GZPB-10 < GZPB-11 Gyalse Tokme Zangpo - The Thirty-Seven Practices of All the Bodhisattvas > GZPB-12


སྡུག་བསྔལམ་ལུསབདགབདེ་འདོདལས་བྱུང༌། །རྫོགས་པའི་སངས་རྒྱསགཞན་ཕན་སེམསལསའཁྲུངས། །དེ་ཕྱིརབདགབདེགཞནགྱིསྡུག་བསྔལདག  །ཡང་དགབརྗེ་བརྒྱལ་སྲསལག་ལེནཡིན། 

[AP] The practice of all the bodhisattvas is to make a genuine exchange

Of one’s own happiness and wellbeing for all the sufferings of others.

Since all misery comes from seeking happiness for oneself alone,

Whilst perfect buddhahood is born from the wish for others’ good.


[KM] All suffering comes from wanting your own happiness.

Complete awakening arises from the intention to help others.

So, exchange completely your happiness

For the suffering of others — this is the practice of a bodhisattva.


[RS] All suffering comes from the wish for your own happiness.

Perfect Buddhas are born from the thought to help others.

Therefore exchange your own happiness

For the suffering of others—This is the practice of Bodhisattvas.


[AB]  A bodhisattva’s practice is to purely exchange our personal happiness for the suffering of others,

because (all) our sufferings, without an exception, come from desiring our personal happiness, 

while a fully enlightened Buddha is born from the attitude of wishing others well.