MRTS-1 


 རང་རྒྱུད་ཀྱི་ཕུང་པོ་ལྔདམིགསནསངའོ་སྙམ་པའི་བློདེངར་འཛིནཡིན་ལ དེའིཞེན་ཡུལདེ་གངགིབདགགམཞེས་བྱསྟེ དེམ་བརྟགདཔྱད་པར་ཡོདསྙམ་དུཞེན་པཙམ་ལསདོན་དུཐགཁྲསྦྲུལལྟརགྲུབམ་མྱོང་བསྟེ

The mind that thinks “I am” in reference to the five aggregates (skandha) of its own psycho-physical continuum is clinging to that “I”.  In other words, the referent object (zhen yul) of such clinging is the self of the individual (pudgalātman) or the “I”.  As long as we don't investigate or analyse it, we have a sense that this self exists, whereas, in fact, it has never existed, just as there has never been a snake in a length of coloured rope.