Tibetan Buddhism

Natural Mind - Sem Nyi

The ordinary mind recognized as the Buddha mind.

Sem nyi (natural mind) is the ordinary mind freed from conceptual elaboration. It is not a special state to be attained but the natural condition of mind when simply left alone.

Ordinary mind is the way - do not seek anything special.

Tilopa, Mahamudra Instructions

Recognition of natural mind is the essence of Mahamudra.

Mahamudra Texts