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

At this point you may be doing whatever you can to follow the rules of deeds
and their consequences, but because of carelessness or an attack of bad thoughts
you may make slip up. The way of practicing the four forces is thus covered next
in the root text:
,SGO GSUM SDIG LTUNG DRI MAS SBAGS PA 'DI, ,LHAG PAR LAS SGRIB
SBYONG BA GNAD CHE BAS, ,RGYUN DU STOBS BZHI TSANG BAR BSTEN
PA GCES, ,RNAL 'BYOR NGAS KYANG NYAMS LEN DE LTAR BGYIS, ,THAR
'DOD KHYED KYANG DE BZHIN BSKYANG 'TSAL LO,
(14b)
Polluted by downfalls and the stench of bad deeds
committed through all three doors,
It's crucial to purify yourself, especially of
the obstacles these deeds create.
You must then with great reverence depend
on the four forces, continually.
I, the master meditator,
lived my life this way;
You, who seek for freedom,
must try to do the same.
,GNYIS PA NI, SGO GSUM SDIG LTUNG SOGS TE, RANG CAG NI, LUS
NGAG YID KYI SGO GSUM LAS NYON SPYI DANG KHYAD PAR RANG
BZHIN GYI KHA NA MA THO BA'I SDIG PA DANG , BCAS PA'I KHA NA
MA THO BA'I LTUNG BA'I DRI MAS SBAGS PA 'DI NI, LAS DANG NYON
MONGS PA'I SGRIB PA GNYIS LAS LHAG PAR LAS KYI SGRIB PA SBYONG
BA GNAD CHE BAS NA, DUS RGYUN TU RTEN GYI STOBS DANG , SUN
'BYIN PA'I STOBS, SLAR LDOG PA'I STOBS, GNYEN PO KUN TU SPYOD PA'I
STOBS TE STOBS BZHI'I BSHAGS SDOM TSANG BAR BSTEN PAR GCES SO, ,
DRI MAS SBAGS PA 'DI ZHES GZHUNG MANG POR 'BYUNG BA LTAR
BYAS LA, CHOS SPYOD DU NI 'DIS ZHES 'BYUNG NGO , , STOBS BZHI'I
NGOS 'DZIN DANG BSHAGS TSUL RGYAS PAR GZHAN DU SHES PAR
BYA'O, , RJE BTZUN BLA MAS SOGS SNGAR BZHIN NO,
In general people like you and me are full of mental afflictions and the bad deeds
which we have committed through all the three doors through which we express
ourselves: our body, speech, and mind. More specifically, we are polluted by the