Superiority of Mengagde to the Two Previous Divisions
Jigmed Lingpa writes:
Mengagde is superior to the two lower divisions. Semde (holds that all phenomena) are Mind.
Although Semde trains more on profundity (emptiness) than on clarity, since it does not perfect the power (rTsat) of clarity as the ultimate nature, it has the danger of apprehending the attributes (rGyan) and play (Rol-Pa) (of Mind) with mental analysis.
Although Longde trains equally on profundity emptiness and clarity, it possesses the danger of falling into the partiality of emptiness because of apprehending the ultimate nature with mental analysis--
In Mengagde, as the glow (gDangs) of originally pure essence (Ngo-Bo), the great freedom from concepts and expressions, arises naturally through the doors of spontaneously accomplished self-appearances, there are no deviations and obscurations in the appearances of power (rTsal-sNang); and the appearances of phenomena are perfected in the ultimate nature of phenomena, free from elaborations. So it is superior.
