Lotus Born, No Need to Fear

Awakened one With a body like this You will see your home and family As though you were meeting them in a dream But although you speak to them You will get no reply You will see your relatives and family weeping So you will think,"I am dead" "What shall I do?" And you will feel intense pain Like the pain of a fish rolling in hot sand But now, suffering is no use Even though you were attached to your relatives and family It is no use So, do not be attached Invoke the lord of great compassion And there will be no suffering or fear Awakened one Since your mind is separated from your body You cannot settle down You feel angry and cold And consciousness becomes airy Speeding, swaying And impermanent You will think, "So I am dead" "What shall I do now?" And you will feel intense and boundless pain Do not occupy yourself with all kinds of thoughts But rest your mind in its basic state But since you're a mental body, you cannot die And even though your body is cut into pieces You will recover You're really the natural form of emptiness So there is no need to fear The lords of death are the natural form of emptiness Your own confused projections And you are emptiness A mental body of unconscious tendencies Emptiness cannot harm emptiness And external lords of death, gods Evil spirits, demons and so on Have no reality apart from your own confused projections So, recognize this At this moment, recognize everything as The bardo