Praises on Bodhicitta 36 – 40
(36)
Food is the most essential for the starved;
Remedy is the most critical for the sick;
Treasure is the most important for the impoverished;
Generating Boddhicitta is the most sacred for the sagacious.
(37)
If one bears Bodhicitta in mind,
one’s practice of the six Paramitas: generosity, discipline, patience,
diligence, meditative concentration and wisdom,
will become the root cause of attaining Buddhahood.
(38)
When the foundation of compassion is solid,
the great tree of Bodhicitta will thrive
and bear abundant fruits of benefit and bliss;
sentient beings will celebrate for the bumper harvest.
(39)
Bodhicitta brings out the wonder of body;
Bodhicitta brings out the wonder of speech;
Bodhicitta brings out the wonder of mind.
Bodhi is the wonder of all.
(40)
When there is Bodhicitta,
countries prosper, people live happily at peace,
beings such as devas, nāgas, yakṣas,
all rejoice over it.
Palyul Choktrul
Urgyen Translation DreamStudio
2020/11/30 – 12/4
Tibetan version བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་ལ་བསྟོད་པ། 36 – 40
Traditional Chinese version 菩提心讚頌 36 – 40
Bodhicaryāvatāra Chapter 1 – The Benefits of Bodhicitta
Praises on Bodhicitta Series
- Praises 01 – 05. The wonderful jewel of Bodhicitta…
- Praises 06 – 10. Bodhicitta is like the sun…
- Praises 11 – 15. Without Bodhicitta…
- Praises 16 – 20. The incomparable Bodhicitta…
- Praises 21 – 25. The great compassion inspires Bodhicitta…
- Praises 26 – 30. Merits accumulate without getting lost…
- Praises 31 – 35. Such compassion as brave as warriors…
- Praises 41 – 45. When one is free of selfishness…
- Praises 46 – 50. As soon as one aroused Bodhicitta…
- Praises 51 – 55. If there isn’t Bodhicitta…
- Praises 56 – 60. If one holds Bodhicitta…
- Praises 61 – 65. When mind and Bodhicitta collide in harmony…
- Praises 66 – 70. Violate Bodhisattva Vow…
- Praises 71 – 75. Possessing the bliss of Bodhicitta…
- Praises 76 – 80. Attaining the enlightenment of Prajna…
- Praises 81 – 88. The merits of Bodhicitta…