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:Due to not hearing this, you, who lack mental peace,<br>Have experienced the endless, unbearable suffering of burning and so on,<br>In the abysses of hell and other similar realms.<br>Listen extensively and respectfully to this. | :Due to not hearing this, you, who lack mental peace,<br>Have experienced the endless, unbearable suffering of burning and so on,<br>In the abysses of hell and other similar realms.<br>Listen extensively and respectfully to this. | ||
:By hearing this, those who remain undistracted<br>Abandon wrongdoings and exhaust many past actions,<br> | :By hearing this, those who remain undistracted<br>Abandon wrongdoings and exhaust many past actions,<br>Allowing one to attain happiness previously unknown,<br>And ensuring that this happiness never declines,<br>Granting the endless happiness of perfect bodhisattvas,<br>And the incomparable, excellent state of buddhahood. | ||
Allowing one to attain happiness previously unknown, | |||
And ensuring that this happiness never declines, | |||
Granting the endless happiness of perfect bodhisattvas, | |||
And the incomparable, excellent state of buddhahood. | |||
Having now found this Dharma, so difficult to obtain, | :Having now found this Dharma, so difficult to obtain,<br>Relax and listen respectfully to these well-spoken words.<br>To listen to the words of the only one who benefits the three realms,<br>May the gods, nāgas, Kumbhāṇḍas, smell-eaters, yakṣas,<br>Garudas, demigods, kinaras, ghosts, and so on,<br>Come here joyfully, with eagerness to listen and faith in your hearts. | ||
Relax and listen respectfully to these well-spoken words. | |||
To listen to the words of the only one who benefits the three realms, | |||
May the gods, nāgas, Kumbhāṇḍas, smell-eaters, yakṣas, | |||
Garudas, demigods, kinaras, ghosts, and so on, | |||
Come here joyfully, with eagerness to listen and faith in your hearts. | |||
Thus, after reciting this passage from ''The Compendium of Trainings'', recite or read all the | Thus, after reciting this passage from ''The Compendium of Trainings'', recite or read all the chapters from: | ||
To those who go in bliss, the dharmakāya they possess, and all their heirs, | :To those who go in bliss, the dharmakāya they possess, and all their heirs,<br>To all those worthy of respect, I reverently bow.<br>According to the scriptures, I shall now in brief describe<br>The practice of the Bodhisattva discipline. (BCA 1.1) | ||
To all those worthy of respect, I reverently bow. | |||
According to the scriptures, I shall now in brief describe | |||
The practice of the Bodhisattva discipline. (BCA 1.1) | |||
Until | Until | ||
And now to Mañjughoṣha I prostrate, | :And now to Mañjughoṣha I prostrate,<br>Whose kindness is the wellspring of my good intent.<br>And to my virtuous friends I also bow<br>Whose inspiration gave me strength to grow. (BCA 10.58) | ||
Whose kindness is the wellspring of my good intent. | |||
And to my virtuous friends I also bow | |||
Whose inspiration gave me strength to grow. (BCA 10.58) | |||
Or divide the chapters into any appropriate number and recite them, pronouncing the words clearly. | Or divide the chapters into any appropriate number and recite them, pronouncing the words clearly. | ||
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At the end, recite: | At the end, recite: | ||
By the virtue of reading this excellent text of Śāntideva, | :By the virtue of reading this excellent text of Śāntideva,<br>Which teaches the method of practicing the precious, supreme bodhicitta<br>—the path of wisdom and method trodden by all the buddhas of the three times—<br>May I and all beings, in all our lifetimes,<br>Obtain a body with leisure and endowments, awaken our Mahāyāna disposition,<br>Enter the Buddha’s teachings, and uphold our vows of moral discipline as our very life,<br>Thus establishing the foundation of the path. | ||
Which teaches the method of practicing the precious, supreme bodhicitta | |||
—the path of wisdom and method trodden by all the buddhas of the three times— | |||
May I and all beings, in all our lifetimes, | |||
Obtain a body with leisure and endowments, awaken our Mahāyāna disposition, | |||
Enter the Buddha’s teachings, and uphold our vows of moral discipline as our very life, | |||
Thus establishing the foundation of the path. | |||
Receive instructions on the complete stages of the path, | :May we be cared for by qualified spiritual teachers,<br>Receive instructions on the complete stages of the path,<br>Cut attachment to this life, and in solitary places<br>Make single-pointedness the essence of our practice. | ||
Cut attachment to this life, and in solitary places | |||
Make single-pointedness the essence of our practice. | |||
May the precious awakening mind be generated in our mindstreams. | :Seeing self-cherishing as the source of all decline<br>And cherishing others as the foundation of all qualities,<br>Through the instructions on exchanging self and others,<br>May the precious awakening mind be generated in our mindstreams. | ||
:With unwavering great courage,<br>May we train in the ocean of bodhisattva practices:<br>The six perfections that ripen our own mindstreams<br>And the four means of gathering disciples that ripen others' mindstreams. | |||
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:Like Mañjuśrī and Samantabhadra,<br>Taking up the responsibility of all the buddhas' activities,<br>May I alone liberate from samsara<br>All beings equal to the limits of space. | |||
:May all who see, hear, remember, touch, or connect with me<br>Never experience the sufferings of lower rebirths.<br>May they enter the path of the supreme vehicle<br>And quickly attain the state of great awakening. | |||
After reciting these words of my lama, dedicate the merit of having read or recited the ''Engaging in Bodhisattva Conduct'' with a strong aspiration toward the special objects of dedication. Visualize the guru in front of you dissolving into your being, blessing your mindstream, and then conclude with appropriate verses of auspiciousness. | |||
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|''This text was written in response to a request from the spiritual teacher Lha btsun chos rje Blho bzang phun tshogs, who asked for such a recitation method for ''The Way of the Bodhisattva'' through a letter sent from far away. Based on the teachings of the earlier accomplished masters, it was composed by the old monk Dam tshig rdo rje, who is called Mkhan po chos rje, and written down by the intelligent novice monk Lha btsun Blo bzang tse ring. May this also benefit the teachings and all beings!'' | |||
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