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DKG038 0002.Norzang shows in one aspect the practice of honoring virtuous spiritual friends..g2.0f

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English

This, not becoming an example of stone carving proofreading, but having been done with great diligence and extreme accuracy, may it, like the sun and moon, in this area surrounded by mountains, until the existence of samsara, be the glory of merit for the precious teachings of the Buddha and all unbiased beings. In the great land of Tibet, the source of the four regions, prominent with the laws of the ten virtues, before the Dharma King Bodhisattva, the lord of men, Tenpa Tsering (བསྟན་པ་ཚེ་རིང), who governs the vast land righteously, when this scripture was printed in the Water Tiger year called "Good Deeds," extending from the proofreading work, spoken by the attendant Bhikshu Wangchuk (དབང་ཕྱུག), who was ordered to make the ultimate confirmation of this. Jaya Yantu (ཛ་ཡན་ཏུ). ye dharmā hetuprabhavā hetusteṣāṃ tathāgato hyavadat, teṣāṃ ca yo nirodha evaṃ vādī mahāśramaṇaḥ (Sanskrit Devanagari: ये धर्मा हेतुप्रभवा हेतुस्तेषां तथागतो ह्यवदत् । तेषां च यो निरोध एवं वादी महाश्रमणः, Sanskrit Romanization: ye dharmā hetuprabhavā hetusteṣāṃ tathāgato hyavadat, teṣāṃ ca yo nirodha evaṃ vādī mahāśramaṇaḥ, Literal Chinese meaning: All dharmas arise from causes, the Tathagata has declared their cause, and also their cessation, thus speaks the great ascetic). Norzang (ནོར་བཟང) shows from one aspect the practice of attending to a virtuous spiritual friend.

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