3. Examine the nature of unborn awareness

• This is the Second Slogan/Instruction of Point Two.
• Point Two is “The Actual Practice”. 
• Point two consists of nine instructions in two divisions. The two divisions are
  • 1) Cultivating Absolute Bodhicitta, which consists of five instructions, and
    • “Examine the nature of unborn awareness” belongs to the first division, “Cultivating Absolute Bodhicitta”.
  • 2) Cultivating Relative Bodhicitta, which consists of four instructions.

Traleg Kyabgon writes:

Unborn awareness is absolute bodhichitta; it is not a thought, not a feeling, not an idea, not a sensation, and not an experience. To say that absolute bodhichitta is experiential rather than a thought or concept is a step in the right direction, but it is not an experience either. Experiences come and go, but there is a vast, open, and clear spaciousness that does not come and go, that does not have a beginning, middle, or end, which is why it is “unborn.” It never enters the stream of time, turmoil, and pain.

Traleg Kyabgon, The Practice of Lojong: Cultivating Compassion through Training the Mind

Conch Shell Set in Silver, 1800s. Tibet. Shell and silver; overall: 29.2 cm (11 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art