[The following selections consists of the first part of the Song of My ...

RAG LAS PAR MTHONG NAS RKYEN CUNG ZAD TZAM DU MA ZAD,
SROG GI PHYIR YANG MI GTONG BAR BKA' BZHIN DU SGRUB PA'I
MCHOD PAS MNYES PAR BYED DGOS SO,
Having understood these benefits, you must then see that the holy Spiritual Guide
who teaches you the path is the very foundation for getting you off to an excellent start
for all the good in this and your future lives. Realize that all this depends on how
you serve your Lama, and then with fierce efforts rely on Him in your thoughts by
stopping that state of mind which thinks it sees faults in Him, and by developing
feelings of faith towards Him as much as you can.
Rely properly on your Lama in your actions by paying Him respect with your
body, praising Him with your words, and so forth. Undertake whatever you can
to please your Lama in every possible way, and never undertake anything which
would displease Him. Accomplish whatever He or She tells you to do.
Understanding this, you must please your Lama with the offering of carrying out His
every instruction. You can never give this up even at the cost of you life, so what need
is there to say anything about mere small incidents?
,DE'I MJUG TU, RJE'I GSUNG 'BUM THOR BU LAS, RNAL 'BYOR NGAS
KYANG NYAMS LEN DE LTAR BYAS, , THAR 'DOD KHYED KYANG DE
BZHIN BSKYANG 'TSAL LO, , ZHES 'BYUNG BA NI, RJE'I GSUNG DNGOS
YIN LA, CHOS SPYOD LAS, RJE BTZUN BLA MAS NYAMS LEN DE LTAR
MDZAD, , THAR 'DOD BDAG KYANG DE BZHIN BSKYANG 'TSAL LO, ,
ZHES 'BYUNG BA NI, PHYIS GZHAN GYIS BSGYUR BA STE, DON GO SLA
ZHING PHYI MA GZHAN LA'ANG SBYOR, BLA MA'I MTSAN NYID, BSTEN
TSUL SOGS LAM RIM SOGS NAS SHES PAR BYA'O,
After these instructions come a special refrain, beginning with the words "I, the
master meditator..." These are the actual lines as Je Tsongkapa first wrote them.
Later on they were changed by someone else, and in modern prayer books we
see the following:
The venerable Lamas of the past
lived their lives this way;
I, too, seeking freedom
will try to do the same.