Four ambitions
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 (བློ་ཕུགས་ཆོས་ལ་གཏད་, blo phugs chos la gtad)
- Entrust your Dharma to a life of poverty (ཆོས་ཕུགས་སྤྲང་ལ་གཏད་, chos phugs sprang la gtad)
- Consign your life of poverty to eventual death (སྤྲང་ཕུགས་ཤི་ལ་གཏད་, sprang phugs shi la gtad)
- Let that death be in an empty, barren hollow (ཤི་ཕུགས་གྲོག་པོ་སྐམ་ལ་གཏད་, shi phugs grog po skam la gtad)
Alternative Translations
- Four basic aims
- Four entrustments
- Four objectives