佛吉祥德讚

I take refuge in the Tathāgata of supremely marvelous marks

Beneath His feet, in serene peace there

A thousand wheel-marks appear amid the soles

Those marks, webbed like a net, are all perfectly full

Like Tuṣāra bracelets, His hands and feet are soft

Each ray of light appears upon His hands and feet

The fingers of His hands and feet are all slender and long

His heels are perfectly round, a marvelously beautiful mark

The insteps of His feet are all high and complete

Beautiful as that Aiṇeya, the Deer King

Both hands are fully marked with the wheel

The mark of the concealed organ veiled like a dragon, a horse

His hair and down are all glossy and soft

Each and every body-hair turns to face one way

The skin of His body is soft and supple, no dirt clings to it

His whole body is the color of bright golden, marvelously beautiful

Hands, feet, neck, and shoulders—seven places are full

Neck and armpits, the limbs all rounded and full

His bearing dignified and gentle, truly upright and grave

His bodily marks lofty, broad, and straight

His body like the Nyagrodha, complete

The upper half of His body like the Lion King

A constant radiance shines forth from His face

Forty teeth, none lacking, none flawed

Four teeth bright and white, exuding a fragrant scent

He always obtains the finest of all flavors

The mark of His tongue soft, clean, broad, and long

His Brahma-voice deep and subtle like the heavenly drum

Those who hear that sound are all gladdened

Again like the voice of the Kalaviṅka

His eyes large and beautiful as the bull-king's

His eyes blue and clear, of a serene and gentle hue

Between His brows, soft and tender, a bright and beautiful mark

Turning, clear and bright as a white conch

His neck adorned, the Uṣṇīṣa

I bow my head—the marks of the Great Hero are complete

I take refuge in the Tathāgata's accompanying beautiful forms

His fingernails slender and long like red copper

His hands and feet all rounded and long

The fingers of His hands and feet all in order

His sinews and bones interwoven, deeply hidden

Both heels concealed and not coarse

Fully soft and supple, His feet stand straight

Turning toward the right side like the Deer King

Walking forward straight like a King

Clearly dignified, without obstruction

Sovereign and ordered like the Goose King

Rising and moving, He walks in peace and ease

That body, step by step, of dignified bearing

Walking truly sovereign, without bending or swerving

His auspicious marks adhering, joined, His body firm and strong

His body pure and clearly bright, apart from any dark place

His four limbs settled and calm, without agitation

Upright in mark, His body wholesome and perfect

The marks of a youth, beautiful, His body pure

Soft and supple, fine and beautiful, all beyond compare

His bodily form beautiful, without deficiency

Neither sunken nor protruding, complete throughout

The sides of His face deep and full, turning yet beautiful

Without any place lacking or lowered

His bodily form near to touch, apart from all faults

That is, without any weak point or wart or tumor

Like the lotus flower, no dirt soaks in

And able to be apart from places of impurity

His beautiful face round and full, truly pure

His bodily marks complete, lacking in nothing

The mark of His tongue broad and long like red copper

Soft and supple again like a lotus petal

His spirit and complexion beautiful, fresh, and lovely

Like the bimba fruit, red as copper

The resonance and sound of falling rain

Again like the elephant-king's mighty roar

His sound profound and far-reaching, also beautiful and fine

All who hear it feel joy

His hands soft like Tuṣāra silk

The lines of His hands deep and not short

His four teeth fragrant and truly firm and strong

Truly pure and beautifully fine

All His teeth are utterly white

The marks of His eyes broad and beautiful as a lotus leaf

His eyelashes thick and close, yet not white

His lashes glossy, not white, and truly long

His ears round, long, and broad, all beautiful

The hairs of His body, each and every one, are soft

His forehead broad and upright, a truly beautiful mark

The upper half of His body truly even and balanced

The hair upon His head thick, straight, and long

Dark blue, moving as with radiance

Even to the Buddha's chest, truly broad

All take delight in His marks of virtue

The blue spiraling conch, truly dignified

Bow the head—His crown-mark cannot be seen

I take refuge in the place, and no-place, of His powers of wisdom

Past, present, future—His karma all clear

Meditative absorption, liberation, and equipoise

Clearly knowing the faculties and natures of self and others

The various faiths and understandings, all penetratingly mastered

The various realms, all clearly known

The differing minds of the various kinds, clearly without error

Therein, following recollection, He knows completely

Illuminating the arising and ceasing of all dharmas

The outflows all exhausted, no outflows remaining

Thus the Ten Powers, clear and perfectly full

Bow the head to the Tathāgata of great diligence

The Tathāgata's outflows exhausted, no longer defiled

Clearly knowing all dharmas also without remainder

Therefore called the Rightly Equal, the One of Right Awakening

I now bow my head and reverently pay homage to Him

All defiled dharmas He proclaims with equanimity

And the path of departure He also well proclaims

All clearly known, gathered up without remainder

Bow the head to the Able Sage, the Enlightened One

That Buddha, indestructible, of right wisdom

Universally exhausting, without remainder, the One of Present Awakening

Right wisdom shattering all minds of false wisdom

The Buddha, truly awakened, then awakened without remainder

His own realm and the realms of others

All realms perfectly accomplished

In that place all things have meaning

The Buddha is the One of unsurpassable faculties

Among the marks, there is no remaining mark to rely upon

The kinds and colors that appear are all cut off

No pus arises, long since cleared away

Wholly clear of the conditions of birth, the river to its very bed

The two kinds of non-wisdom, the darkness of delusion, departed

Giving rise to the two kinds of luminous wisdom

Again departing from the two kinds of doubting, seeking mind

Establishing the two kinds of decisive wisdom

He will attain the knowledge of exhaustion of the world

The obstructions to wisdom He will leave, the dharma complete

Complete and wholesome, resting at the gate of quiescence

Complete in the superior abodes, well established in peace

Complete in all that ought to be done

Perfect in Knowledge and Conduct, His form and marks round

Complete in lineage and in language

Attaining the fruit of spiritual powers, wholesomely saving and delivering

Body, speech, and mind-karma then not relying

Not adhering, not severing—wisdom such as this

Decisive, non-retrogressing—the gate of wisdom

Wisdom proclaimed, indestructible, the marks of root and time

The various gates of root all clearly known

The various fruit-gates all also known

The various afflictions and their antidotes

Bow the head to the Tathāgata, the One of Excellent Awakening

He speaks no double words, of inexhaustible eloquence

Wholesomely proclaiming the non-retrogressing teaching

The world's eight dharmas turn and defile the mind

Bow the head to the One who wholesomely reaches the shore of merit

The Buddha, through three asaṃkhyeya kalpas

Accumulated what is hard to do, and has done it all

With the mind of great compassion universally gathering in

Self and other He can deliver from the afflictions

Clearly knowing the three sufferings, truly subtle

Because of the suffering of enmity He gives rise to great compassion

The three realms conditioned upon those natures

His great compassion universally reaching every place

The Tathāgata, in wisdom, His nature impartial

Whether enemy or kin, He sees them all the same

His compassionate mind vast and great, hard for anything to match

Universally gathering in all kinds of sentient beings

The Buddha for sentient beings proclaims kinds of medicine

Bodily ills and mental ills He all soothes and heals

The utmost ultimate suffering is made to be removed

Bow the head to the One who wholesomely proclaims, the Wondrous Physician

Purely the one true, decisively He acts

Decisively, purely wholesome, the Undefiled One

Decisively no longer does the defiled dharma arise

Single-mindedly for others He wholesomely nurtures and rears

Not using self-benefit, He seeks for others

Gaining joy himself, he then casts it aside

Following what is fitting, with skillful means, his mind compassionate

Decisively subduing the illness of sentient beings

When sentient beings come to the time fit to be subdued

The Tathāgata clearly knows and does not let it be lost

For sentient beings He acts without being invited

He delivers them all, giving rise to a compassionate mind

The Able Sage wholesomely proclaims the medicine of wondrous Dharma

Wisdom gives rise to that dharma, the very root of suffering

Illuminating sentient beings to depart from this body

Clearly understanding that the nature of affliction is boundless

Cutting off the affliction-illness of sentient beings

The Buddha understands the right time, without error

According to whatever the illness, the medicine is given to treat it

The World-Honored One, as if willing, for the kinds of medicine

The Tathāgata, willing to act, does all that is to be done

Cultivating in accord with principle, all complete and full

Whether by one or by many gates, it appears

Harmoniously, clearly known, all without obstruction

The Tathāgata, full of virtue, is able to arrive

In all knowing, the ground of pure fragrance

Wisdom of the path, knower of the path, the Guide who proclaims

The supreme path, the path of the multitude, the One to whom we return

Rescuing and drawing out all the suffering of saṃsāra

Causing sentient beings to depart from bondage

Causing them to cross beyond the place of afflictions

Firm and steadfast, with conscience and shame, the Fully Endowed One

Wholesomely able to establish the banner of the Holy Dharma

Showing that all formations, all dharmas, are impermanent

Revealing utter cessation, departing from the gate of craving

Manifesting quiescent extinction, the way out

Wholesomely able to point out, the One of all dharmas

Able to use the dharmas, the One who teaches and instructs

Able to bring benefit, the Great Honored Master

Bow the head to the One who wholesomely gives, the One of joy

Ever speaking, ever teaching—proclaiming benefit and joy

Complete in majestic virtue and spiritual powers

Supreme and pure, the Great Brahmā

Bow the head to the One sovereign and also mighty

Halting the lineage of all idle theorizing

And cutting off the very seed of all such talk

The worldly affairs that people speak of also vanish

Bow the head to the One who ever speaks words of right Dharma

The Tathāgata, coming and going, is ever calm and quiet

Neither fast nor slow, He walks in an even manner

Following wholesomely as He walks, those who see Him rejoice

Showing the Tathāgata's auspicious manner of walking

The Tathāgata does not ruin right knowledge and vision

Complete as before, the nature He has fashioned

Accomplishing deeds of merit, cutting off the root of doubt

Apart and divided, that mind enters the villages and hamlets

Having gone out, clearly knowing, everyone sees Him too

Not relying, not turning, the Supreme One

Excellent and wondrous, guarding those auspicious blessings

Purely single and complete, the One of pure conduct

Wholesomely able to clearly know the dharma of the five aggregates

And able to be complete in the seven dharmas of practice

And able to extinguish the mind of conceit and pride

Bow the head to the One able to shatter the net of delusion

The Tathāgata has attained the unmoving dharma

And is able to be complete in the profound mind

And is able to accomplish the Seven Holy Treasures

Bow the head to the One who wholesomely studies, the One of the Three Trainings

The Buddha, the great hero, ought to be praised

Wrong views, other realms—nothing to be feared

Far apart from all that is inauspicious

Bow the head to the One who reaches the place of being subdued

Pure conduct, true and real, wholesomely established

Above and below, broadly everywhere, all take refuge

Ever using the Gift of Fearlessness for sentient beings

Bow the head to the One who, in the Dharma, departs from attachment

I take refuge in the Buddha, the Great Arhat

All outflows exhausted, the Undefiled One

In what He does, clearly knowing, His virtue perfectly full

Bow the head to those who are truly capable and bearing

He accomplishes truly many meanings of benefit

Even the bonds and obstructions are all removed

Abiding in right wisdom, the mind liberated

Bow the head to the One departed from, the One liberated

He has realized the wordless principle, the liberation

Craving exhausted, grasping exhausted, He attains liberation

His mind not falsely lost, perfectly liberated

Bow the head to the One whose mind is without inversion

The Buddha's mind immeasurable and vast

No different among dharmas, His mind cultivating practice

His mind attaining departure, removing the afflictions

Bow the head to the One able to shatter the various other kinds

Exhausting all defiled karma, attaining purity

Attaining the realization of Nirvāṇa Without Remainder

In the world, the most supreme, the One liberated

In the battle, He conquered Māra's army and gained victory

In the wholesome Dharma He is not heedless

Wholesomely abiding in right mindfulness and right wisdom

Wholesomely opening the eye of quiescence, He sees sentient beings

Bow the head to the One who wholesomely rescues from the suffering of birth and death

Wholesomely pointing out to sentient beings drunk on ignorance

Wholesomely shattering the delusions of sentient beings

The Buddha is able diligently to give rise to the mind of effort

Warning all who are slothful

Within the unwholesome, He bestows wholesome dharmas

Within the place of falling, He opens up learning

Within fear and dread, He bestows fearlessness

Those who are not at peace He causes to be at peace

In dark places, He creates light

In places without good, He causes the cultivation of good

Within all errors, merit is born

Within karmic offenses, He removes karmic offenses

Those who do wrong and contrary, He makes know His grace and virtue

Able to fulfill what sentient beings seek

His potent mantras accomplished, He cultivates the true and real

Bow the head to the One able to shatter the afflictions

The Buddha has departed far from all wild delusion

His mind not agitated, not haughty or proud

That One reveals the gate of auspiciousness

Bow the head to the Buddha, the field where blessings are born

In each and every kṣaṇa, in all matters

Not together with all kinds of spiritual powers

Ultimately accomplishing the supreme place

In all places departing from the joinings of meaning and intent

All doubts and confusions and mixed affairs

Decisively, right speech must surely remove

His deeds auspicious, He cultivates equanimity

Wholesomely understanding all the intentions of sentient beings

And able to subdue the words of others

Just as a fierce fire burns dry straw

Burning the afflictions, the meaning is likewise

Bow the head to the One abiding in the true and right Dharma

Gathering all auspiciousness, complete in conscience and shame

In the world, the prison-master, supreme in quietude

Śākyamuni, the Great Honored Master

Aṅgirasa, of the Gautama clan

Departing from the afflictions, the dark gloom of delusion

With compassion universally gathering in all sentient beings

Ever in benefiting others, He gathers in and aids them

Complete in the broad and many supreme practices

The Buddha, among all kinds of sentient beings

In all the higher practices that are carried out

The Buddha uses great wisdom, able to observe

Universally gathering the affairs of benefit in the world

Complete in the six spiritual powers, the wisdom that subdues

Wisdom of virtue, wisdom of teaching, and wisdom of time

All antidotes, the various spiritual powers

The supreme understandings of the realms, the wisdom of karmic obstruction

Proclaiming the most supreme Dharma, complete in spiritual powers

All the meanings of the texts wholesomely understood in full

Bow the head to the eloquence, the inexhaustible wisdom

The Buddha is already complete, just as His words

Wholesomely complete in all practices, reaching the other shore

All merits are altogether liberated

Revealing both body and mind purified

Hearing the Buddha's voice, the minds of people rejoice

In what the Buddha himself does, all is perfect and full

He does not fall into any of the words

He does not keep for himself the marks of merit

With equanimity, foremost, He realizes the supreme way

Step by step following the great matter, without omission

For sentient beings He shoulders many great affairs

Among all the marks He attains quietude

He is already complete in great loving-kindness and merit

Not yet complete is His departure into the place of equanimous conduct

Using right wisdom He gathers in sentient beings

In that long night He observes all around

The Tathāgata ever gives rise to great valor and might

Using all wholesome deeds He teaches sentient beings

And among all sentient beings

He again attains the compassionate mind, together with equanimity

The Buddha is the one who pities the world

The truth of the supreme meaning He wholesomely understands clearly

The Tathāgata's three eyes are all round and bright

The three kinds of praise He wholesomely possesses in full

The Tathāgata already possesses the three that have no covering

Revealing the three realms, the One without stain

The Four Foundations of Mindfulness He penetrates broadly

In names, phrases, and the body of letters, the Sovereign One

Skillful and wondrous, inexhaustible, according with intention

In all that He points out, His wisdom wholly penetrates

All speech He wholesomely understands and knows

According to the eloquence, He is at once unobstructed

In the places of error He fashions accordance

Those angers and rages become purified

Within the various conceits He gives rise to the reverent mind

Bestowing and renouncing all matters of gain and nurture

What He does is right, true, and supreme

By His own power He is able to accomplish present realization

Purifying all His teaching and instruction

Bow the head to the One whose speech is without attachment

His wholesome words come forth like the true and real meaning

Complete in all the places of right practice

The Tathāgata is complete in all merits

Bow the head to the One who does not forget that Dharma

Supremely gathering and holding, the Tamer

Joyful and compassionate toward sentient beings

His compassionate mind firm, wishing to benefit others

Bow the head to the One who ever wishes to benefit and gladden others

The Buddha has grace and virtue together with sentient beings

Ever as a good friend and a spiritual guide

Like a father, like a mother able to give birth

Wishing to make sentient beings attain good joy

The Buddha for sentient beings is the personal teacher

Wholesomely proclaiming the meaning, teaching all the dharmas

The supreme phrases of meaning, set forth in accord with principle

Causing them to clearly know all natures

The Tathāgata ever takes up the work of non-defilement

Neither increasing nor decreasing, wholesomely extolling

His great compassion never severed, born in continuity

Bow the head to the One who wholesomely sees the place, and the no-place.

Praise of the Auspicious Virtues of the Buddha

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