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,DE LA 'DIR BSTAN BCOS CHEN PO DBU MA LA 'JUG PA, RANG GI
'GREL PA DANG MTHUN PAR 'CHAD PA LA, BSTAN BCOS KYI SNGON
DU 'GRO BA SPYI'I RNAM GZHAG BSHAD PA DANG, SKABS SU BABS
PA'I GZHUNG DON SO SOR BSHAD PA DANG GNYIS LAS,
And so now I will present a treatise upon that great classical commentary,
Entering the Middle Way, in accordance with the author’s own explanation of
it. We will proceed in two steps: a preliminary, general overview of the
work; and then separate explanations of selected portions.
DANG PO LA, RANG CAG TSE 'DI'I BDE BA TZAM GYIS CHOG PAR MI
'DZIN PAR 'JIG RTEN PHYI MA PHAN CHAD KYI BDE BA DON DU
GNYER BA RNAMS KYIS YANG DAG PAR RDZOGS PA'I SANGS RGYAS
LA SKYABS SU SONG BA'I SGO NAS, DE'I BSTAN PA LA 'JUG RIGS TE,
SPEL MAR BSTOD PA LAS,
Here is the first. You and I are people who have decided that it’s not
enough to simply be content with the pleasures of this current life. We
strive for happiness in the world beyond, and more. And so it’s right that
we should take shelter in the totally enlightened one, and thereby enter into
his teachings. And this is true because Interwoven Praises says,
,GTING MTHA' MED PA'I 'KHOR BA NI,
,RGYA MTSO'I NANG NA RNAM PAR GNAS,
,'DOD CHAGS LA SOGS MI ZAD PA'I,
,CHU SRIN GYIS NI LUS ZOS PAS,
Here we are adrift alone
on a shoreless ocean,
the cycle of pain. The savage sharks
of desire and the rest
rip away at our bodies.
,DE RING GANG LA SKYABS SU MCHI,
,GANG LA NYES PA THAMS CAD KUN,
,GTAN NAS YONGS YE MI MNGA' ZHING,
,GANG ZHIG LA NI YON TAN KUN,
,RNAM PA KUN TU GNAS GYUR PA,