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# འཕགས་པ་འཁར་གསལ་གྱ་མད intro.5

The Sūtra on the Ringing Staff intro.5

- **Language:** English

### [intro.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.335~en-84000.intro.5)

“Wherever this \[staff\] is upheld is a central region;  
In the borderlands, none uphold it,  
Nor is it the domain of householders.  
Householders are \[drowning\] in suffering,  
Whereas the upholders of \[the staff\] dwell in happiness.  
So, depart from your home and uphold it.”⁴

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