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The '''four ambitions''' (Tib. གཏད་པ་བཞི་, ''tepa shyi'', [[Wyl.]] ''gtad pa bzhi''), which are counted among the [[ten innermost riches]] of the [[Kadampa]]s, are: | The '''four ambitions''' (Tib. གཏད་པ་བཞི་, ''tepa shyi'', [[Wyl.]] ''gtad pa bzhi''), which are counted among the [[ten innermost riches]] of the [[Kadampa]]s, are: | ||
#Set your mind upon the [[Dharma]] (''blo phugs chos la gtad'') | #Set your mind upon the [[Dharma]] (Wyl. ''blo phugs chos la gtad'') | ||
#Entrust your Dharma to a life of poverty (''chos phugs sprang la gtad'') | #Entrust your Dharma to a life of poverty (Wyl. ''chos phugs sprang la gtad'') | ||
#Consign your life of poverty to eventual death (''sprang phugs shi la gtad'') | #Consign your life of poverty to eventual death (Wyl. ''sprang phugs shi la gtad'') | ||
#Let that death be in an empty, barren hollow (''shi phugs grog po skam la gtad'') | #Let that death be in an empty, barren hollow (Wyl. ''shi phugs grog po skam la gtad'') | ||
==Alternative Translations== | ==Alternative Translations== | ||
Revision as of 19:13, 25 May 2018
The four ambitions (Tib. གཏད་པ་བཞི་, tepa shyi, Wyl. gtad pa bzhi), which are counted among the ten innermost riches of the Kadampas, are:
- Set your mind upon the Dharma (Wyl. blo phugs chos la gtad)
- Entrust your Dharma to a life of poverty (Wyl. chos phugs sprang la gtad)
- Consign your life of poverty to eventual death (Wyl. sprang phugs shi la gtad)
- Let that death be in an empty, barren hollow (Wyl. shi phugs grog po skam la gtad)
Alternative Translations
- Four basic aims
- Four entrustments
- Four objectives