don
dam lhan cig skyes pa'i ye shes ni/ /
tshogs bsags sgrib pa dag pa'i lag rjes dang/ /
rtogs ldan bla ma'i byin rlabs kho
na las/ /
thabs gzhan bsten pa rmongs par shes par bya/ /
Ultimate co-emergent wisdom can only come
From gathering accumulations and purifying
obscurations,
And through the blessings of a realized master—
You should know that it’s foolish to rely on any other method.
Treasury of
Dohās
dnogs por 'dzin pa phyugs dang 'dra/
/
dngos med 'dzin pa de
bas blun/ /
The belief that
things are real is common to cattle,
The belief that they are unreal is even more foolish.
[1] Usually attributed to Saraha, although Tsele Natsok Rangdrol says it is from
the Pacifying Tantra (zhi byed kyi rgyud). See Empowerment and the Path of Liberation, p. 45