Verses of Happiness and Well-Being upon Entering the City of Vaiśālī
Translation of ཡངས་པའ་གྲང་ཁྱར་ད་འཇག་པའ་བད་ལགས་ཀྱ་ཚགས་ས་བཅད་པ (ཡངས་པའི་གྲོང་ཁྱེར་དུ་འཇུག་པའི་བདེ་ལེགས་ཀྱི་ཚིགས་སུ་བཅད་པ)
- Language
- English
- Date
- 2022 CE
- Translator
- Adam Pearcey
- Extent
- 80 passages, 545 words
- Text
- partly digitised
- Source
- lotsawahouse · Adam Pearcey (tr.), Verses of Happiness and Well-Being upon Entering the City of Vaiśālī, Lotsawa House… · CC BY-NC 4.0 (Lotsawa House); shown with attribution on a non-commercial site
Contents
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Text
p1
Homage to the Three Jewels!
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The one who has overcome greed and attachment,
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Who has eliminated every form of imperfection,
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And whose mind is tranquil, incapable of harm—
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He will bring you happiness and well-being.
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The guide who helps all beings
p7
To embark upon the path to liberation
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And who teaches all forms of Dharma—
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He will bring you happiness and well-being.
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The teacher and supporter of beings,
p11
Who, for the sake of all who live,
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Came to master the state of bliss—
p13
He will bring you happiness and well-being.
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The protector who, with a loving mind,
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Forever cares for all these beings,
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As if they were his only child—
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He will bring you happiness and well-being.
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The one who provides support to all beings
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As they wander through the wheel of life
p20
And is to them a sanctuary and protector—
p21
He will bring you happiness and well-being.
p22
The one to whom all dharmas are apparent,
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Who is pure and incapable of deception,
p24
Whose words are pure and deeds are purifying—
p25
He will bring you happiness and well-being.
p26
The great hero who, through taking birth,
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Perfectly fulfilled abundant purpose
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And achieved a multitude of aims—
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He will bring you happiness and well-being.
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The one whose birth caused the land,
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Including forests, to tremble and quake,
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And brought joy to all sentient beings—
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He will bring you happiness and well-being.
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The one who prompted six earthquakes
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As he approached the seat of bodhi
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And who caused Māra to despair—
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He will bring you happiness and well-being.
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The one who turned the Dharma Wheel,
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Explaining the truths of the Noble Ones,
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And gained a reputation as a Sage—
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He will bring you happiness and well-being.
p42
The captivating one who conquered
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All tīrthikas by means of the Dharma,
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And took charge of all communities—
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He will bring you happiness and well-being.
p46
May Buddha bring you happiness and well-being,
p47
May Śakra and the Brahma gods as well
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And all the worldly spirits too provide you
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With happiness and well-being for evermore.
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Through the Buddha's merit and power
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And the intentions of the devas,
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May whatever you wish for or desire
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Be accomplished now upon this very day.
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Two-legged creatures, may you be well.
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Four-legged creatures, may you be well.
p56
You who are on journeys, may you be well.
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You who are returning, may you be well.
p58
May the day be well and the night be well.
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May the hours of noon bring happiness too.
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May you always enjoy happiness and well-being,
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And may you never fall prey to evil deeds.
p62
Surrounded by thousands of gods,
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The Buddha now approaches—
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Let those who bear ill will be gone!
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And compassionate ones remain.
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Through the truthful words of the Buddhas,
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Pratyekabuddhas, arhats and disciples,
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Let all who would harm the world
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Depart and be banished from this city.
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All sentient beings, all living creatures,
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All spirits, each and every one of you:
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May you experience only happiness.
p73
May you all be spared from sickness.
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May you all encounter what is good
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And never fall prey to what is evil.
p76
May all the spirits gathered in this place,
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Be it on the earth or in the sky,
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Always show goodwill and kindness to all beings,
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And practise Dharma day and night!
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