The Importance of View

A practitioner who meditates without the view,
What could a meditator like this be likened to?
To someone who's been blind from the instant of their birth,
Who is wandering around in a trackless wilderness.

Verse from the Song of Lodro Thaye
Translated and arranged by Jim Scott, Rigpe Dorje Institute, Pullahari, Nepal, 2002. Translation copyright 2012, Jim Scott