yang dag kun rdzob rnams kyi skas//
med par yang dag khang chen gyi//
steng du 'gro bar bya ba ni//
mkhas la rung ba ma yin no//
Trying
to reach the great mansion
Of
the authentic nature of reality
Without
the steps of the authentic relative
Is not
an approach the wise should take.[i]
Heart
of the Middle Way, III, 12
[i] This verse is also found in Atīśa’s Introduction
to the Two Truths (bden gnyis la ‘jug pa)