric practitioners who are able to foresee the time of their own death and make an elegant exit. On the other hand, there are people who have received empowerment and pith instruction on the Great Perfection but fail realization in this life due to insufficient effort. Such people, as long as they have held unfailing faith and strictly observed tantric vows, will meet Vajrayana in their future life and reach attainment as blessed by the power of listening to the Dharma.

如今，我们值遇了如此殊胜的法，应以百倍的信心、发无上的菩提心，为广度愚昧众生而精进修持。

Now that we have encountered this sublime Dharma, we should generate the supreme bodhichitta with highly intensified devotion, and practice assiduously in order to deliver all deluded sentient beings to liberation.

壬午年五月二十一日　
2002年7月1日　　

21st of May, Year of RenWu
July 1, 2002