ཕག་མའ་རྟགས་པ་བརྗད་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བའ་མད notes.52

notes.52

52. In the Chinese translation, these three verses are condensed into one verse, followed by three other verses spoken by the Buddha: When the two syllables Buddha Come to reach one’s tongue, And with them I take refuge and so on, One has not passed a life in vain. When the two syllables Dharma Come to reach one’s tongue, And with them I take refuge and so on, One has not passed a life in vain. When the two syllables Saṅgha Come to reach one’s tongue, And with them I take refuge and so on, One has not passed a life in vain. And then a concluding verse: When the words Buddha, Dharma, and Saṅgha are not known, It is due to the lowermost states that the person did not acquire them, Wandering through cyclic existence for a long time, Like a kāśa flower through the air.