Gampopa said to Phagmotrupa , “Take a walk to that hill over
there in the east; later we will discuss all of the dharmas
received from others to which you are attached.”
Phagmodrupa went up the eastern hill and pondered all of this. A
short time later,
all of his former good experiences quickly disintegrated, falling
away like chaff and
husk, and he then genuinely realized the true face of authentic
realization, that
which is beyond rational mind, the mahamudra. At that moment, his
mind became
unobstructed, like space, and he gasped, “All those former
lamas what are they to
me now?” He returned to Gampopa, who was aware of his realization
and said to
him: “I have nothing more than that to teach you; however, my
tradition has a convenient method that I will give you,” and
so he taught him the practice, ‘Unification
with Coemergence’. After asking him questions about the nature of
mind,
Gampopa said, “I say! Geshepa, you understand the Dharma very
well”, and explained to him the authentic, vast and profound points
of Dharma and gave him the
entire set of practice advice in the manner of pouring into a full
vase.
When Gampopa was about to pass into parinirvana, he said, “Geshe
Khampa
and myself are so indistinguishable from each other, you could
split a hair one
hundred times and still find no difference. Therefore you great
meditators, all you
who need to request practice advice and all you who need to cut
superimposition,
look to him.”
The next night, the sixteenth, the lama signaled the beginning
of his passing with these words: “Alas! Since all composite
things impermanent, production-disintegration dharmins
disintegrate after being produced, pacify your minds closely
and be happy!” Over the next few days he finished the Dharma
teaching he had been giving, and then on the twentieth day of the
month he gave away all his possessions and made this last
testament: “Wealth is the root of all suffering don’t cling
to it! It is easy to be tainted by the stench of bad friends
don’t entrust your mind to worldly people! Wherever you go and
wherever you stay, be inseparable from loving-kindness, compassion,
and bodhichitta! Don’t investigate other’s faults; this will bring
about your own downfall!”
http://www.drikungtmc.org/pdf%20files/Barrett_Life_Phagmodrupa.pdf