Radiance Sutras II

Our practice last week was based on the radiance of space described in the Bhairava Tantra, from the book The Radiance Sutras, translated by Lorin Roche. We explored this sutra as an entry into a practice of spacious awareness, the natural openness of the mind.

As I quoted last post:

“The language is crafted so that you may be able to recognize your own
innate spiritual experience and have a flash of recognition.

…These verses are an invitation to wake up to the marvelous symphony
within and around us.”

You can read the verses, contemplate them, even speak them aloud, letting them resonate within, evoking the arising spiritual qualities within. Here are two more verses in the same vein that offer practices for opening to our inner light and awareness.

#37

Go to a wide open space,
Gaze without looking anywhere.

The mind stops its building of thoughts,
and rests on its own foundation –
Immensity.

The light that you see by
Is the light that comes from inside.

This instruction mirrors the Sky-Gazing practice taught in the Dzogchen tradition. You don’t need special instructions or a special teacher. Just Gaze on your own.

#62

Enter the space inside your head.
See it as already infinite,
Extending forever in all directions.

This spaciousness that you are
Is permeated by luminosity.
Know this radiance
As the soul of the world.

We end all of our practices resting in the open space of awareness, allowing everything to be just as it is.