Mrgadharm~usmara~am

Recollection of the Dharmas of the Path

A Rosary of thirty-eight Points of Instruction

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A short text enumerating thirty-eight Points of Instruction to serve as a Rosary for the distracted minds of students. Composed for the auspicious occasion of the 60th birthday of Most Venerable Khenchen Konchog Gyaltshen Rinpoche. Offered with a prayer for his long life and a request for his continued turning of the Wheel of Dharma.
2006

Mrgadharm~usmara~am
Namo buddhya

dhanym mnavatm smtv dhyyen nityam anityatm / tato dhyyec ca samsram karma karmaphalam ca yat // 1 anity sarvasamskr dukh nirtmanas tath / samskropaamam ntam nirv~am paramam padam // 2 dukham samudaya caiva nirodho mrga eva ca / etni cryasatyni bhvayet satatam sudh // 3 maitrm ca karu~m caiva muditam ca upeka~am / caturbrahmavihrm ca sarvasattveu sacaret // 4 evam samprayan pu~yam jnasambhram eva ca / bodhicittam samutpdya nyatm api bhvayet // 5 "ya prattyasamutpda nyatm tm pracakmahe / s prajaptir updya pratipat saiva madhyam" // 6 "aparapratyayam ntam prapacair aprapacitam / nirvikalpam annrtham etat tattvasya laka~am" // 7 evam sacintayet tattvam bodhisattvo daynidhi / bodhimrgam caret tua sarvasattvrthapu~yakt // 8 dnam lam kam vryam dhynam praj tathaiva ca / et a bodhisattvnm cary pramitm gat // 9

ity atrimadupadeaml mrgadharmnusmara~am samptam / rratnadhvajadeikendrakarakamalayo samarpitam ca / ktir iyam tacciyasya jnariya dikrmikasya // sarvamagalam //

Recollection of the Dharmas of the Path

A Rosary of thirty-eight Points of Instruction Four Preliminaries Remembering the Blessedness of the Human State, ever contemplate the fact of Impermanence. Thence contemplate Samsra - the Wheel of Transmigration, as well as Action and its Result. Four Seals of the Dharma All Compounded things are Impermanent, Suffering and Devoid of self. The Coming to Rest of all conditions is Peace, Nirvana - the Supreme State. Four Noble Truths Suffering, the Cause of suffering, the Cessation of suffering and the Path to the cessation of suffering. These Four Noble Truths should ever be contemplated by the wise and intelligent. Four Immeasurables Friendliness, Compassion, Sympathetic Joy and Equanimity - these four Holy Abodes should be practised towards all sentient beings. The two Accumulations, Bodhicitta and Emptiness Thus while fulfilling the accumulations of virtue and wisdom, one should duly Generate the Mind of Enlightenment and thence cultivate the understanding of Emptiness. Ngrjuna's fourfold statement on Emptiness "That which is Dependent Origination is here declared to be Emptiness, That is Dependent Designation and That Itself is the Middle Way." Ngrjuna's characterisation of Ultimate Reality (tattva) "Directly and Independently Intuited, Quiescent, Untouched by conceptual proliferation, Devoid of distinctions and multiplicity - thus is Reality defined." The practice of the Bodhisattva Thus Contemplating the Nature of Reality, the Bodhisattva, an Abode of Compassion, should proceed Delighted and Contented on the Path of Enlightenment, ever doing Virtuous Actions for the Welfare of all Sentient Beings. The Six Perfections Generosity, Virtue, Endurance, Strength, Meditation and Wisdom - these six, taken to Perfection, are what constitute the Practice (cary) of the Bodhisattvas.

A Rosary of thirty-eight Points of Instruction

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Mnavat - The Blessed Human State Anityat - The fact of Impermanence Samsra - the Wheel of Transmigration Karma - Action and its result All Compunded things are Impermanent - Anitya All Compunded things are Suffering - Dukha All Compunded things are Devoid of Self - Nirtman Supreme State of Nirvana is Peace - ntam Nirvnam Suffering - Dukha Cause of Suffering - Samudaya Cessation of Suffering - Nirodha Path to the Cessation of Suffering - Mrga Maitr - Frendliness Karu~ - Compassion Mudita - Sympathetic Joy Upek - Equanimity Pu~yasambhra - Accumulation of Virtue Jnasambhra - Accumulation of Wisdom Bodhicitta - Mind of Enlightenment nyatbhvan - Meditation on Emptiness Prattyasamutpda - Dependent Origination nyat - Emptiness Updyaprajapti - Dependent Designation Madhyam pratipad - Middle Way Aparapratyayam - Directly and Independently intuited ntam - Quiescent Perfect Peace Prapacair aprapacitam - Beyond conceptual proliferation Nirvikalpam - Devoid of distinctions, conceptions and duality Annrtham - Devoid of multiplicity Bodhisattvo daynidhi - the Bodhisattva, an Abode of Compassion Tui - Contentment and Delight Pu~yakt - A doer of virtuous actions for the welfare of all Dnapramit - Perfection of Generosity lapramit - Perfection of Virtue Kntipramit - Perfection of Endurance and Forgiveness Vryapramit - Perfection of Strength and Energy Dhynapramit - Perfection of Meditation Prajpramit - Perfection of Wisdom Sarvamagalam