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translated above! False upadesa (doctrine) is to be<br />

ab<strong>and</strong>oned.<br />

b. Terminology. In this same paragraph, the mention of<br />

"realizing supermundane consciousness" <strong>and</strong> the<br />

analysis of the "Moving <strong>and</strong> the Non-moving" show that<br />

this is not Mahamudra, for such talk is found in the<br />

exoteric schools. "Supermundane consciousness" is not<br />

a good name for Mahamudra, for as we saw in the<br />

definition chapter (Ch. III) "xin" or "heart" (a Chinese<br />

equivalent of the Sanskrit hrdaya) has many meanings<br />

<strong>and</strong> here should take the meaning "essence" or "truth."<br />

"Consciousness" is not a wide enough term; it covers<br />

only the mental aspect, as used by the Idealist School,<br />

whereas the proper terms used in Mahamudra (essence,<br />

truth) include both mentality <strong>and</strong> materiality.<br />

c. Instructions. Coming now to positive instructions, we<br />

should ask ourselves, "What is to be ab<strong>and</strong>oned?"<br />

Mr. Chen then related that he had just published a<br />

book on Mahamudra in Taiwan, in which he had<br />

criticized Tibetan gurus. He said, "In that work I<br />

have commented quite extensively on this matter."<br />

What is the object to be renounced? False ideas. What<br />

are false ideas? In Mahamudra, a false idea has this<br />

meaning: when you are in the first yoga (of the<br />

Enlightened Entity), you may think: "I have got it! This<br />

is the very truth of Mahamudra; I must hold on to this."<br />

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