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teachings on the path and final result of the greater way, and then proclaim
these teachings to other types of people: to those of the greater way who
aspire to this path and goal.
DE YIN TE, DAM CHOS PAD DKAR LAS,
,MGON PO DE RING BDAG CAG NYAN THOS GYUR,
,BYANG CHUB DAM PA YANG DAG BSGRAG PAR BGYI,
,BYANG CHUB PA YI SGRA YANG RAB TU BRJOD,
,DE BAS BDAG CAG NYAN THOS MI BZAD 'DRA,
,ZHES GSUNGS PA'I PHYIR,
And this is true because the Holy Dharma of the White Lotus says,
O Savior, today we have become your listeners,
And now we shall proclaim, perfectly,
That highest enlightenment.
We will echo and spread the word
Of this enlightenment;
And so we will become, in a sense,
Your unworthy listeners.
NYAN THOS YIN NA NYAN THOS KYI SGRA BSHAD DU YOD PAS MA
KHYAB STE,
Now just because the word “listener” is applied to someone, that doesn’t
mean that it applies to them in its literal sense.
GZUGS MED KHAMS PA'I NYAN THOS LA NYAN THOS KYI SGRA 'JUG
TU YOD KYANG, BSHAD DU MED PA'I PHYIR,
And this is true because there are listeners in the formless realm to whom
the word “listener” can be properly applied, but not its literal sense.
DPER NA SKAM LAS SKYES PA'I PADMA LA MTSO SKYES KYI SGRA
'JUG TU YOD KYANG BSHAD DU MED PA LTA BU YIN PA'I PHYIR,
For example, the expression “born of the lake” can properly be applied to a
lotus that has grown in a dry spot, even though it doesn’t describe that
particular lotus in a literal sense.
BYANG SEMS KYIS THEG CHEN GYI LAM 'BRAS BU DANG BCAS PA DE
BZHIN GSHEGS PA LA NYAN NAS GZHAN LA STON PA YOD KYANG,
THOS SGROG PAR MI 'GYUR TE,
Now there do exist cases where bodhisattvas listen to the teachings on the