1: In adoration I make obesiance to the Sugatas their children & to their bodies of Dharma, and to all those worthy of praise. In brief, and in accordance with scripture, one shall describe the undertaking of the observance of the sons & daughters of the Sugatas.

2: Nothing new will be said here, nor have I any skilI in compostion. Therefore I do not imagine that I can benifit others. I have done this to perfume my own mind.

5: At night in darkness thick with clouds a lightning flash gives a moment's brightness. So, sometime, by the power of the Buddha, the mind of the world might for a moment turn to acts of merit.

9: When the Awakening Mind has arisen in one, a wretch captive in the prison of existence, One is straightway hailed daughter or son of the Sugatas to be revered in the worlds of gods and humanity.

10:Taking this base image, it transmutes it into the priceless image of the Buddha-gem. Grasp tightly the quicksilver elixer, known as the Awakening Mind, which must be worked completly.

11: You who are accustomed to travelling abroad among the trading towns of the realms of rebirth, grasp tightly this gem that is the Awakening Mind. It is precious, assayed by those of immeasurable expertise, the unique caraven-leaders of the world.

12: Like the apple trees in blossom, the roses in bloom. Or Like the Plantain stem, all good things assuredly shed their fruit & wither, whereas the Awakening Mind is a tree that constantly fruits. It does not wither, but continues to produce.

14:Like the the holocaust at the end of a world age, it completely consumes great evil in an instant. The wise Lord Maitreya related its unmeasured praises to Sudhana.

15:The Awakened Mind should be understood to be of two kinds; in brief: the Mind resolved on Awakening, (Closed Lotus flower) & the Mind proceeding toward Awakening.(Fully opened Lotus Flower.)

18: For the moment that one takes on that Mind to release the limitless realms of beings, with a resolve that cannot be turned back.

19: From that moment on, though one may doze off or become distracted many times, uninterrupted streams of merit like the bursting sky continuously pour forth.

36: I bow down to the bodies of those in whom the excellent jewel, the Mind has arisen, & torward whom even an offence results in happiness.. To those mines of happiness, I go for refuge.

18: To those formed of goodwill I also offer those shining clouds that are celestial palaces, ornamented at the entrances in the four directions, splendid with pendulous ropes of pearls and precious stones, entrancing with songs & poems & of praise.

19: Now, for the sages, I set up splendid, bejewelled umbreIIas, encrusted with pearls, fully raised on beautifully formed shafts of gold.

20: Hereafter, may heady clouds of worship arise, & clouds of instrumental music, thrilling every being.

21: May flowers and jewels & other offerings rain down incencantly upon the caityas, images and all the jewels which make up the Dharma.

23: I praise the Oceans of Virtue with hymns that are a sea of notesand harmonies. Let clouds of chanted praise arise no diferently among them.

25 : Likewise, I pay homage to all the shrines and resting places of the Bodhisattva. I prostrate to the preceptors and to the praiseworthy adepts as well.

58 : I stand with exceeding care even on an ordinary cliff. How much so above a precipice of a thousand leagues through great expanses of time?

59: Death may not come this very day, but my complacency is ill-founded. Inevitable the time approaches when I shall die.

66: Let the Leaders accept my transgression for what it is. It is not good. O Protectors. I must not do it again.

16: Those who falsely accuse me, and others who will do me harm , and others still who will degrade me, may they all share in Awakening.

27: "As a blind man might find a jewel in heaps of rubbish, so too this Awakening Mind has somehow appeared in me.

30: "The causeway to cross over bad rebirths, open to all who travel. it is the rising moon of the mind, mitagating the defilements of the world.

31: "It is the brillant sun, dispelling the mist of ignorance from the world. It is the fresh butter risen up from churning the milk of the true Dharma.

1: Those who wish to protect their practice should zealously guard the mind. The practice cannot be protected without guarding the unsteady mind.

2 : Untamed, mad elephants do not inflict as much harm in this world as does the unleashed elephant of the mind in the Avichi Hell and the like.

3 : But if the elephant of the mind is completely restrained by the rope of mindfulness, then all perils vanish and complete well-being is obtained.

4 : Tigers, lions, elephants, bears, snakes, all enemies, all guardians of hells

5 : Dakinis (evil spirits) and demons become controlled by controlling the mind alone. By subduing the mind alone, they all become subdued.

13 : Where would there be leather enough to cover the entire world? The earth is covered over merely with the leather of my sandals.

16. The omniscient One stated that all recitations and austerities, even through performed for a long time, are actually useless if the mind is on something else or dull.

70 :Consider the body as a ship because it is the basis of coming and going. Set the body in motion at your will in order to accomplish the welfare of sentient beings.

71. One who has become self-controlled in that way should always have a smiling face. One should give up frowning and grimacing, be the first to greet, and be a friend to the world.

101 : One should do nothing other than benefit sentient beings either directly or indirectly; and for the sake of sentient beings alone, one should subordinate everything to Awakening.

109 : I shall practice it with my body. What is the use of merely reading the words? Will a sick person have any benefit merely by reading about medical treatments?

9: Let the rain of burning coals, heated rocks, and daggers from this day forth be a shower of flowers; and let the warring with these weapons, one against the other, now be merely playful - A tussle with flowers.

19: May the blind see forms, may the deaf always hear, and may expectant mothers give birth as did Mayadevi, free from pain.

23: May every region be hospitable to all those who travel the roads. With whatever aim they set out, may their plan succeed.

24 : May those who journey by boat succeed, as they desire. May they safely reach the shore and rejoice with their relatives.

33: May all beings have immeasurable life. May they always live happily. May the very word "death" perish.

34: May every quarter become a place of delight with gardens of magical trees that grant every wish, teeming with Buddhas and the heirs of the Buddhas, enthralling with the sound of the Dharma.

35: May the ground in every place be as smooth and level like the palm of the hand, free from grit and stones, and made of beryl.

36: May the circles of the great assembly of Bodhisattvas be seated all around. May they emblazon the surface of the earth each with their own radiant hue.

37: Let embodied beings hear, unwearied, the sound of the Dharma from winged birds, from every tree, from light rays and from the skys.

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