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Translated by Tashi Jamyangling www.drigung.com

Translators note I have rendered this English transliteration to benefit young Tibetans who can speak and understand Tibetan but who do not read Tibetan very well. I also wish this translation to benefit our tenacious Western dharma brothers and sisters. All the eight verses of this text end with the word ;# (shog), which denotes aspiration. It is my understanding that the words D#--#%<9-73,-9-;# (tag tu ch par dzin par shog), for example, do not mean I will always 3

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hold.dearly. It means May I always hold.dearly. What is the difference? The former is promissory, and the latter is aspirational ^,- (mon pa).

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May this English translation benefit you.

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4 dag ni sem cen tham ch la/

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+,-0&#-/7-/<0--8< D#--#%<-973,-9-;#
tag tu ch par dzin par shog/ With the intention of achieving the supreme purpose May I, at all times, hold dear to my heart All sentient beings More important even than a wish-fulfilling jewel don chog drub p sam pa yee

y zhin nor bu l lhag p/

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zhen la sam pa thag pa yee/ 5 dag ny kun l mhn ta zhing/ gang du su dang drog p tshe/

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chog tu ch par dzin par shog/ Wherever (I) associate with whomsoever May I see myself lower than all the others and With utmost sincerely from my heart Dearly hold others as supreme.

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tsen thab dhong n dhog par shog/ 6 dag zhen ma rung j p na/ tag cing nyon mong ky ma thag/ ch lam kun tu rang gy la/

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May I, during all my activities, examine my mental continuum And as soon as afflictive emotions arise, Which are pernicious to self and others, Forcefully confront and revert them .

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ny par ka w ch dzin shog/ When I see beings with unwholesome nature Afflicted with grave sins and suffering Like finding precious treasures, 7 rin chen ter dang tr pa zhin/ dhig dug drag p non thong tshe/ rang zhin ngen p sem chen ni/

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that are difficult to find, May I dearly cherish them.

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gyal kha zhen la bul war shog/ When others out of jealous of me Wrongly disparage and slander, etc. May I take upon myself the defeat and Respectfully give victory to them. gyong kha rang g len pa dang/ she kur la sog mi rig p/ dag la zhen gy trag dog gee/

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sh nyen dam par ta war shog/ Even if someone that I helped And had great hope in that person Wrongfully causes harm to me May I look upon him as a sublime teacher. shin tu mi rig n j naang/ re wa che wa gang zhig gee/

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phen de ma nam kun la bul/ 9 dhor na ng dang gy pa yee/

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sang w dag la len par shog/ In short, both directly and indirectly, May I offer benefits and happiness to all mother sentient beings And discretely receive All harm and sufferings of mother sentient beings. ma yi n dang dug ngel kun/

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ch kun gyu mar sh p lh/ 10 tog p dri m ma bhag shing/ de dag kun kyang ch gy kyi/

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5,-0+-7&$-/-:<i:-;#
zhen m ching wa l drol shog/ By all these (aspirations) remaining Undefiled by the eight worldly concerns, And by understanding all things as illusion May I, without clinging and attachment, be liberated from the bondage.

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