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The causes for the children of the Victors
Are the attitude of compassion;
The mind that transcends duality;
And the Wish for total enlightenment.
,GANG PHYIR BRTZE NYID RGYAL BA'I LO THOG PHUN TSOGS 'DI'I,
,SA BON DANG NI SPEL LA CHU 'DRA YUN RING DU,
,LONGS SPYOD GNAS LA SMIN PA LTA BUR 'DOD GYUR PA,
,DE PHYIR BDAG GIS THOG MAR SNYING RJE BSTOD PAR BGYI,
At the very beginning then
I sing the praises of compassion,
For love, and only love, was said to be
Like the seed for the excellent crops
Of the Victors; like the water
That makes them grow;
Like the years of ripening it takes
For them to become
A thing we can partake @ FIX THIS AS PER COMM LATER]
GNYIS PA DE 'CHAD PA LA, DANG POR NGA ZHES BDAG LA ZHEN
GYUR CING, ZHES PA NAS, G-YO DANG RANG BZHIN NYID KYIS
STONG PAR MTHONG BA YI, ZHES PA'I BAR GSUNGS,
The second is explained in the verses that include “Who begin by thinking
‘Me,’ entranced by the idea of a self”; up to “The bodhisattvas see these
beings as flickering, and devoid of having any real nature.”$
$[The full lines read as follows (from the same work, f. 201b):
,DANG POR NGA ZHES BDAG LA ZHEN GYUR CING,
,BDAG GI 'DI ZHES DNGOS LA CHAGS BSKYED PA,
,ZO CHUN 'PHYAN LTAR RANG DBANG MED PA YI,
,'GRO LA SNYING RJER GYUR GANG DE LA 'DUD,
I bow down to the state of mind
That feels compassion for living beings: