new fortune.

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@@ -41073,4 +41073,21 @@ practice diligently right away.  Otherwise, all kinds of things will come up
 that we think we need to do first, and we'll never get around to practicing.
   -- Khenchen Thrangu and Padampa Sangye, from "Advice from a Yogi", published
      by Shambhala Publications
+~
+The ultimate mode of being, the ground wherein both we and Guru Rinpoche are
+primordially inseparable—namely, the selfarisen primordial wisdom, which is
+subject to no movement of discursive thought—is referred to as Guru.
+Because deluded perceptions are themselves primordially pure, the path is free
+from all striving and the fruit is present spontaneously like a lotus in full
+flower.  Therefore [the path itself] is referred to as Padma, or lotus.  For
+the fruit is not something that occurs at a later stage as a result of the
+practice.  In the ultimate expanse, which is selfarisen and spontaneously
+present, the primordial wisdom of selfawareness is clearly [and already]
+manifest.  This is referred to as Siddhi, or accomplishment.  And, although in
+terms of conceptual distinctions the self-arisen primordial wisdom may be
+classified as ground, path, and fruit, these three are not different in
+nature.  This is directly perceived by self-cognizing awareness and is
+indicated by the syllable Hung.
+  -- Jamgon Mipham, "White Lotus: An Explanation of the Seven-Line Prayer to
+     Guru Padmasambhava", published by Shambhala Publications