Rinpoche instructed that to “rest in naked awareness” is for  the mind to be natural, unaltered, fresh. All the intellectual dharmas  are created and you will not be able to see the uncreated meaning. So,  for this reason, take all practices and all appearances as the path  without heed. The best practice, whether sitting and looking at the  mind, is to practice without any sessions or breaks. Look at the mind  all the time whether you are going, lying down, eating, or sitting. This  is called the spiritual practice of no sessions or breaks. Where the verse mentions “sever your mind’s own root,”  Rinpoche noted, that this is to cut through your own attachments. He  further elaborated that “rest in naked awareness” means there are no  obscurations. The benefit of no obscurations is that the qualities of  co-emergent self-aware wisdom arise and subside in the internal  self-aware wisdom. Then, the boundary between self and other is  destroyed. Rinpoche clarified the verse: Like water in a gorge in the beginning, Flowing slowly like the Ganges in the middle, In the end, the waters meet like mother and child. Here, this verse alludes to the beginner who experiences big  movements of thoughts; like water rushing through a gorge. In the  middle, there is little stability and fewer thoughts just as water  slowly flows through the Ganges. In the end, there are no thoughts at  all. They have subsided into self-awareness, into the water of dharma  nature. He referred back to the power of meditation for severing the  root of the mind, severing the thoughts so that we can enhance our  practice and the strength of the practice. Rinpoche concluded the  teachings of the twenty-nine vajra verses with the aspiration of the  final verse, May these instructions on the pith of mahāmudrā Remain in the hearts of fortunate beings. Rinpoche instructed attendees to recite this text every day without  fail. As he said, “By merely hearing this, it will plant a virtuous seed  in our being. So, you should recite it at least once a day and think  about the meaning. Then, practice with the View and Meditation as aids.  By the power of the blessing, I hope it mixes with your own experiences  and meditation.” Rinpoche humbly concluded these profound preliminary teachings with  the reminder that we have all come to Bodh Gaya as a place of refuge.  During the Monlam, we can join together in the practices that we do. He  said there is nothing better than to read this text every day. Before  much applause, Rinpoche requested that we dedicate all the virtue for  His Holiness Gyalwang Karmapa, the embodiment of the activities of all  the Buddhas, who had kindly requested that Rinpoche teach and bless us  with Tilopa’s vajra-verses of The Ganges Mahāmudrā.