(december 2017, patnem, goa - cursorily browsing articles on Tibetan Buddhism in Wikipedia - the following teaching was a hammer blow from heaven - Om Buddhaya Namaha!).
"Tilopa gave Naropa a teaching called the Six Words of Advice, the original Sanskrit or Bengali of which is not extant; the text has reached us in Tibetan translation. In Tibetan, the teaching is called gnad kyi gzer drug – literally, "six nails of key points" – the aptness of which title becomes clear if one considers the meaning of the English idiomatic expression, "to hit the nail on the head.”
(According to Ken McLeod, the text contains exactly six words; the two English translations given in the following table are both attributed to him).
"Tilopa gave Naropa a teaching called the Six Words of Advice, the original Sanskrit or Bengali of which is not extant; the text has reached us in Tibetan translation. In Tibetan, the teaching is called gnad kyi gzer drug – literally, "six nails of key points" – the aptness of which title becomes clear if one considers the meaning of the English idiomatic expression, "to hit the nail on the head.”
(According to Ken McLeod, the text contains exactly six words; the two English translations given in the following table are both attributed to him).
Six Words of Advice
First short, literal translation
Later long, explanatory translation
Tibetan (Wylie transliteration)
1
Don't recall
Let go of what has passed
mi mno
2
Don't imagine
Let go of what may come
mi bsam
3
Don't think
Let go of what is happening now
mi sems
4
Don't examine
Don't try to figure anything out
mi dpyod
5
Don't control
Don't try to make anything happen
mi sgom
6
Rest
Relax, right now, and rest
rang sar bzhag
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