The Great Chariot

by Longchenpa | 268,580 words

A Commentary on Great Perfection: The Nature of Mind, Easer of Weariness In Sanskrit the title is ‘Mahāsandhi-cittā-visranta-vṛtti-mahāratha-nāma’. In Tibetan ‘rDzogs pa chen po sems nyid ngal gso’i shing rta chen po shes bya ba ’...

J. The dedication of merit

Now the merit is dedicated for the benefit of sentient beings:

By the nature of this peace that was so auspiciously taught,
When the roiling silt in the mind of all beings is pacified,
Fatigued by having strayed into wrong and degrading paths,
May our minds today find ease for their weariness.

By the power of this auspicious way of presenting the Dharma, like the host of spotless rays of the autumn moon, may whatever beings are dwelling on the paths of the shravakas and pratyekabuddhas, and others dwelling on the paths of the extremists, and those who are wearied by dwelling on paths that are less than perfect, and all those worn out by dwelling on the great path of samsara, completely pacify the roiling kleshas that disturb their minds. In the wondrously arisen grove of liberation, carpeted with an array of various flowers, like lotuses growing in the pond of buddha qualities, may they put themselves at ease.

As when the full moon of autumn ornaments the sky.
Having a perfectly rounded, brilliantly shining disk,
May hundreds of night-blooming lotuses of faith
Blossom in the light, and beings be illumined.

Lapping the motionless Meru of a mind of sanity
Is the play of the ocean of goodness and benefit.
As the four continents adorn that central mountain,
The four immeasurables are the ornaments of mind.

May accumulations of happiness beautify all the world.
May beings without remainder come to the ground of life.
From the peaceful garland of adorning clouds,
The play the three levels that constitutes our universe,[1]

May the heavens open with marvelous rains of happiness.
With flashing illumination and the thunder of victory,
May these four measureless benefits last to the end of time.

Footnotes and references:

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