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023-Tsadra-BC-Com-37 Practices-DilgoKR/180 ID: 023-Tsadra-BC-Com-37 Practices-DilgoKR <br> Date: 18 March 2026 <br> Creator: Dawa;Gwen;Kiran <br> Origin: Tsadra Foundation

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English	Without faith, taking refuge would be pointless. It would be like planting a burnt seed, which will never sprout no matter how long it remains in perfect conditions in the ground. Without faith, you will never be able to develop any positive quality. Even if the Buddha were to appear in person right in front of you, without faith you would fail to recognize his qualities, and you may even conceive erroneous views[p.78]The Thirty Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva (Khenpo Gawang) Gawang, Khenpo, and Gerry Wiener, trans. The Thirty Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva. Memphis, TN: Jeweled Lotus Publishing, 2010. about him-as some heretic teachers did in his time. You would then miss the opportunity of being benefited by him.
RootTextVerseNum	7
SegmentFormat	Commentary
SourceSabcheNumber	7
SourceSegmentOrder	180
TranslationChapter	1
TranslationChapterSubsection	To Go for Refuge, the Entrance to the Buddhist Teachings
TranslationPageNumber	77
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AuthorLabel	Tokme Zangpo 1295 - 1369
DuplicateRootTranslation	false
ShortTitle	37 Practices Padmakara 2006
SourceAuthor	People/Thogs med bzang po
SourceShortTitle	Tokme Zangpo
SourceTitleTibetan	རྒྱལ་སྲས་ལག་ལེན་སོ་བདུན་མ་
SourceTitleWylie	rgyal sras lag len so bdun ma
SourceWikiPage	Texts/Rgyal sras lag len so bdun ma
TranslationCitation	Ricard, Matthieu, and John Canti (Padmakara Translation Group), trans. and ed. The Heart of Compassion: Instructions on Ngulchu Thogme's Thirty-Sevenfold Practice of a Bodhisattva. By Dilgo Khyentse. New Delhi: Shechen Publications, 2006.
TranslationPublishedYear	2006
TranslationWikiPage	Books/The Heart of Compassion (Ricard 2006)
Translator	People/Padmakara Translation Group;People/Ricard, M.;People/Canti, J.
TransMemCreator	Dawa;Gwen;Kiran
TransMemDate	18 March 2026
TransMemID	023-Tsadra-BC-Com-37 Practices-DilgoKR
TransMemNum	023
TransMemOrigin	Tsadra Foundation
TransMemType	Commentary

Śaraṇagamana - The foundational act of entering the Buddhist path by formally seeking protection and guidance from the Three Jewels: the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Saṅgha. Skt शरणगमन  Tib སྐྱབས་འགྲོ་  Ch 皈依  

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Bīja - A seed, commonly used figuratively in the sense of something which has the potential to develop or grow, and likewise as the basic cause for this development or growth. Skt बीज  Tib ས་བོན་  Ch 無漏種  

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Bodhisattva - A person who seeks enlightenment for the sake of others. In Mahāyāna Buddhism, a bodhisattva is a compassionate being who is training on the path to buddhahood and aspires to eliminate the suffering of all beings and take all sentient beings to the state of enlightenment. The Mahāyāna sūtras including those on buddha-nature generally have bodhisattvas as the main audience or interlocutors for the Buddha's discourses. Skt बोधिसत्त्व  Tib བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་དཔའ།  Ch 菩薩  

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