Emaho!* -- Merveilleux!*

Samantabhadra is free at the time when the seal of the inner expanse's sphere of innate presence is rent open, [this sphere of innate presence] rises from the ground ans is seen as the ground manifestation.

Through what is [Samantabhadra] free? ...He is free through the prajna of self-appearances being realized and appearing as the play of wisdom and their being differentiated from the characteristics of entities, which are other appearances.

How is [Samantabhadra] free? He is free by the way of realizing [self-appearances] to be self-appearances, through differenciating them from other-appearances.

What is freedom? Through the power of being without adventitious stains, freedom does not arise from anything other but merely consists of revealing primordially free wisdom as complete wisdom...

In which location is [Samantabhadra] free? ... The primal alpha-purity that rests in its very own place is free as the original inner expanse... Thus at the time of the unceasing wisdom that is like eternity, the changeless dharmakaya, the kaya that is like vajra, is endowed with the water of uniterrupted samadhi that is like nectar and the light of unobscured awakened mind that is like the sun and the moon. Therefore, this is called "having seized awereness's very own place.

Samantabhadra est libre au moment-même où le sceau de la sphère de l'espace intérieur de la présence innée est déchiré, [et où cette sphère de présence innée] surgit de la base et est vue comme manifestation de la base.

Grâce à quoi [Samantabhadra] est libre? ... Il est libre grâce à la sagesse (prajna) des auto-apparences réalisées, apparaissant en tant que jeu de la sagesse et qui sont différenciées des caractéristiques des entités, qui sont des allo-apparences [apparences-autres.]

Comment est-il libre? Il est libre de par la manière de réaliser [les auto-apparences] comme auto-apparences, et non comme des allo-apparences.

Qu'est ce que la liberté? Par la capacité d'être dépourvu de souillures adventices, la liberté n'apparaît pas de quelque chose d'autre mais consiste seulement en ce que la sagesse primordialement libre se révèle en sagesse parachevée [maturée]...

En quel lieu [Samantabhadra] est-il libre? ... La pureté primale alpha qui demeure à sa propre place est libre en tant qu'espace intérieur originel... Ainsi, au moment de la sagesse incessante semblable à l'éternité, la dharmakaya immuable, le kaya semblable au vajra, est doté de l'eau du samadhi  ininterrompu semblable au nectar et de la luminosité de l'esprit éveillé non-obscurci semblable au soleil et à la lune. Aussi appelle-t-on cela 'avoir conquis la demeure-même de la conscience éveillée'.

Tulku Tshulthrim Zangpo (Tulku Tsullo) From the book: A Lullaby to awaken the Heart: the Aspiration Prayer of Samantabhadra, and its commentaries, Wisdom Publications.

* Why Emaho? Since a very long time I wished to read a translation of the commentary that Tulku Tsullo (C. R. Lama's root teacher) wrote about the Aspiration of  Samantabhadra, one of the core Dzogchen texts of the Northern Treasures, recited, studied and highly revered and thaught in all Nyingmapas traditions. Recently I had the chance to discover that this work had been done, including also the commentaries of Rigdzin Jigme Lingpa and of the Fifteenth Karmapa. Enjoy!