འཕགས་པ་མཚན་མ་བཟང་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བའ་མད 3

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(3) remaining uncaptivated by presently arisen states, a monk is known as someone who follows the teaching of Auspicious Night.”

This is what the Bhagavān said. After the Sugata had thus spoken, he furthermore stated the following:

“Do not follow after¹⁹ the past
Or hope for the future!
What is past has ceased to exist;
The future has not yet arrived. {1}

“Having thoroughly examined
Each presently arisen thing,
And knowing each,²⁰ one understands,
Undeceived by false conceptions. {2}

“ ‘Will I²¹ die tomorrow?’ Who knows?
Today the effort should be made.
The lord of death and his great army²²
Do not come to offer friendship.²³ {3}

“May all sentient beings and creatures
And the entirety of living things
Achieve perfect happiness,
And be free from the afflictions!
May all good things be seen,²⁴
And may nothing²⁵ evil at all occur!²⁶ {4}

“So that one maintains this and applies oneself
Night and day, without idleness,
The sage has unremittingly proclaimed
The teaching of Auspicious Night.”²⁷ {5}

Then the Bhagavān, for the safeguarding of all sentient beings, offered this teaching of Auspicious Night ²⁸ and taught the following Dravidian mantras:

tadyathā| bi nā bi ni| bi na pūraṇi| buddha-martaṇḍe| mānini mānini| ṇi ṇi ṇi ṇi| ṭi ṭi ṭi ṭi| vīrati| gauri| gāndhāri| caṇḍāli| mātaṃgi| pukkasi| brāhmaṇi| drāviḍi| drāmiḍi| śavari| sadālambha| hīna­madhyama­dhāriṇi| maholani| dalabhani| dalābhadre| mahādalini| calini| muṣṭe| cakravarti| mahācakravarti| śavari śavari| mahāśavari| bhu tsing gi| bhu tsi ring gi ni| ni mi ni ming gi ni| nimiṃdhari bhu ta ni svāhā

tadyathā| e ṭu ṭu ṭu ṭu| na ṭu mi rṇi| ki rṇi| eṁ ku| sid da ta ri| tsa la lu| rni rtu| nirma llu| gallu| a ba tra no ne| śe ku nir ba ra da sa le| ta ra ke| ta re| ta rod tu| nod tu| ti la