འཕགས་པ་སང་གས་ཞས་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 3

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O Holy Being,²⁷ how does one become wise?”²⁸ {13}

“One comes to possess mindfulness by being undeceiving.²⁹
One becomes intelligent by contemplating meaning.
One comes to act according to the Dharma³⁰ by having reverence.
One becomes wise by knowing the characteristics of phenomena.”³¹ {14}

“By what action is a bodhisattva³² born
In the presence of the guardians of the world?³³
How do they come to ask questions
Directly³⁴ before the guardians of the world?”³⁵ {15}

“The one who never obstructs
The giving of Dharma
Will with great swiftness³⁶
Come to meet the guardians of the world.”³⁷ {16}

“How does one relinquish rebirth in inopportune states?
How does one go forth to favorable states?
How does one become heedful
Wherever one takes birth throughout all of one’s lives?” {17}

“Inopportune births are relinquished through faith.³⁸
One goes forth to favorable states through moral discipline.
One becomes always heedful
By becoming familiar with emptiness.”³⁹ {18}

“O Sage,⁴⁰ how do bodhisattvas⁴¹
Purify their karma?
How do they dodge the snares of Māra?
How do they avoid becoming bereft of Dharma?”⁴² {19}

“Karma is purified through firm resolution.⁴³
Māra is subdued through perseverance.
They avoid becoming bereft of the Dharma⁴⁴
By acting according to their words.” {20}

“How does one’s voice become like the pleasing song
Of the kalaviṅka bird and like the voice of Brahmā?
O Sage,⁴⁵ how does one please beings
With their diverse inclinations?”⁴⁶ {21}

“The voice of Brahmā is obtained by speaking truthfully.
The voice becomes pleasing by abandoning harsh words.⁴⁷
One pleases beings⁴⁸
By relinquishing senseless talk and slander.”⁴⁹ {22}

“How does one come to have a long life?
How does one come to have fewer illnesses?
How, O Supreme Guide,⁵⁰
Does a retinue⁵¹ come to be undivided?” {23}

“One comes to have a long life by not killing.
One will have fewer illnesses by causing no harm.⁵²
A retinue comes to be undivided
When one reconciles disputes.” {24}

“How does one obtain wealth?⁵³