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Finally, one takes the merit accumulated from the six above-mentioned practices and all the other merit one has accumulated and dedicates that to the welfare of sentient beings. This is done with the following prayer: "May these virtuous actions help sentient beings reach the complete and perfect state of the Buddha." | Finally, one takes the merit accumulated from the six above-mentioned practices and all the other merit one has accumulated and dedicates that to the welfare of sentient beings. This is done with the following prayer: "May these virtuous actions help sentient beings reach the complete and perfect state of the Buddha." | ||
The seven-limb prayer is often carried out by chanting the verses from ''The King of Aspiration Prayers: Samantabhadra's Aspiration to Good Actions'' (''Bhadracaryāpraṇidhānarāja'', ''<i>'</i>Phags pa bzang po spyod pa'i smon lam gyi rgyal po''),<ref>See Rigpa Translations, trans., ''The King of Aspiration Prayers: Samantabhadra's "Aspiration to Good Actions"'' (''Zangchö Mönlam'') (Lotsawa House 1996), https://www.lotsawahouse.org/words-of-the-buddha/samantabhadra-aspiration-good-actions.</ref> which are taken from ''The Stem Array Sūtra'' from the ''Buddhāvataṃsaka'' collection. The verses from chapter 2 and 3 of Śāntideva's ''Way of the Bodhisattva'' are also used as a liturgy for conducting the seven-limb prayer. | The seven-limb prayer is often carried out by chanting the verses from ''The King of Aspiration Prayers: Samantabhadra's Aspiration to Good Actions'' (''Bhadracaryāpraṇidhānarāja'', ''<i>'</i>Phags pa bzang po spyod pa'i smon lam gyi rgyal po''),<ref>See Rigpa Translations, trans., ''The King of Aspiration Prayers: Samantabhadra's "Aspiration to Good Actions"'' (''Zangchö Mönlam'') (Lotsawa House 1996), https://www.lotsawahouse.org/words-of-the-buddha/samantabhadra-aspiration-good-actions.</ref> which are taken from ''The Stem Array Sūtra'' from the ''Buddhāvataṃsaka'' collection. The verses from chapter 2 and 3 of Śāntideva's ''Way of the Bodhisattva'' are also used as a liturgy for conducting the seven-limb prayer. | ||
<h4>Mind Training</h4> | |||
Having accumulated the required resources of merit and having removed the obstacles through the seven-limb prayer, one then prepares the state of one's mind. Just as a field is tilled to prepare it for planting, one makes one's mind conducive and pliable for the cultivation of bodhicitta. | |||
There is a wide range of practices for mind training before and after taking the bodhisattva vow. Here, Patrul Rinpoche adopts the earnest arousal of the ''four immeasurable thoughts'' to prepare the mindset. They are loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity, which are cultivated through the following wishes respectively. | |||
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May all sentient beings be free from suffering and the causes of suffering. | |||
May all sentient beings be never separated from sacred joy. | |||
May all sentient beings be free from attachment, aversion, partiality and abide in great equanimity. | |||
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