While there is the Guru who is like a wish-granting jewel and the unimaginable wish-fulfilling tree,
And the ever-undeceiving Rare Sublime Ones1 who effortlessly fulfill all wishes,
Still to be dissatisfied and spend your body and wealth on what is non-virtuous and without meaning is so very foolish.
Dear friends,
Once you have understood that wealth is like dew on the tip of a blade of grass
And that your friends, body and life are like a bubble,
Then you must engage in virtues such as making offerings to the Rare Sublime Ones while looking at them as the Guru
And extract the essence from your essenceless body and wealth.
Due to this merit may I and all others
Be able to make offerings to the Guru and the Three Jewels since they are our crown ornament.
By keeping my prayers and commitments,
And by means of listening, reflection and contemplation,
With guru devotion and supreme bodhicitta,
May my life become fortunate, something meaningful and worthy of rejoicing,
And in this way, may I fulfill all the wishes of sentient beings.
Just as flies gather around dirty things
Due to seeing samsara as pleasure
So far I have accomplished only meaningless suffering
Lacking any freedom to practice Dharma.
Now, with my body, speech and mind
I will engage in great meaningful actions for the welfare of others.
May the Guru please bless me to be able to do this.
Arranged and composed by Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Kopan Monastery, 11 August 2011. Corrected by Lama Zopa Rinpoche with Ven. Kunphen, Tushita Meditation Centre, 26 March 2012. Further suggested editing by Ven. Sarah, 2 July 2012.
Notes:
1 Tib. kön-chog sum, ie the Three Jewels.
