Foundation of All Good Qualities

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Foundation of All Good Qualities 3
The Foundation of All
Good Qualities
YN TN KN GYI ZHIR GYUR DRIN CHN J E
The foundaton of all good qualites is the kind and perfect,
pure Guru;
TSHL ZHIN TEN PA LAM GYI TSA WA RU
Correct devoton to him is the root of the path.
LEG PAR THONG N B PA DU MA YI
By clearly seeing this and applying great eort,
G PA CHHEN P TEN PAR J IN GYI LOB
Please bless me to rely upon him with great respect.
LN CHIG NYE PI DL WI TEN ZANG DI
Understanding that the precious freedom of this rebirth is
found only once,
SHIN TU NYE KA DN CHHEN SHE GYUR N
Is greatly meaningful, and is di cult to nd again,
NYIN TSHN KN TU NYING PO LEN PI LO
Please bless me to generate the mind that unceasingly,
GYN CHH ME PAR KYE WAR J IN GYI LOB
Day and night, takes its essence.
L SOG YO WA CHHU YI CHHU BUR ZHIN
This life is as impermanent as a water bubble;
NYUR DU J IG PI CHHI WA DRN PA DANG
Remember how quickly it decays and death comes.
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SHI WI J E SU L DANG DRIB MA ZHIN
Afer death, just like a shadow follows the body,
KAR NAG L DR CHHI ZHIN DRANG WA LA
The results of black and white karma follow.
NGE PA TN PO NYE N NYE PI TSHOG
Finding rm and denite convicton in this,
THRA ZHING THRA WA NAM KYANG PONG BA DANG
Please bless me always to be careful
GE TSHOG THA DAG DRUB PAR J E PA LA
To abandon even the slightest negatvites
TAG TU BAG DANG DN PAR J IN GYI LOB
And accomplish all virtuous deeds.
CH P MI NGOM DUG NGL KN GYI GO
Seeking samsaric pleasures is the door to all suering:
YI TN MI RUNG SI PI PHN TSHOG KYI
They are uncertain and cannot be relied upon.
NYE MIG RIG N THAR PI DE WA LA
Recognizing these shortcomings,
DN NYER CHHEN POR KYE WAR J IN GYI LOB
Please bless me to generate the strong wish for the bliss of
liberaton.
NAM DAG SAM PA DE YI DRANG PA YI
Led by this pure thought,
DRN DANG SHE ZHIN BAG YI CHHEN PO YI
Mindfulness, alertness, and great cauton arise.
TN PI TSA WA SO SOR THAR PA LA
The root of the teachings is keeping the pratmoksha vows:
DRUB PA NYING POR J E PAR J IN GYI LOB
Please bless me to accomplish this essental practce.
RANG NYI SI TSHOR LHUNG WA J I SHIN DU
Just as I have fallen into the sea of samsara,
MAR GYUR DRO WA KN KYANG DE DRA WAR
So have all mother migratory beings.
Foundation of All Good Qualities 5
THONG N DRO WA DRL WI KHUR KHYER WI
Please bless me to see this, train in supreme bodhichita,
J ANG CHHUB SEM CHHOG J ONG PAR J IN GYI LOB
And bear the responsibility of freeing migratory beings.
SEM TSAM KYE KYANG TSHL THRIM NAM SUM LA
Even if I develop only bodhichita, but I dont practce the
three types of morality,
GOM PA ME NA J ANG CHHUB MI DRUB PAR
I will not achieve enlightenment.
LEG PAR THONG N GYL S DOM PA LA
With my clear recogniton of this,
TSN PA DRAG P LOB PAR J IN GYI LOB
Please bless me to practce the bodhisatva vows with
great energy.
LOG PI YL LA YENG WA ZHI J E CHING
Once I have pacied distractons to wrong objects
YANG DAG DN LA TSHL ZHIN CH PA YI
And correctly analyzed the meaning of reality,
ZHI N LHAG THONG ZUNG DU DREL WI LAM
Please bless me to generate quickly within my mindstream
NYUR DU GY LA KYE WAR J IN GYI LOB
The unied path of calm abiding and special insight.
THN MONG LAM J ANG N DU GYUR PA NA
Having become a pure vessel by training in the general path,
THEG PA KN GYI CHHOG GYUR DOR J EI THEG
Please bless me to enter
KL ZANG KYE BI J UG NGOG DAM PA DER
The holy gateway of the fortunate ones:
DE LAG NYI DU J UG PAR J IN GYI LOB
The supreme vajra vehicle.
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DE TSHE NG DRUB NAM NYI DRUB PI ZHI
At that tme, the basis of accomplishing the two atainments
NAM DAG DAM TSHIG DOM PAR SUNG WA LA
Is keeping pure vows and samaya.
CH MA MIN PI NGE PA NYE GYUR N
As I have become rmly convinced of this,
SOG DANG D TE SUNG WAR J IN GYI LOB
Please bless me to protect these vows and pledges like my life.
DE N GY DEI NYING PO RIM NYI KYI
Then, having realized the importance of the two stages,
N NAM J I ZHIN TOG N TSN PA YI
The essence of the Vajrayana,
THN ZHII NL J OR CHHOG L MI YEL WAR
By practcing with great energy, never giving up the four
sessions,
DAM PI SUNG ZHIN DRUB PAR J IN GYI LOB
Please bless me to realize the teachings of the holy Guru.
DE TAR LAM ZANG TN PI SHE NYEN DANG
Like that, may the gurus who show the noble path
TSHL ZHIN DRUB PI DROG NAM ZHAB TN CHING
And the spiritual friends who practce it have long lives.
CHHI DANG NANG GI BAR DU CH PI TSHOG
Please bless me to pacify completely
NYE WAR ZHI WAR J IN GYI LAB TU SL
All outer and inner hindrances.
KYE WA KN TU YANG DAG LA MA DANG
In all my lives, never separated from perfect gurus,
DRL ME CHH KYI PL LA LONG CH CHING
May I enjoy the magnicent Dharma.
SA DANG LAM GYI YN TN RAB DZOG N
By completng the qualites of the stages and paths,
DOR J E CHHANG GI GO PHANG NYUR THOB SHOG
May I quickly atain the state of Vajradhara.
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