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The Mountain of Blessings
(Source of All My Good)
Tsong-Kha-Pa / Je Rinpoche Lobsang Drakpa
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L1 : [The very root of the path, which is how to take a Lama and serve him properly]
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\          #1.
\          The source of all my good 
\          Is my kind Lama, my Lord; 
\          Bless me first to see 
\          That taking myself to him 
\          In the proper way 
\          Is the very root 
\          Of the path, and grant me then 
\          To serve and follow him 
\          With all my strength and reverence.
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L1 : [How to train your mind, once you have taken a Lama ]
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\          #2.
\          Bless me first to realize 
\          That the excellent life 
\          Of leisure I've found 
\          Just this once 
\          Is ever so hard to find 
\          And ever so valuable; 
\          Grant me then 
\          To wish, and never stop to wish, 
\          That I could take 
\          Its essence night and day.
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L1 : [How to take this essence (i-iii):]
L2 : [i. How to train one's mind in the Steps of the Path which are shared with persons of lesser spiritual capacity.]
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\          #3.
\          My body and the life in it 
\          Are fleeting as the bubbles 
\          In the sea froth of a wave. 
\          Bless me thus to recall 
\          The death that will destroy me soon; 
\          And help me find sure knowledge 
\          That after I have died 
\          The things I've done, the white or black, 
\          And what these deeds will bring me, 
\          Follow always close behind, 
\          As certain as my shadow.
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\          #4.
\          Grant me then 
\          Ever to be careful, 
\          To stop the slightest 
\          Wrongs of many wrongs we do, 
\          And try to carry out instead 
\          Each and every good 
\          Of the many that we may.
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\          #5.
\          Bless me to perceive 
\          All that's wrong 
\          With the seemingly good things 
\          Of this life. 
\          I can never get enough of them. 
\          They cannot be trusted. 
\          They are the door 
\          To every pain I have. 
\          Grant me then 
\          To strive instead 
\          For the happiness of freedom.
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\          #6.
\          Grant that these pure thoughts 
\          May lead me to be watchful 
\          And to recall 
\          What I should be doing, 
\          Grant me to give 
\          The greatest care 
\          To make the vows of morality 
\          The essence of my practice; 
\          They are 
\          The root of the Buddha's teaching.
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L2 : [ii. How to train one's mind in the Steps of the Path which are shared with persons of greater spiritual capacity.]
L2 : [iii. How to train one's mind in the Steps of the Path which are shared with persons of greater spiritual capacity. -- How to develop the Wish for Enlightenment]
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\          #7.
\          I have slipped and fallen 
\          Into the sea 
\          Of this suffering life; 
\          Bless me to see 
\          That every living being, 
\          Every one my own mother, 
\          Has fallen in too. 
\          Grant me then 
\          To practice this highest 
\          Wish for enlightenment, 
\          To take on myself 
\          The task of freeing them all.
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\          #8.
\          Bless me to see clearly 
\          That the Wish itself 
\          Is not enough, 
\          For if I'm not well trained 
\          In the three moralities, 
\          I cannot become a Buddha. 
\          Grant me then 
\          A fierce resolve 
\          To master the vows 
\          For children of the Victors.
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\          #9.
\          Grant that I may quickly gain 
\          The path where quietude 
\          And insight join together; 
\          One which quiets 
\          My mind from being 
\          Distracted to wrong objects, 
\          The other which analyzes 
\          The perfect meaning 
\          In the correct way.
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L2 : [iii. How to train one's mind in the Steps of the Path which are shared with persons of greater spiritual capacity. -- Training yourself in the activities of a bodhisattva]
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\          #10.
\          Grant me once I've practiced well 
\          The paths shared and become 
\          A vessel that is worthy, 
\          I enter with perfect ease 
\          The way of the Diamond, 
\          Highest of all ways, 
\          Holiest door to come inside 
\          For the fortunate and the good.
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\          #11.
\          Bless me to know 
\          With genuine certainty 
\          That when I've entered thus, 
\          The cause that gives me 
\          Both the attainments 
\          Is keeping my pledges 
\          And vows most pure. 
\          Grant me then 
\          To always keep them 
\          Even if it costs my life.
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\          #12.
\          Bless me next 
\          To realize precisely 
\          The crucial points 
\          Of both the stages, 
\          The essence of 
\          The secret ways. 
\          Grant me then 
\          To practice as 
\          The Holy One has spoken, 
\          Putting all my effort in 
\          And ever leaving off 
\          The Practice of the Four Times, 
\          Highest that there is.
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L1 : [A request so that you can attain all the favorable conditions for succeeding in the path, and stop all the circumstances that might prevent you from doing so.]
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\          #13.
\          Bless me, grant me that 
\          The Spiritual Guide 
\          Who shows me this good road, 
\          And all my true 
\          Companions in this quest 
\          Live long and fruitful lives. 
\          Bless and grant me that 
\          The rain of obstacles, 
\          Things within me 
\          Or outside me 
\          That could stop me now, 
\          Stop and end forever.
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L1 : [A prayer that in all future lives you may be taken under the care of a Lama, and so again the strength to reach the final end of the various levels and path]
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\          #14.
\          In all my lives 
\          May I never live 
\          Apart from my perfect Lamas, 
\          May I bask 
\          In the glory 
\          Of the Dharma. 
\          May I fulfill 
\          Perfectly 
\          Every good quality 
\          Of every level and path, 
\          And reach then quickly 
\          The place where I 
\          Become myself 
\          The Keeper of the Diamond.
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