Sutra I. 47 Nirvicara-vaisaradye adhya-atma-prasadah

nirvicara: beyond even the most subtle thought formation process. The end of thought fabrications and conceptualization processes. The end of even the most subtle contemplative inquiry. Asamprajnata which is devoid of subject/object duality. When the mind is empty of fabrication, then authentic samadhi dawns.

Adhyatma: Primordial; Self or Supreme Source

prasad: sweet grace.

vaisaradye: Strengthened form of visarada: uninterrupted, extremely broad, and profound sphere of open clarity. Seamless clarity reflecting the whologram in each expression -- in All Our Relations. Boundless and undisrupted profound flow of infinite wisdom. In modern times it has come to connote, broadly learned, some one with extensive experience or skill.. Mirrorlike wisdom. Pellucidity, limpidity.

Commentary: Here is described non-dual realization or union, even though it may be temporary. In nirvicara samadhi, the reflection process has become stilled and clarified as the peace of grace (prasadah) giving birth to the transparency (vaisharadya) of the innate light of the inner primal Source to shine forth on its own (without obscuration). All conceptual processes (vikalpa) of course also cease. Here what is often called nirvicara (free from even the most subtle thought) samadhi is described, which is pre-requisite to attaining the sacred grounds of nirbija (seedless samadhi) in the sacred continuous transpersonal state of All Our Relations. This corresponds with the last sutras in Pada 4 describing Kaivalyam (ultimate liberation).

The Guhyasamaja Tantra states:

In terms of ultimate reality, meditate on the things of the three worlds as insubstantial. The actual meditation on insubstantiality is meditation having nothing on which to meditate .Therefore meditation on substances and non-substances is without an object.

The Primary Tantra states:

The cultivation of single-pointed contemplation entails thinking of nothing whatever.

The Glorious Tantra of Royal Ambrosia States:

By meditating on the clear light, whose nature is empty,It is not found, nor is it found by not meditating. Meditation itself is conceptualization,and not meditating is also conceptualization.

Without having a speck of anything on which to meditate, do not be distracted for an instant".

from "Naked Awareness: Practical Instructions on the Union of Mahamudra and Dzogchen" by Karma Chagme, Snow Lion 2000

Here mirror-like wisdom shines through entirely undistorted by the viewer. Beyond even the most subtle thought form connotes total independence from dualistic support forms. It connotes emptiness of object and a clear and open mind. That brings forth a very comfortable feeling of sweet grace. In mirror-like wisdom, the mirror itself remains unchanged, yet the images may come and go. This is part of the process of waking up where the shining forth of inner wisdom is awakened.