BDW 3 — чтение «Шестнадцать шагов хорошей жизни» (раздача курса)

              The Sixteen Steps of a Good Life


            RIGS LA GZIGS NAS SKYE BA BZHES TSUL,
1) How Jetsun Rendawa orchestrated his birth into this world,
          selecting a useful family and social group

           GZHON NU’I DUS KYI RNAM PAR THAR PA,
             2) How he used his childhood well

         DGE SBYONG SPYOD PA’I DRI MED BRTEN TSUL,
  3) How he came to follow the life of an ordained person,
                    keeping it purely

         DAM PAS BSNGAGS PA’I LTA SPYOD BSTEN TSUL,
    4) How he maintained a life of viewpoints & activities
              which holy ones would praise

             SKYES BU DAM PA GUS PAS BSTEN TSUL,
         5) How he took himself to holy teachers for
              study and spiritual development

           THUB PA’I DGONGS PA JI LTAR BTZAL TSUL,
           6) How he devoted himself to learning
               what the Buddha really meant

          YANG DAG LTA BA’I GNAD ZAB RNYED TSUL,
        7) How he gained the profound: the deepest
         understandings of a perfect view of reality

      RANG DGA’ GZHAN ‘GREL RNAM BSHAD MDZAD TSUL,
     8) How he wrote commentaries upon the classics of
     masters of the past, and also his own compositions
 ‘CHAD NYAN MDZAD ‘BRAS SLOB MA SPEL TSUL,
  9) How he grew his group of disciples, and
       spread the Dharma among them

  THUGS DAM GYI MTHIL GANG LA MDZAD TSUL,
    10) The spiritual practices that he kept
              closest to his heart

    LHAG PA’I LHA LA DAM BCA’ PHUL TSUL,
   11) The promise he made, to his personal
        divine teacher, to serve others

    DBEN PA’I GNAS SU YID RAB BZHOL TSUL,
12) How he dedicated himself to deep retreats
            far from busy places

   SKYE SHI MI ‘JIGS GDENG RNAMS THOB TSUL,
 13) How he reached a point where he knew
         he had spent his life well,
        and had no further worries

PHUL PHYIN MDZAD PA GZHAN YANG MDZAD TSUL,
14) How he prepared for his passing in a way
    which also gave an example for others

 GDUL BYA’I DON DU ZHING GZHAN GSHEGS TSUL,
    15) How he passed on to other worlds,
          for the sake of disciples

 DAD LDAN MOS PA’I RTEN RNAMS BZHAG TSUL,
     16) How he left behind a legacy for
           his faithful disciples