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Recollection of the Dharmas of the PathA Rosary of thirty-eight Points of Instruction

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A short text enumerating thirty-eight Points of Instruction to serveas 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.

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Recollection of the Dharmas of the PathA Rosary of thirty-eight Points of Instruction

Four Preliminaries

Remembering the Blessedness of the Human State, ever contemplate the fact ofImpermanence. Thence contemplate Samsra - the Wheel of Transmigration, aswell 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 thecessation of suffering. These Four Noble Truths should ever be contemplated by

the wise and intelligent.

Four ImmeasurablesFriendliness, 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.


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A Rosary of thirty-eight Points of Instruction

1 Mnavat - The Blessed Human State

2 Anityat - The fact of Impermanence3 Samsra - the Wheel of Transmigration4 Karma - Action and its result

5 All Compunded things are Impermanent - Anitya

6 All Compunded things are Suffering -Dukha7 All Compunded things are Devoid of Self -Nirtman8 Supreme State of Nirvana is Peace - ntam Nirvnam9 Suffering -Dukha10 Cause of Suffering - Samudaya

11 Cessation of Suffering - Nirodha12 Path to the Cessation of Suffering -Mrga13 Maitr- Frendliness14 Karu~ - Compassion15 Mudita - Sympathetic Joy

16 Upek - Equanimity17 Pu~yasambhra - Accumulation of Virtue18 Jnasambhra - Accumulation of Wisdom19 Bodhicitta - Mind of Enlightenment20 nyatbhvan - Meditation on Emptiness21 Prattyasamutpda - Dependent Origination22 nyat - Emptiness23 Updyaprajapti - Dependent Designation24 Madhyam pratipad- Middle Way25 Aparapratyayam - Directly and Independently intuited

26 ntam - Quiescent Perfect Peace27 Prapacair aprapacitam - Beyond conceptual proliferation28 Nirvikalpam - Devoid of distinctions, conceptions and duality

29 Annrtham - Devoid of multiplicity30 Bodhisattvo daynidhi - the Bodhisattva, an Abode of Compassion31 Tui - Contentment and Delight32 Pu~yakt- A doer of virtuous actions for the welfare of all33 Dnapramit - Perfection of Generosity34 lapramit - Perfection of Virtue35 Kntipramit - Perfection of Endurance and Forgiveness36 Vryapramit - Perfection of Strength and Energy37 Dhynapramit - Perfection of Meditation38 Prajpramit - Perfection of Wisdom

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