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Among (all the Buddhas), the method of purifying the lower realms, in the King of Tantras of the Bhagavan All-Knowing, there is nothing more supreme than this. The meaning of this, the son of the Victorious One of Good Intelligence, the great being embraced by the Vajradhara, the excellent explanation of the one known as the Holder of Discipline, its meaning is to make this commentary on the Southern Gate. In this practice, from the ocean of effort of the three doors, may we obtain the auspicious vase of pure nectar, and with this, having washed away all the stains of the causes of bad migrations, may we enter the ocean of omniscient wisdom. Thus, this commentary called "Extensive Explanation of the Southern Gate of Sarvavid, the Sun of Benefit for Others," was written at the age of seventy by the Shakya monk Drakpa Shedrup at Choni Monastery, at the request of Kyalong Ngagrampa Gyaltsen Tashi, and the scribe was Da'i Lalung Lobsang Dondrup. Mangalam! Extensive Explanation of the Southern Gate Ritual, "The Sun of Benefit for Others."