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 :To all the buddhas, the lions of the human race,<br>In all directions of the universe, through past and present and future:<br>To every single one of you, I bow in homage;<br>Devotion fills my body, speech and mind.
-Through the power of this prayer, aspiring to good conduct,<br>
+:Through the power of this prayer, aspiring to good conduct,<br>All the victorious ones appear, vivid here before my mind<br>And I multiply my body as many times as atoms in the universe,<br>Each one bowing in prostration to all the buddhas.
-All the victorious ones appear, vivid here before my mind<br>
-And I multiply my body as many times as atoms in the universe,<br>
-Each one bowing in prostration to all the buddhas.
-<h4>2. Offering</h4>
+:<h4>2. Offering</h4>
-In every atom preside as many buddhas as there are atoms,<br>
+:In every atom preside as many buddhas as there are atoms,<br>And around them, all their bodhisattva heirs:<br>And so I imagine them filling<br>Completely the entire space of reality.
-And around them, all their bodhisattva heirs:<br>
-And so I imagine them filling<br>
-Completely the entire space of reality.
-Saluting them with an endless ocean of praise,<br>
+:Saluting them with an endless ocean of praise,<br>With the sounds of an ocean of different melodies<br>I sing of the buddhas’ noble qualities,<br>And praise all those who have gone to perfect bliss.
-With the sounds of an ocean of different melodies<br>
-I sing of the buddhas’ noble qualities,<br>
-And praise all those who have gone to perfect bliss.
-To every buddha, I make offerings:<br>
+:To every buddha, I make offerings:<br>Of the loveliest flowers, of beautiful garlands,<br>Of music and perfumed ointments, the best of parasols,<br>The brightest lamps and finest incense.
-Of the loveliest flowers, of beautiful garlands,<br>
-Of music and perfumed ointments, the best of parasols,<br>
-The brightest lamps and finest incense.
-To every buddha, I make offerings:<br>
+:To every buddha, I make offerings:<br>Exquisite garments and the most fragrant scents,<br>Powdered incense, heaped as high as Mount Meru,<br>Arranged in perfect symmetry.
-Exquisite garments and the most fragrant scents,<br>
-Powdered incense, heaped as high as Mount Meru,<br>
-Arranged in perfect symmetry.
-Then the vast and unsurpassable offerings—<br>
+:Then the vast and unsurpassable offerings—<br>Inspired by my devotion to all the buddhas, and<br>Moved by the power of my faith in Good Actions—<br>I prostrate and offer to all you victorious ones.
-Inspired by my devotion to all the buddhas, and<br>
-Moved by the power of my faith in Good Actions—<br>
-I prostrate and offer to all you victorious ones.
-<h4>3. Confession</h4>
+:<h4>3. Confession</h4>
-Whatever negative acts I have committed,<br>
+:Whatever negative acts I have committed,<br>While driven by desire, hatred and ignorance,<br>With my body, my speech, and also with my mind,<br>Before you, I confess and purify each and every one.
-While driven by desire, hatred and ignorance,<br>
-With my body, my speech, and also with my mind,<br>
-Before you, I confess and purify each and every one.
-<h4>4. Rejoicing</h4>
+:<h4>4. Rejoicing</h4>
-With a heart full of delight, I rejoice at all the merits<br>
+:With a heart full of delight, I rejoice at all the merits<br>Of buddhas and bodhisattvas,<br>Pratyekabuddhas, those in training, and the arhats beyond training,<br>And every living being, throughout the entire universe.
-Of buddhas and bodhisattvas,<br>
-Pratyekabuddhas, those in training, and the arhats beyond training,<br>
-And every living being, throughout the entire universe.
-<h4>5. Imploring the Buddhas to Turn the Wheel of Dharma</h4>
+:<h4>5. Imploring the Buddhas to Turn the Wheel of Dharma</h4>
-You who are like beacons of light shining through the worlds,<br>
+:You who are like beacons of light shining through the worlds,<br>Who passed through the stages of enlightenment, to attain buddhahood, freedom from all attachment,<br>I exhort you: all of you protectors,<br>Turn the unsurpassable wheel of Dharma.
-Who passed through the stages of enlightenment, to attain buddhahood, freedom from all attachment,<br>
-I exhort you: all of you protectors,
-Turn the unsurpassable wheel of Dharma.
-<h4>6. Requesting the Buddhas Not to Enter Nirvana</h4>
+:<h4>6. Requesting the Buddhas Not to Enter Nirvana</h4>
-Joining my palms together, I pray<br>
+:Joining my palms together, I pray<br>To you who intend to pass into nirvana,<br>Remain, for aeons as many as the atoms in this world,<br>And bring well-being and happiness to all living beings.
-To you who intend to pass into nirvāṇa,<br>
-Remain, for aeons as many as the atoms in this world,<br>
-And bring well-being and happiness to all living beings.
-<h4>7. Dedication</h4>
+:<h4>7. Dedication</h4>
-What little virtue I have gathered through my homage,<br>
+:What little virtue I have gathered through my homage,<br>Through offering, confession, and rejoicing,<br>Through exhortation and prayer—all of it<br>I dedicate to the enlightenment of all beings!
-Through offering, confession, and rejoicing,<br>
-Through exhortation and prayer—all of it<br>
-I dedicate to the enlightenment of all beings!
 It is also very good to recite the supplication of the three great meanings, as it occurs in the ''Stages of the Path'', or to recite the special supplication prayer of the Great Vehicle’s mind training.

Practice/Recitation Guide for The Way of the Bodhisattva: Difference between revisions

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