Aryasura's aspiration and meditation on compassion

162 Pages·1979·27.115 MB·English

by  Brian C. Beresford, L. T. Doboom Tulku,  Gonsar Tulku,  Sherpa Tulku

ARYASAURA'S ASPIRATION
and
A MEDITATION ON COMPASSION
Medltationa/ Series
ARYASI HU- RA'S ASPIR. ATION
with commentary by
Gendun Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama
and
A MEDITATION ON COMPASSION
from a discourse by
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
together with a
S11:dhana of A valokite~hvara
with original Tibetan texts
translated and edited by
Brian C. Beresford
with
L. T. Doboom Tulku
Gonsar Tulku
Sherpa Tulku
Translation Bureau of the
~IBRARY OF TIBETAN WORKS AND ARCHIVES
at the Headquarters of His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Dharamsala, India
© Translations copyright 1975 & 1978 by the Library of Tibetan
Works and Archives
All rights reserved. No part of the copyright material mav be
reproduced, .stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in. any
form or by any means without the prior permission of th~
publisher.
First Edition : 1979
Published by the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives. Dharamsala. Distl.
Kangra, H.P. 176215. India, and Printed at Nirupma Printers, 5339, Laddu
Ghatti. Pahar Ganj, New Delhi, India.
CONTENTS
Publisher's Note 7
Part 1 : ARYASHURA'S ASPIRATION
Aryasbura's Aspirational Prayer in Seventy Stanzas
Preface /9
l ibetan text / 16
English text ! 17
Commentary /52
Glossary /61
Part 2 : A MEDITATION ON COMPASSION
A Sadhana of the Inseparability of the Spiritual Masttt
and Avalokiteshvara
Translator's Note /65
Tibetan text /68
English text /69
Introduction /69
Purification /73
Visualisation /75
The Seven-limb Prayer /79
1he Mal,lgala Offering /85
The Blessing by the Master /87
(vi)
The Prayer of the Graduated Path /87
The Merging of the Spiritual Master /93
Dedication /95
Conclusion /97
Notes /100
Activating Bodhicitta : The Awakening Mind
Translator's Note /106
Introduction / l 09
The Seven Instructions of Causes
and their Effect / 113
Exchanging One self with Others /122
Conclusion /144.
NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER
To further the interest in works pertaining to Tibetan culture,
this volume in the Libr~ry of Tibetan Works & Archives' programme
of research, translation and publication includes, for the first time,
the original Tibetan texts with their English translation. It is hoped
that this combination will prove to be of value both for Westerners
with an interest in the study of Tibetan language and for Tibetans
working on translations into English, as well as for all who may be
inspired to practise such teachings.
The first work is a translation of an ancient Sanskrit prayer,
no longer extant in that language, composed in the 1st century A. D.
by one of the most renowned Mahayana Indian poets, Aryashura.
It is supplemented by a rare commentary by the second Dalai Lama,
Gendun Gyatso. The second section by His Holiness the present
Dalai Lama includes a reprint of "The Inseparability of the Spiritual
Master and Avalokiteshvara" and a translation of an inspiring dis
course on the generation of compassion and bodhicitta- the essential
practices of Mahayana Buddhism.
This has been edited and translated by Brian Beresford of the
Translation Bureau of the Library of Tibetan Works & Archives
while working in close collaboration with the Tibetan translators
L. T. Doboom Tu\ku, Sherpa Tulku and Gonsar Tulku. They are
to be commended for making this edition available to those with
genuine interest in Mahayana Buddhism as transmitted through
Tibetan language and culture.
Gyatsho Tshering
Director, LTWA
Dharamsala, June 1978

PART ONE
AN ASPIRATIONAL PRAYER
IN SEVENTY STANZAS
composed by the Indian Mahayana poet
Aryashura (circa 1st century A. D.)
with commentary based on that of Gendun
Gyatso, the second Dalai Lama (1475-1542)