Distinguishing the Middle From the Extremes, Karmê Chöling and Kagyu Thubten Choling 1990 དབུས་དང་མཐའ་རྣམ་པར་འབྱེད་པ།

That which serves as the basic principle / And the nature of its defining characteristics; / The characteristics defining freedom from error / The nature of the effects as well as their causes; / The precise nature comprising the coarse and subtle, / The nature of: the common usage of terms / And the object known by that which is perfectly pure; / The concise topics’ and classifications’ nature, / As well as that of the ten specific skills / Which provide a way to remedy views of self.

The three essential aspects of existence / Include one level which never has existed, / One which exists but not inherently, / And one which constitutes the very nature / Of what exists and what does not exist; / And thus the essentials are held to consist of three.

If each of these is understood correctly, / Views entailing exaggeration, supposing / Phenomena and persons, perceived and perceiver / To exist; or denial claiming them not to exist / Will not occur, and this is the trait of their nature.