A Chantable English Version of a Traditional Tibetan Prayer
The Basis of All Good Qualities: a review of the Graded Path to Enlightenment Tibetan: Yönten Zhirgyurma Commonly called: The Foundation of All Good Qualities Composed by: Je Tsong Khapa English arrangement for chanting by: Gelongma Losang Drimay First published 2008, slightly modified (first 2 verses) in May 2009 Right reliance on the kind guru— The basis of all good qualities— Is the root of the path. Bless me to See this and rely with great respect. Precious freedom of this one-time life Is so meaningful and hard to find. Bless me with the mind which day and night Always takes its essence without cease. Like a water bubble, this life is Fleeting—it decays and then death comes. After death, your good and bad karma Follow you around like a shadow. Knowing this with a firm conviction, I'll give up even small non-virtues, And take up all virtuous actions. Bless me to live conscientiously. Knowing how samsaric pleasures are Disappointing, unreliable— Seeking them just leads to suffer...