Training the Mind in the Four Immeasurables
May all mother-like sentient beings, as limitless as space, enjoy happiness and the causes of happiness!
May all mother-like sentient beings, as limitless as space, be free from suffering and the causes of suffering!
May all mother-like sentient beings, as limitless as space, never be apart from the sacred happiness devoid of suffering!
May all mother-like sentient beings, as limitless as space, dwell in boundless equanimity,
which is free from attachment to some and aversion to others!
Recite three times
Giving Away of the Three Bases of Clinging
My bodies and likewise my possessions
And all my merits, past, present and future,
I give them all away, withholding not a thing,
To bring about the benefit of sentient beings.
The Preliminary Prayer for Requesting the Attention of the
Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and Teachers
All you buddhas who dwell in the ten directions
All you great bodhisattvas on the ten levels,
All you great teachers, the vajraholders,
Turn your mind towards me, I pray!
II. The Main Part:
Taking the Vows of Bodhicitta in Aspiration and Action Combined
Until gaining the essence of bodhi, I take
As my refuge the buddhas, all fully awake,
The Dharma of statements and realization
And all the bodhisattvas of noble aspiration.
Just as the sugatas of former ages,
Aroused bodhichitta and then in stages,
Trained themselves in skilful practice,
On the genuine path of the bodhisattvas,
Like them, I take this sacred vow:
To arouse bodhichitta here and now,
And train myself for others' good,
Gradually, as a bodhisattva should
On reciting this all the way through three times,
we will have taken the vow of arousing the bodhichitta.
At the end comes the meditation on encouragement and rejoicing:
Now my life has great significance,
At birth I found this human existence,
And now I'm born in the buddhas' line,
As a son or daughter of the noble kind.
From this day on, come what may,
I'll act only in an appropriate way,
And never shall I bring disgrace
Upon this flawless, noble race.
For like a beggar, poor and blind,
Who, by chance, a jewel might find,
In heaps of filthy dirt and litter,
In my mind is now born bodhichitta.
And:
Now with buddhas as my witness,
I invite all beings to lasting bliss,
And, before that, to ordinary joys:
May gods, asuras and others rejoice!
The Series of Aspiration Prayers
O sublime and precious bodhicitta,
May it arise in those in whom it has not arisen;
May it never decline where it has arisen,
But go on increasing further and further!
May they not be separated from bodhicitta,
But be always inclined to enlightened action:
May they be cared for by the buddhas, and
May they abandon harmful action.
And:
May the bodhisattvas' good wishes
For benefitting beings be fulfilled.
Whatever the protectors have intended for them:
May sentient beings receive it.
May all sentient beings be happy.
May all the lower realms be forever empty.
May the aspirations of all the bodhisattvas
Of the various bhumis be fulfilled!
III. Conclusion
Recitation of the Dharani of Pure Discipline
Homage to all the tathagatas!
Homage to the bodhisattva, the mahasattva, the noble Lord Avalokiteshvara!
OM AMOGHASHILA
SAMBHARA SAMBHARABHARA BHARA
MAHA SHUDDHA SATVA PADMA VIBHUSHRITA BHUDZA
DHARA DHARA
SAMANTA
AWALOKITE HUNG PHAT SVAHA
Recite three or seven times.
Aspiration Prayers
May all aspects of the paramita of discipline be perfected completely within the minds of all sentient beings, including me.
May all the harmful actions and obscurations caused by breakages in discipline due to negative emotions be cleansed and purified.
May I possess the good fortune to practise discipline that pleases the noble ones.
May I attain the bliss of complete liberation, that is free from the oppression of negative emotions.
And:
May my discipline be free from any flaw,
May my discipline be completely pure,
With discipline devoid of complacent pride,
May I complete the paramita of discipline.
And:
Following in all the buddhas' footsteps,
May I bring Good Actions to full perfection;
May my conduct and discipline be flawless and pure,
May it never fail me or be at fault.
And:
Through the power of training to abandon both harming others and
the attitude behind it,
May the thought of doing harm arise not even in my dreams;
May everything be auspicious for me to have that perfect discipline,
Which never diverges from the altruistic mind of bodhicitta!
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