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kmg119 0002.commentary on the determination of the three vows a branch of the nature great perfection path the marvelous path of liberation.situpa pema lodro.g2.0f

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Moreover, a monk himself will not do the latter if he has not done the former. Thus it is said. One who wishes to generate Bodhicitta must first obtain the Pratimoksha vows. As Lord Atisha said: The seven types of Pratimoksha vows, Only those who constantly strive to keep the vows, Have the opportunity to generate the mind of a Bodhisattva, Otherwise, they do not. Thus it is said. Furthermore, one who wishes to enter the path of mantra must first be ordained from the Vinaya. As it is said in the Kriya Pujasadhana Tantra: The Victorious One has said that the Pratimoksha, Pure conduct and all the Vinaya, A householder mantra practitioner should abandon the signs and rituals, The rest should be practiced. Thus it is said. On top of that, one must also have the Bodhisattva's precepts. As it is said in the Guhyasamaja Tantra: Whoever has not generated the mind of enlightenment, Whoever has no lineage and empowerment rituals, Whoever has not entered the mandala, Reciting my secret mantra will be destroyed. Thus it is said. One who enters the inner tantra of secret mantra must also do so, because when entering the mandala, one must take the vows of Pratimoksha and Bodhisattva. Therefore, one who enters the ultimate Great Perfection of the vehicle must also do so, because all dharmas are not gathered there, or not contained there, or not realized there, or not perfected there, therefore it is called the Great Perfection. Because it is a part of the path, therefore the basis of the teachings is the discipline of the Vinaya. In the presence of Lord Nagarjuna's Heart Essence, it was said: Discipline is like the earth, the place of birth and non-birth, therefore the Able One said that it is the foundation of all qualities. Thus it is said. Regarding this, nowadays some people claim to be the highest secret mantra, saying that it is the Dharma of the Lesser Vehicle, and do not even want to think about the Vinaya. Going blindly like this is because the eye of wisdom has not opened. The great teacher Padmasambhava also became ordained from Ananda, and eventually became a Siddha yogi, etc. All the great Indian Siddhas, and all the new and old schools of Tibet's early and later dissemination, without exception, cherish the Vinaya. If there is no true Dharma Vinaya, there is no Buddha Dharma. Because it is the basis of the teachings, one should study the Vinaya. It is said so.

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七种别解脱如厚重云层,以断与修之甘露洒落,愿能摧毁众生的烦恼之火。从佛陀教法的黄金基石中产生,在显赫与决定胜之海洋中央巍然耸立,具有持戒与解脱之日月腰带,愿能获得珍贵的戒律须弥山。远离罪恶尘埃之眼药,断证圆满之光芒遍布,愿能使佛法甘露之殿堂极其兴盛,四大部洲众生皆能闪耀光明。于自性圆满大道的支分,三律仪之判别释,解脱道善中,别解脱之分别,次第分别之二已决定。如今次第分别之三,菩萨发心之学处分别亦有四:菩萨学处之开端,最初得戒之方式,中间守护之方法,最终破戒之恢复方式。第一部分也有:导师降临并讲法之方式,其教法二车轨之安立,菩萨戒之体性,及其分类等四部分。第一部分是:菩萨学处之开端。贤劫众生之导师大雄者,于鹫峰山等大乘种姓者,宣说了极其广大的无量经藏。其中,按照大乘共同观点,我们的导师在无数劫之前,从如来大雄处发心,于无数劫中积累资粮,最终在色究竟天成佛,并通过化身示现十二事业而利益众生。如《法与受用现证菩提经》所说:以各种珍宝庄严,色究竟天之境甚是喜悦,安住于净居天之上,真实佛陀于彼成佛,化身佛陀于此成佛。按照大乘不共观点,在无数不可思议劫之前已经成佛,为了调伏众生,再次发心,积累资粮,示现十二事业之方式是,如《父子相见经》所说:过去无量劫之前,世界

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May the seven individual liberations be like thick clouds, and may the cool water of abandonment and practice dispel the fire of afflictions of all beings. May the golden foundation of the Buddha's teachings arise, majestic in the center of the ocean of eminence and definite goodness, with the sun and moon belt of possession and liberation, may we attain the precious Mount Meru of discipline. Far from the eye medicine of the dust of faults, the perfection of abandonment and realization pervades with a thousand lights, may the palace of the nectar of the victorious teachings flourish, and may the glory of enlightenment shine on all beings in the four continents. From the explanation of the three vows, which are parts of the path of the Great Perfection of self-nature, in the Good Path of Liberation, the distinction of individual liberation is that the second of the sequential distinctions has been determined. Now, the third of the sequential distinctions, the distinction of the bodhisattva's generation of the mind of enlightenment, also has four parts: the introduction to the bodhisattva's training, how to initially receive the vows, how to protect them in the middle, and how to restore them if they are broken at the end. The first part also includes: how the teacher came and taught the Dharma, the establishment of the two chariot traditions of his teachings, the nature of the bodhisattva vows, and their divisions. The first part is: the introduction to the bodhisattva's training. The great hero, the guide of the fortunate beings, spoke of the vast and immeasurable collections of sutras to the Mahayana lineages such as Vulture Peak. According to the common view of Mahayana, our teacher generated the mind of enlightenment from the Tathagata Great Hero three countless eons ago, accumulated merit for three countless eons, and finally attained enlightenment in Akanishta, and showed the twelve deeds through manifestations to benefit beings. As stated in the Sutra of Manifest Enlightenment of Dharma and Enjoyment: "Adorned with various jewels, the realm of Akanishta is very delightful, residing above the Pure Abode, the true Buddha attains enlightenment there, the manifested Buddha attains enlightenment here." According to the uncommon view of Mahayana, having attained enlightenment countless and inconceivable eons ago, in order to tame beings, again generating the mind of enlightenment, accumulating merit, and showing the manner of the twelve deeds is, as stated in the Sutra of Meeting Father and Son: "In the past, countless eons ago, the world"

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在恒河沙数的一个佛土中,如来权顶成佛并利益众生,从那里开始。 大雄善巧方便,为令众生成熟故,百俱胝刹那之胜者,虽已示现成佛,然汝导师至今,仍示现诸多佛陀。 又如《白莲经》所说:善男子,我于无数百千万亿劫前,已证得圆满正觉。 无数百千不可思议劫,其量永无边际,我已获得此最胜菩提,我亦恒常宣说正法。 总摄而言: 降生与入胎,诞生与工巧,嬉戏与出离,以及说法、临终、降伏魔军,证菩提、转法轮、入涅槃。 以上即是其过程。 那么,如何转法轮呢? 处所圆满,在鹫峰山等处,导师圆满,由释迦牟尼佛,眷属圆满,共同的眷属有四种,舍利子和目犍连等五千阿罗汉,生主母等五百比丘尼,屋主给孤独,以及善女萨迦等男女居士,天龙乾闼婆等众多眷属,非共同的眷属有获得果位的菩萨贤护,宝源,网施等,法圆满,中间的教法,无相法的法类,母子十七经等,时间圆满,从四十三岁到七十二岁之间宣说。 其中,经藏主要阐述心之学,经藏之律藏,安立菩萨戒之聚,经藏之经藏,甚深广大之三摩地,经藏之论藏,地道、总持、三摩地之差别等。 母子十七经为:其中母经有六部,即《十万颂般若》、《二万五千颂般若》、《一万八千颂般若》,此为广品三部,《般若

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In a buddha-field equal to the sands of the Ganges River, the Tathagata Power Crown attained Buddhahood and benefited beings, starting from there. Great hero, skillful in means, for the sake of fully ripening sentient beings, the Victorious One in hundreds of billions of eons, although having shown enlightenment, still you, the guide, show many Buddhas. Also, as stated in the White Lotus Sutra: "Son of good family, I attained complete and perfect enlightenment countless hundreds of thousands of millions of eons ago." Uncountable hundreds of thousands of inexpressible eons, its measure is never-ending, I have attained this supreme Bodhi, and I always explain the Dharma. In summary: Descent and entering the womb, birth and craftsmanship, play and renunciation, as well as teaching the Dharma, passing away, subduing the armies of Mara, attaining enlightenment, turning the wheel of Dharma, entering Nirvana. These are the stages. So, how does one turn the wheel of Dharma? Place perfectly endowed, at Vulture Peak Mountain and so on, Teacher perfectly endowed, by Shakyamuni Buddha, retinue perfectly endowed, common retinue of four types, Shariputra and Maudgalyayana and so on, about five thousand Arhats, Prajapati and so on, about five hundred Bhikshunis, householder Anathapindika, and laywoman Saga Zangmo and so on, male and female lay practitioners, gods, nagas, gandharvas and so on, very many, uncommon retinue, Bodhisattvas who have attained the bhumis, Bhadrapala, Ratnakara, and Jalinikumara and so on, Dharma perfectly endowed, the intermediate teachings, the categories of signless Dharma, the seventeen Mother and Son Sutras and so on, time perfectly endowed, spoken from the age of forty-three to seventy-two. Among these, the Sutra Pitaka mainly teaches the training of the mind, the Vinaya Pitaka of the Sutra Pitaka, establishing the collection of Bodhisattva vows, the Sutra Pitaka of the Sutra Pitaka, profound and vast Samadhi, the Abhidhamma Pitaka of the Sutra Pitaka, the distinctions of the grounds and paths, dharanis, and samadhis, and so on. The seventeen Mother and Son Sutras are: Among them, the six Mother Sutras are: The Hundred Thousand Verse Prajnaparamita, the Twenty-five Thousand Verse Prajnaparamita, the Eighteen Thousand Verse Prajnaparamita, these are the three expanded sections, the Prajna

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十万颂,八千颂,《摄颂》即摄略三品。十一子经为:《般若七百颂》、《般若三百颂》、《百五十颂》、《般若五十颂》、《二十五门经》、《胜施请问经》、《憍尸迦请问经》、《略字经》、《一字经》、《金刚经》、《心经》。又称三大部经为:《华严经》、《宝积经》、《智藏经》等。于菩萨之界中,成为真实义之心,生起心之根本,性空与大悲之自性,种姓或界,如来藏显现分明,是为最后之教言,真实义决定之法。即圣《持咒自在王请问经》,《吉祥鬘狮子吼请问经》,《宝女请问经》,《无垢天女请问经》,《弥优童指鬘经》,《涅槃经》,《慈氏请问经》,《如来藏经》等。此等之名目繁多,可从《甘珠尔》之目录中得知。第二,彼之教法,宣说二车轨之差别者,如是导师逝世后,菩萨之藏如何集结耶?有说,于印度南方名曰比玛桑布之山上,慈氏与妙音等获得自在之多位菩萨,成就者,持明者等聚集,结集大乘密咒与波罗蜜多二者。此乃三结集之时,妙音所集结之中观,慈氏所集结之唯识,此二流派中,初者为:导师所说之菩萨藏,妙音结集,龙树等解释,寂天弘扬深观之宗风。彼亦为佛陀逝世后四百年,于印度南方,毗陀之境,学阀龙树心出现,著第一教之释《言论集》,第二教之释《理聚》,第三教之释《赞聚》,另有《亲友书》与《经集论》等。

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The Hundred Thousand Verses, the Eight Thousand Verses, the Compendium, i.e., the Abridged Three Sections. The eleven subsidiary sutras are: The "Perfection of Wisdom in Seven Hundred Verses," the "Perfection of Wisdom in Three Hundred Verses," the "One Hundred and Fifty Verses," the "Perfection of Wisdom in Fifty Verses," the "Twenty-Five Doors," the "Requested by Ratnadatta," the "Requested by Kausika," the "Few Letters," the "One Letter," the "Diamond Cutter," and the "Heart Sutra." Also, the three great sutras are: the "Avatamsaka Sutra," the "Ratnakuta Sutra," and the "Jnanaloka Sutra," and so forth. Furthermore, in the context of Bodhisattvas, the ultimate mind, the root of generating the mind, the nature of emptiness and compassion, the lineage or element, the essence of the Sugata, clearly manifested, is the final instruction, the Dharma of definitive meaning. Namely, the "Sutra Requested by the Noble King of Dharani Empowerment," the "Sutra Requested by the Glorious Garland Lion's Roar Sound," the "Sutra Requested by the Daughter Jewel," the "Sutra Requested by the Immaculate Goddess," the "Sutra of Miu Thung Angulimala," the "Nirvana Sutra," the "Sutra Requested by Maitreya," the "Tathagatagarbha Sutra," and so on. The detailed enumeration of these can be understood from the catalog of the Kangyur. Secondly, the explanation of the two chariot traditions of that teaching is as follows: How were those Bodhisattva Pitakas compiled after the passing of the Teacher? Some say that on Mount Bhimasambha in southern India, many empowered Bodhisattvas such as Maitreya and Manjushri, Siddhas, and Vidyadharas gathered and compiled both the Great Vehicle Mantra and the Paramita. This refers to the time of the three compilations. Manjushri compiled the Madhyamaka, and Maitreya compiled the Cittamatra. Among these two traditions, the first is: The Bodhisattva Pitaka spoken by the Teacher, compiled by Manjushri, explained by Nagarjuna and others, and propagated by Shantideva as the profound view. Furthermore, four hundred years after the Buddha's passing, the scholar Nagarjuna appeared in the land of Vaitala in southern India and wrote the commentary on the first teaching, the "Collection of Discourses," the commentary on the intermediate teaching, the "Collection of Reasoning," the commentary on the final teaching, the "Collection of Praises," as well as the "Friendly Letter" and the "Sutra Samuccaya," and so on.