“Next is the third secret. It is explained as the basic character of joy In connection with the wisdom-gnosis initiation.

“The anus quivers and the body hairs rise. Twelve nonobservations of the basic character of joy Is taught to be its nature.

“With the circulation of the spirit of enlightenment, one reflects on nonconceptuality. Twenty-five nonobservations of supreme joy Completely fills the secret gem.

“The nonobservation of innate joy Is taught to be the dharma body. The interruption of the flow of bliss is the joy of cessation; Its nonobservation is the two form buddha bodies.

“Moreover, all the preliminaries, The subsidiary techniques, and actual union, Along with their intention, are in stages.

“Despite multiply radiating like a cluster of stars, They coalesce like the sun and moon. Despite coalescing like the sun and moon, They are nondual like an eclipse.”

“What is a cluster of stars? What is coalescence? What is nonduality?”

“The thirty-seven factors of enlightenment Are radiated as the features of the cause. The three buddha bodies and the five gnoses Are radiated as the features of the fruition.

“The causes are absorbed within seven, And the fruitions are absorbed within three. The causes dissolve into the fruitions, and The fruition should be meditated upon as twofold.

“All phenomena are the essence of mind. Mind is of an empty nature. All is of one taste in being empty. This is the expanse devoid of accepting and rejecting.

“In order to fully purify desire, Desire rooted in the five seals of enlightened body— The pair of the great seal and the gnosis seal, Along with the samaya seal, the dharma seal, and the action seal— Becomes exceedingly profound.

“This is great bliss, which is threefold— The natures of development and completion, And the chakra of great bliss. The first abides as the letter e at the secret nose-tip.

“The second, which fills the emanation chakra, The awareness chakra, and the rest, Abides in the Secret Guardian of Bliss.

“The natural chakra of great bliss Is replete with the flavor of great bliss, Just as a sesame seed is with sesame butter.

“Like sap dripping From a cut tree branch, From that great bliss itself comes the Form of hundreds, thousands, Tens of thousands, and hundreds of thousands of tips of hair.

“First comes a cloudy form; The second resembles smoke. Third is the form of lightning; The fourth resembles a butter lamp. The sequence of all these, moreover, Occurs according to the order of the emanation chakra and the rest.

“The emergence of the form of clouds Is the sign for birth, the syllable a. That which resembles a butter lamp Is taught to be the sign of haṁ, for death.

“The fifth, which resembles space, Should be understood as the empty sign For the intermediate state, non-duality. Moreover, vibrating and so forth Should be learned from a master’s oral instructions.

“Next, concerning the third secret, The characteristics of the four joys In connection with the wisdom-gnosis initiation are as follows: The anus quivering, body hairs rising, And the body vibrating are the essence of joy.

“Reflecting on the bliss of the spirit of enlightenment circulating From the base of the secret vajra Is the essence of supreme joy.

“Reflecting on vajra and lotus stoppered Is the essence of innate joy. Reflecting on the bliss of having the continuity of bliss interrupted Is the essence of the joy of cessation.

“Moreover, the characteristics of all these, Such as the factor of the spirit of enlightenment, and so forth, Should be understood in terms of what was taught above.

“Joy is called luminance; Supreme joy is radiance. Extreme joy is imminence. Innate joy is clear light.

“The natures of the four gnoses Are the antidotes that destroy the four demons. The coarse level is secretly destroyed by four. The four subtle demons are naturally Destroyed in the four chakras.

“The four joys based on the chakras Themselves appear as the four gnoses, And therefore destroy the four demons.

“The three poisons based on desire Are the demon of afflictions, Involving twelve attributes of desire. The Secret Guardian of Bliss destroys the afflictions.

“Color and shape are the demon of the aggregates. The Hayagrīva chakra destroys the aggregates. The four concealed things are the demon of the gods. The chakra of awareness destroys the demon of the gods.

“As for death, along with birth, The secret of their nonorigination destroys the lord of death. The destruction of the subtle demons is similar.

“Concerning the four moments and the four sections; The four auspiciousnesses and the four truths; The four elements and the four mothers; The four pure stations, and so forth— Apart from the four gnoses themselves There is nothing higher to be found.

“It is due to the particularities of concepts And, furthermore, the particularities of inclinations And the particularities of various religious systems That such a plethora has been taught.

“A practitioner who has traversed the three initiations Is taught to be a great, fully ordained monk. For it is taught that he will accomplish all.”

“What is such a triple-initiation fully ordained monk like? What are his activities?”

“Fully ordained monks, and so forth, are threefold: Prātimokṣa, bodhisattva, And knowledge-holder fully ordained monks.

“According to the sequence of possessing One, four, ten, or two hundred and fifty vows, Temporary lay-vow holders, permanent lay-vow holders, novice monks, And fully ordained monks, respectively, are those of prātimokṣa.

“Those of generosity, great generosity, Extreme generosity, and complete generosity Are bodhisattva temporary lay-vow holders, permanent lay-vow holders, Novice monks, and fully ordained monks, respectively.

“Those who adhere to virtue Upon having entered the maṇḍala Are adherents of virtue, temporary lay-vow holders. With seven, they are great.

“Concerning the particular three great ones, By being in service to the virtue of the vase initiation, One is in the service of virtue, a permanent lay-vow holder. Therefore, with seven, they are great.

“One who is in accordance with the virtue of the secret initiation Is in harmony with virtue, a novice. With seven, they become great.

“By upholding that very virtue of wisdom-gnosis, One is an upholder of virtue, a fully ordained monk. With seven, they are great.

“These particular three great ones Are also the three non-returners, In that reverting back to karmic maturation, cyclic existence, and the lower vehicle— The three abandonments—are renounced by the three vehicles, respectively, And those of the knowledge-holder vehicle adhere to the fruition.

“A practitioner who adheres to this fruition Should dwell in the apparel Of a householder, or a vajra-holder, And confer initiations, consecrations, and so forth.

“I have not taught that one should perform secret conduct In the apparel of all three vehicles. For example, copper is wrought from stone. Based on copper, one can enjoy the appearance of gold. When there is copper, there is no stone. By becoming golden, stone no longer appears.

“The Buddha has not taught that A knowledge-holder fully ordained monk Should embody both Prātimokṣa and bodhisattva vows.”