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| − | Homage to my Gurus. | + | Homage to my [[Gurus]]. |
| − | (1) Gurus, yidams and maṇḍala figures, | + | (1) [[Gurus]], [[yidams]] and [[maṇḍala]] figures, |
| − | Triumphant Ones in the 10 directions and 3 times, | + | Triumphant Ones in the 10 [[directions]] and 3 times, |
| − | with your spiritual offspring, please regard me with affection. | + | with your [[spiritual]] offspring, please regard me with {{Wiki|affection}}. |
| − | Inspire me that my prayers come true just as I've made them. | + | Inspire me that my [[prayers]] come true just as I've made them. |
| − | (2) May the stream of water from the mass of constructive actions, not muddied with respect to the 3 circles, born from the snow mountain of pure thoughts and actions of myself and all countless beings, flow into the ocean of a Triumphant's 4 Bodies! | + | (2) May the {{Wiki|stream}} of [[water]] from the {{Wiki|mass}} of constructive [[actions]], not muddied with [[respect]] to the 3 circles, born from the snow mountain of [[pure thoughts]] and [[actions]] of myself and all countless [[beings]], flow into the ocean of a Triumphant's 4 [[Bodies]]! |
| − | (3) In each and every lifetime until I attain that, | + | (3) In each and every [[lifetime]] until I attain that, |
| − | may even the sound of (the words) negativity and suffering never resound | + | may even the [[sound]] of (the words) negativity and [[suffering]] never resound |
| − | and may I come to enjoy the glories of an ocean of bliss and virtue! | + | and may I come to enjoy the glories of an ocean of [[bliss]] and [[virtue]]! |
| − | (4) Having obtained a supreme (human life) with respites and enrichments, | + | (4) Having obtained a supreme ([[Wikipedia:Human life|human life]]) with respites and enrichments, |
| − | endowed with belief in facts, perseverance and discrimination, | + | endowed with [[belief]] in facts, perseverance and {{Wiki|discrimination}}, |
| − | may I rely on an excellent Spiritual Master | + | may I rely on an {{Wiki|excellent}} [[Spiritual Master]] |
| − | and receive the essence of his guideline instructions! | + | and receive the [[essence]] of his guideline instructions! |
Practicing accordingly, without interference, | Practicing accordingly, without interference, | ||
| − | may I enjoy the pure Dharma in all my lives! | + | may I enjoy the [[pure Dharma]] in all my [[lives]]! |
| − | (5) Listening to scriptures and reasoning frees us from the obscuration of not knowing. Thinking about the quintessence teachings destroys the darkness of doubts. The light arising from meditation makes clear the abiding nature of reality, just as it is. | + | (5) Listening to [[scriptures]] and {{Wiki|reasoning}} frees us from the {{Wiki|obscuration}} of not [[knowing]]. [[Thinking]] about the quintessence teachings destroys the {{Wiki|darkness}} of [[doubts]]. The {{Wiki|light}} [[arising]] from [[meditation]] makes clear the abiding [[nature of reality]], just as it is. |
| − | May the illumination of my 3 wisdoms ever expand! | + | May the [[illumination]] of my 3 [[wisdoms]] ever expand! |
| − | (6) May I meet the unmistaken, undeviating Dharma, which | + | (6) May I meet the unmistaken, undeviating [[Dharma]], which |
| − | takes the 2 truths as the main points of the basis, | + | takes the [[2 truths]] as the main points of the basis, |
| − | parted from the extremes of Eternalism and Nihilism, | + | parted from the extremes of [[Eternalism and Nihilism]], |
| − | takes the 2 networks as the supreme path, | + | takes the 2 networks as the supreme [[path]], |
parted from interpolating or repudiating anything; | parted from interpolating or repudiating anything; | ||
| − | and fulfils the 2 aims as the attainment of the result, | + | and fulfils the 2 aims as the [[attainment]] of the result, |
| − | parted from the extremes of compulsive Saṁsāra and tranquil Nirvāṇa. | + | parted from the extremes of compulsive [[Saṁsāra]] and [[tranquil]] [[Nirvāṇa]]. |
| − | (7) The basis for purification is Mind-itself, a unified pair of clarity and voidness. | + | (7) The basis for [[purification]] is Mind-itself, a unified pair of clarity and [[voidness]]. |
| − | The purifying action is the Vajra yoga of Mahāmudrā. | + | The purifying [[action]] is the [[Vajra yoga]] of [[Mahāmudrā]]. |
| − | What is purified away are the stains of fleeting, deceptive confusion. | + | What is [[purified]] away are the stains of fleeting, deceptive [[confusion]]. |
| − | May I manifest the result of the purification, a stainless Dharmakāya! | + | May I [[manifest]] the result of the [[purification]], a stainless [[Dharmakāya]]! |
| − | (8) Self-confidence in the view is to cut off interpolations from the basis. | + | (8) [[Self-confidence]] in the view is to cut off interpolations from the basis. |
| − | The essential point of meditation is to safeguard against wavering from that. | + | The [[essential]] point of [[meditation]] is to safeguard against wavering from that. |
| − | The supreme behaviour is to cultivate meditation's (essential) point displaying as everything. | + | The supreme {{Wiki|behaviour}} is to cultivate meditation's ([[essential]]) point displaying as everything. |
| − | May I gain self-confidence in the view, meditation and behaviour! | + | May I gain [[self-confidence]] in the view, [[meditation]] and {{Wiki|behaviour}}! |
| − | (9) All phenomena are miraculous emanations of the mind. | + | (9) All [[phenomena]] are miraculous [[emanations]] of the [[mind]]. |
| − | Mind is no mind: it is devoid of an essential nature as mind. | + | [[Mind]] is [[no mind]]: it is devoid of an [[essential nature]] as [[mind]]. |
| − | Void and so, without obstruction, it makes anything appear. | + | [[Void]] and so, without obstruction, it makes anything appear. |
| − | Understanding this well, may I cut out the root from the basis! | + | [[Understanding]] this well, may I cut out the [[root]] from the basis! |
| − | (10) Reflexive appearances, never experienced as real, | + | (10) Reflexive [[appearances]], never [[experienced]] as real, |
| − | are deceptively confused into objects. | + | are deceptively confused into [[objects]]. |
| − | Reflexive awareness, by the power of unawareness, | + | [[Reflexive awareness]], by the power of unawareness, |
| − | is deceptively confused into a self. | + | is deceptively confused into a [[self]]. |
| − | By the power of this dualistic grasping, | + | By the power of this [[dualistic]] [[grasping]], |
| − | we roam throughout the expanse of compulsive existence. | + | we roam throughout the expanse of compulsive [[existence]]. |
| − | May I once and for all cut the root of deceptive confusion, my unawareness! | + | May I once and for all cut the [[root]] of deceptive [[confusion]], my unawareness! |
| − | (11) Not existent: not even the Triumphant have seen it. | + | (11) Not [[existent]]: not even the Triumphant have seen it. |
| − | Not non-existent: the foundation of everything of Saṁsāra and beyond. | + | Not [[non-existent]]: the foundation of everything of [[Saṁsāra]] and beyond. |
| − | Not a dichotomy nor juxtaposition, but a unified pair: the Madhyamaka middle way. | + | Not a {{Wiki|dichotomy}} nor juxtaposition, but a unified pair: the [[Madhyamaka]] [[middle way]]. |
| − | May I realize the actual nature of the mind, free from extremes! | + | May I realize the actual [[nature of the mind]], free from extremes! |
(12) Not characterized as anything, saying it is "this." | (12) Not characterized as anything, saying it is "this." | ||
Not refuted as anything, saying it is "not this." | Not refuted as anything, saying it is "not this." | ||
| − | The actual nature, beyond intellect, is an unaffected phenomenon. | + | The actual [[nature]], beyond [[intellect]], is an unaffected [[phenomenon]]. |
| − | May I gain certainty about the utmost point that is totally perfect! | + | May I gain {{Wiki|certainty}} about the utmost point that is totally {{Wiki|perfect}}! |
| − | (13) Not realizing the actual nature, we circle in the ocean of Saṁsāra. | + | (13) Not [[realizing]] the actual [[nature]], we circle in the ocean of [[Saṁsāra]]. |
| − | Realizing the actual nature, Buddha is not something other. | + | [[Realizing]] the actual [[nature]], [[Buddha]] is not something other. |
Everything that is this and not this, nothing excluded. | Everything that is this and not this, nothing excluded. | ||
| − | May I become aware of the faults regarding the actual nature, the ālaya foundation of all! | + | May I become {{Wiki|aware}} of the faults regarding the actual [[nature]], the [[ālaya]] foundation of all! |
| − | (14) Whether appearance, it's the mind; whether voidness, it's the mind. | + | (14) Whether [[appearance]], it's the [[mind]]; whether [[voidness]], it's the [[mind]]. |
| − | Whether realization, it's the mind; whether confusion, it's my own mind. | + | Whether [[realization]], it's the [[mind]]; whether [[confusion]], it's my [[own mind]]. |
| − | Whether an arising, it's the mind; whether a ceasing, it's the mind. | + | Whether an [[arising]], it's the [[mind]]; whether a ceasing, it's the [[mind]]. |
| − | May I cut off all interpolations on the mind! | + | May I cut off all interpolations on the [[mind]]! |
| − | (15) Without adulterating with meditation | + | (15) Without adulterating with [[meditation]] |
| − | that strives with (thoughts) intellectually derived, | + | that strives with ([[thoughts]]) intellectually derived, |
| − | not being blown by the winds of ordinary commotion, | + | not being blown by the [[winds]] of ordinary commotion, |
| − | but knowing how to set my mind | + | but [[knowing]] how to set my [[mind]] |
| − | in the uncontrived, primordial state that it naturally falls to, | + | in the uncontrived, [[primordial state]] that it naturally falls to, |
| − | may I become skilled and cultivate the practice of mind's deepest point! | + | may I become [[skilled]] and cultivate the practice of [[mind's]] deepest point! |
| − | (16) The waves of subtle and coarse conceptual thought still in their place. | + | (16) The waves of {{Wiki|subtle}} and coarse [[conceptual thought]] still in their place. |
| − | Without movement, the undercurrents of the mind naturally settle. | + | Without {{Wiki|movement}}, the undercurrents of the [[mind]] naturally settle. |
| − | The pollution of the silt of dullness and bewilderment separate out. | + | The pollution of the silt of [[dullness]] and [[bewilderment]] separate out. |
| − | May I stabilize a stilled and settled, unmoving ocean of Śamatha! | + | May I stabilize a stilled and settled, unmoving ocean of [[Śamatha]]! |
| − | (17) Having looked over and again at the Mind that cannot be looked at, | + | (17) Having looked over and again at the [[Mind]] that cannot be looked at, |
and distinctly seen, just as it is, the deepest point that cannot be seen, | and distinctly seen, just as it is, the deepest point that cannot be seen, | ||
| − | in a state cut off from wavering whether the deepest point is "this" and "not that," | + | in a [[state]] cut off from wavering whether the deepest point is "this" and "not that," |
| − | may (my mind) reflexively know its own face, without confusion! | + | may (my [[mind]]) reflexively know its [[own]] face, without [[confusion]]! |
| − | (18) Having looked at objects, there are no objects – one sees them as mind. | + | (18) Having looked at [[objects]], there are no [[objects]] – one sees them as [[mind]]. |
| − | Having looked at the mind, there is no mind; it is void by essential nature. | + | Having looked at the [[mind]], there is [[no mind]]; it is [[void]] by [[essential nature]]. |
| − | Having looked at the 2, dualistic grasping releases itself into its own place. | + | Having looked at the 2, [[dualistic]] [[grasping]] releases itself into its [[own]] place. |
| − | May I realize the abiding nature of the mind as clear light! | + | May I realize the abiding [[nature of the mind]] as [[clear light]]! |
| − | (19) It is the state parted from taking to mind according to the great seal, Mahāmudrā. | + | (19) It is the [[state]] parted from taking to [[mind]] according to the [[great seal]], [[Mahāmudrā]]. |
| − | According to Madhyamaka, the Middle Way, it is the state parted from extremes. | + | According to [[Madhyamaka]], the [[Middle Way]], it is the [[state]] parted from extremes. |
| − | Dzogchen, the Great Completeness, calls it also the state incorporating everything. | + | [[Dzogchen]], the [[Great Completeness]], calls it also the [[state]] incorporating everything. |
| − | May I gain the self-confidence that knowing one is the realization of the point of all! | + | May I gain the [[self-confidence]] that [[knowing]] one is the [[realization]] of the point of all! |
| − | (20) Great bliss, without clinging, has unbroken continuity. | + | (20) Great [[bliss]], without [[clinging]], has unbroken continuity. |
| − | Clear light, without grasping for defining characteristic marks, | + | [[Clear light]], without [[grasping]] for defining [[characteristic]] marks, |
| − | is parted from the veils of obscuration. | + | is parted from the veils of {{Wiki|obscuration}}. |
| − | Non-conceptuality, beyond all intellect, spontaneously accomplishes. | + | Non-conceptuality, beyond all [[intellect]], spontaneously accomplishes. |
| − | May my experiencing the boon experiences, without striving, have unbroken continuity! | + | May my experiencing the boon [[experiences]], without striving, have unbroken continuity! |
| − | (21) Grasping at the boon experiences, clung to as good, releases itself into its own place. Deceptive confusion, conceived of as bad, in its self-nature, is pure in the sphere (of voidness). | + | (21) [[Grasping]] at the boon [[experiences]], clung to as good, releases itself into its [[own]] place. Deceptive [[confusion]], [[conceived]] of as bad, in its [[self-nature]], is [[pure]] in the [[sphere]] (of [[voidness]]). |
| − | Normal awareness is without ridding or adopting, parting or attaining. May I gain stable realization of the (deepest) truth, the actual nature, parted from mental fabrication! | + | Normal [[awareness]] is without ridding or adopting, parting or [[attaining]]. May I gain {{Wiki|stable}} [[realization]] of the (deepest) [[truth]], the actual [[nature]], parted from [[mental fabrication]]! |
| − | (22) The self-nature of wandering beings is always that of a Buddha. | + | (22) The [[self-nature]] of wandering [[beings]] is always that of a [[Buddha]]. |
| − | Yet, by the power of not realizing this, they endlessly roam in Saṁsāra. | + | Yet, by the power of not [[realizing]] this, they endlessly roam in [[Saṁsāra]]. |
| − | May I develop unbearable compassion on my continuum | + | May I develop unbearable [[compassion]] on my {{Wiki|continuum}} |
| − | for limited beings with boundless suffering! | + | for [[limited beings]] with [[boundless]] [[suffering]]! |
| − | (23) While showing affection with a display of unbearable compassion not at all impeded, the essential nature – the (deepest) meaning of voidness – nakedly dawns. | + | (23) While showing {{Wiki|affection}} with a display of unbearable [[compassion]] not at all impeded, the [[essential nature]] – the (deepest) [[meaning of voidness]] – nakedly dawns. |
| − | May I always meditate day and night, | + | May I always [[meditate]] day and night, |
| − | without separation from this supreme path of the unified pair, | + | without separation from this supreme [[path]] of the unified pair, |
parted from points of deviation! | parted from points of deviation! | ||
| − | (24) (Having attained) the extrasensory eyes | + | (24) (Having [[attained]]) the extrasensory [[eyes]] |
| − | and heightened awareness arisen from the power of meditation, | + | and [[heightened awareness]] arisen from the power of [[meditation]], |
| − | having ripened limited beings, having cleansed everything into Buddha-fields, | + | having ripened [[limited beings]], having cleansed everything into [[Buddha-fields]], |
| − | and having fulfilled Buddha-Dharma practitioners' prayers for actualizations, | + | and having fulfilled [[Buddha-Dharma]] practitioners' [[prayers]] for actualizations, |
| − | May I reach the endpoint of fulfilling, ripening and cleansing, and become a Buddha. | + | May I reach the endpoint of fulfilling, ripening and cleansing, and become a [[Buddha]]. |
| − | (25) By the force of the compassion of the Triumphant Ones in the 10 directions and their spiritual offspring, and of as much ennobling constructive force as there be, | + | (25) By the force of the [[compassion]] of the Triumphant Ones in the 10 [[directions]] and their [[spiritual]] offspring, and of as much ennobling constructive force as there be, |
| − | may the pure aspiration prayers of myself and all limited beings come true in this way, just as we've made them. | + | may the [[pure]] [[aspiration prayers]] of myself and all [[limited beings]] come true in this way, just as we've made them. |
Latest revision as of 05:40, 4 February 2020
Homage to my Gurus.
(1) Gurus, yidams and maṇḍala figures, Triumphant Ones in the 10 directions and 3 times, with your spiritual offspring, please regard me with affection. Inspire me that my prayers come true just as I've made them.
(2) May the stream of water from the mass of constructive actions, not muddied with respect to the 3 circles, born from the snow mountain of pure thoughts and actions of myself and all countless beings, flow into the ocean of a Triumphant's 4 Bodies!
(3) In each and every lifetime until I attain that, may even the sound of (the words) negativity and suffering never resound and may I come to enjoy the glories of an ocean of bliss and virtue!
(4) Having obtained a supreme (human life) with respites and enrichments, endowed with belief in facts, perseverance and discrimination, may I rely on an excellent Spiritual Master and receive the essence of his guideline instructions!
Practicing accordingly, without interference, may I enjoy the pure Dharma in all my lives!
(5) Listening to scriptures and reasoning frees us from the obscuration of not knowing. Thinking about the quintessence teachings destroys the darkness of doubts. The light arising from meditation makes clear the abiding nature of reality, just as it is.
May the illumination of my 3 wisdoms ever expand!
(6) May I meet the unmistaken, undeviating Dharma, which
takes the 2 truths as the main points of the basis, parted from the extremes of Eternalism and Nihilism,
takes the 2 networks as the supreme path, parted from interpolating or repudiating anything;
and fulfils the 2 aims as the attainment of the result, parted from the extremes of compulsive Saṁsāra and tranquil Nirvāṇa.
(7) The basis for purification is Mind-itself, a unified pair of clarity and voidness. The purifying action is the Vajra yoga of Mahāmudrā. What is purified away are the stains of fleeting, deceptive confusion.
May I manifest the result of the purification, a stainless Dharmakāya!
(8) Self-confidence in the view is to cut off interpolations from the basis. The essential point of meditation is to safeguard against wavering from that. The supreme behaviour is to cultivate meditation's (essential) point displaying as everything.
May I gain self-confidence in the view, meditation and behaviour!
(9) All phenomena are miraculous emanations of the mind. Mind is no mind: it is devoid of an essential nature as mind. Void and so, without obstruction, it makes anything appear. Understanding this well, may I cut out the root from the basis!
(10) Reflexive appearances, never experienced as real, are deceptively confused into objects.
Reflexive awareness, by the power of unawareness, is deceptively confused into a self.
By the power of this dualistic grasping, we roam throughout the expanse of compulsive existence.
May I once and for all cut the root of deceptive confusion, my unawareness!
(11) Not existent: not even the Triumphant have seen it. Not non-existent: the foundation of everything of Saṁsāra and beyond.
Not a dichotomy nor juxtaposition, but a unified pair: the Madhyamaka middle way. May I realize the actual nature of the mind, free from extremes!
(12) Not characterized as anything, saying it is "this." Not refuted as anything, saying it is "not this."
The actual nature, beyond intellect, is an unaffected phenomenon. May I gain certainty about the utmost point that is totally perfect!
(13) Not realizing the actual nature, we circle in the ocean of Saṁsāra. Realizing the actual nature, Buddha is not something other. Everything that is this and not this, nothing excluded. May I become aware of the faults regarding the actual nature, the ālaya foundation of all!
(14) Whether appearance, it's the mind; whether voidness, it's the mind. Whether realization, it's the mind; whether confusion, it's my own mind. Whether an arising, it's the mind; whether a ceasing, it's the mind. May I cut off all interpolations on the mind!
(15) Without adulterating with meditation that strives with (thoughts) intellectually derived, not being blown by the winds of ordinary commotion, but knowing how to set my mind in the uncontrived, primordial state that it naturally falls to,
may I become skilled and cultivate the practice of mind's deepest point!
(16) The waves of subtle and coarse conceptual thought still in their place. Without movement, the undercurrents of the mind naturally settle. The pollution of the silt of dullness and bewilderment separate out.
May I stabilize a stilled and settled, unmoving ocean of Śamatha!
(17) Having looked over and again at the Mind that cannot be looked at, and distinctly seen, just as it is, the deepest point that cannot be seen, in a state cut off from wavering whether the deepest point is "this" and "not that," may (my mind) reflexively know its own face, without confusion!
(18) Having looked at objects, there are no objects – one sees them as mind. Having looked at the mind, there is no mind; it is void by essential nature. Having looked at the 2, dualistic grasping releases itself into its own place.
May I realize the abiding nature of the mind as clear light!
(19) It is the state parted from taking to mind according to the great seal, Mahāmudrā. According to Madhyamaka, the Middle Way, it is the state parted from extremes. Dzogchen, the Great Completeness, calls it also the state incorporating everything.
May I gain the self-confidence that knowing one is the realization of the point of all!
(20) Great bliss, without clinging, has unbroken continuity. Clear light, without grasping for defining characteristic marks, is parted from the veils of obscuration.
Non-conceptuality, beyond all intellect, spontaneously accomplishes. May my experiencing the boon experiences, without striving, have unbroken continuity!
(21) Grasping at the boon experiences, clung to as good, releases itself into its own place. Deceptive confusion, conceived of as bad, in its self-nature, is pure in the sphere (of voidness).
Normal awareness is without ridding or adopting, parting or attaining. May I gain stable realization of the (deepest) truth, the actual nature, parted from mental fabrication!
(22) The self-nature of wandering beings is always that of a Buddha. Yet, by the power of not realizing this, they endlessly roam in Saṁsāra.
May I develop unbearable compassion on my continuum for limited beings with boundless suffering!
(23) While showing affection with a display of unbearable compassion not at all impeded, the essential nature – the (deepest) meaning of voidness – nakedly dawns.
May I always meditate day and night, without separation from this supreme path of the unified pair, parted from points of deviation!
(24) (Having attained) the extrasensory eyes and heightened awareness arisen from the power of meditation, having ripened limited beings, having cleansed everything into Buddha-fields, and having fulfilled Buddha-Dharma practitioners' prayers for actualizations,
May I reach the endpoint of fulfilling, ripening and cleansing, and become a Buddha.
(25) By the force of the compassion of the Triumphant Ones in the 10 directions and their spiritual offspring, and of as much ennobling constructive force as there be,
may the pure aspiration prayers of myself and all limited beings come true in this way, just as we've made them.
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