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།རྣམ་དག་ངེས་འབྱུང་མེད་པར་སྲིད་མཚོ་ཡི། །བདེ་འབྲས་དོན་གཉེར་ཞི་བའི་ཐབས་མེད་ལ། །སྲིད་ལ་བརྐམ་པ་ཡིས་ཀྱང་ལུས་ཅན་རྣམས། །ཀུན་ནས་འཆིང་ཕྱིར་ཐོག་མར་ངེས་འབྱུང་བཙལ། [ZR] Without the complete intention definitely to be free from circling, [AP] Whilst lacking pure renunciation there is no way to pacify The continual thirst for pleasure in the ocean of samsara, And since all living beings are bound by their craving for existence, You must begin by finding the determination to be free. [GW] Those with bodies are bound by the craving for existence. Without pure renunciation, there is no way to still [US] Without a pure withdrawal there is no means To still the longing for a happy outcome of the sea of existence; And by craving for existence, too, those who have bodies Are fettered all about: therefore seek first withdrawal. [RT] Lust for existence chains all corporeal beings - Addiction to the pleasures of the life-cycle Is only cured by transcendent renunciation (niryana). So seek transcendence first of all! |