ཀླའ་རྒྱལ་པ་རྔ་སྒྲའ་ཚགས་ས་བཅད་པ 1

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Homage to all buddhas and bodhisattvas!

The Thus-Gone One has spoken
Of his past lives as a bodhisattva.
As these stories have been carefully collected,
Listen now with a faithful mind.

Once, when the perfect Buddha, the god of gods,
The Thus-Gone One, was still alive,
Some monks sought to get the better of each other,
Through rhetoric and other means.

The Great Sage overheard
The negative words uttered by the monks.
So the Sage summoned the saṅgha
And told everyone,

“You inflict harm on one another
By rhetoric and other means.
Such actions are not suitable
For those who have gone forth from home to homelessness.

“Engage in six practices
That are sure to always bring joy.
These are suitable
For those who have gone forth from home to homelessness.

“Monks, hear from me
How I cultivated nonviolence
And strove for awakening,
Out of compassion for all beings.

“Wise persons who have heard this
Will avoid negative actions,
And for the sake of success and happiness,
Will engage in virtuous deeds.

“Once, there were two nāga kings
Who were brothers.