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Click to Expand/Collapse OptionTitle
Click to Expand/Collapse OptionPreface
Click to Expand/Collapse OptionChapter 1: Bhagavatprasūti
Click to Expand/Collapse OptionChapter 2: Antaḥpuravihāra
Click to Expand/Collapse OptionChapter 3: Saṃvegotpatti
Click to Expand/Collapse OptionChapter 4: Strīvighātana
Click to Expand/Collapse OptionChapter 5: Abhiniṣkramaṇa
Click to Expand/Collapse OptionChapter 6: Chandakanivartana
Click to Expand/Collapse OptionChapter 7: Tapovanapraveśa
Click to Expand/Collapse OptionChapter 8: Antaḥpuravilāpa
Click to Expand/Collapse OptionChapter 9: Kumārānveṣaṇa
Click to Expand/Collapse OptionChapter 10: Śreṇyābhigamana
Click to Expand/Collapse OptionChapter 11: Kāmavigarhaṇa
Click to Expand/Collapse OptionChapter 12: Arāḍadarśana
Click to Expand/Collapse OptionChapter 13: Māravijaya
Click to Expand/Collapse OptionChapter 14: Englightenment
Click to Expand/Collapse OptionChapter 15: Turning the Wheel of the Law
Click to Expand/Collapse OptionChapter 16: Many Conversions
Click to Expand/Collapse OptionChapter 17: Conversion (pravrajyā) of the Great Disciples
Click to Expand/Collapse OptionChapter 18: The Instruction of Anāthapiṇḍada
Click to Expand/Collapse OptionChapter 19: The Meeting of Father and Son
Click to Expand/Collapse OptionChapter 20: Acceptance of Jetavana
Click to Expand/Collapse OptionChapter 21: Progress (srotas) of the Mission
Click to Expand/Collapse OptionChapter 22: The Visit to Amrapāli's Grove
Click to Expand/Collapse OptionChapter 23: Fixing the Factors of Bodily Life
Click to Expand/Collapse OptionChapter 24: Compassion for the Licchavis
Click to Expand/Collapse OptionChapter 25: The Journey to Nirvāṇa
Click to Expand/Collapse OptionChapter 26: The Mahāparinirvāṇa
Click to Expand/Collapse OptionChapter 27: Eulogy of Nirvāṇa
Click to Expand/Collapse OptionChapter 28: The Division of the Relics
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thar ’dod lha na gnas rnams daṅ | | skyed ma (4)mtho ris su btul nas | | thub pas gdul bya rnams ’dul źiṅ | | de nas de ni ’jig rten rgyus | | 
 
 
 
 
ri lṅa’i dbus kyi groṅ khyer du | | ’od ldan ’tsho byed dbaṅ po daṅ | |
gro bźin skyes daṅ yan lag sbyin | | rnam par ’dren pas de nas btul | | 
 
 
 
 
rgyal po’i bu ni ’jigs med daṅ | | dpal (5)sbas daṅ ni ñe ba ’khor | |
n+ya gro dha sogs mthar ldan rnams | | sṅa ma’i lta ba las zlog go | | 
 
 
 
 
chos kyi thos pa ñid las ni | | mi skyoṅ dpal ni yaṅs pa can | |
spos ’dzin gyi ni dbaṅ phyug ’dir | | padma źes bya rnam par btul | | 
 
 
 
 
de nas gnod sbyin gaṅs ldan daṅ | | rtse mo brgya pa de nas ni | |
rnam (6)rgyas pha rol gnon pa yis | | rnam rgyas ri bor btul ba’o | | 
 
 
 
 
yon tan gzigs pas mi skyoṅ ni | | lta byed btsun mo’i ’khor bcas la | |
’tsho byed aa mra’i nags tshal du | | mtshan mo dad pas sbyar bar mdzad | | 
 
 
 
 
de nas pha rol ’gro ba can | | bram ze źi bar ’gro rnams des | |
rdo ba’i (7)ri bor phra mo yi | | tshigs bcad don rnams klog tu bcug | | 
 
 
 
 
de nas dam pa dran mdzad pas | | dṅos su nor sbyin mthoṅ ba mo | |
dga’ ba’i skyed ma legs ldan ma | | ’od ma’i tsher ma can du btul | | 
 
 
 
 
de nas brtan ldan groṅ khyer du | | brtsegs sbyin gñis skyes dam pa ni | |
mchod (75b1)sbyin rnam pa sna tshogs kyis | | mchod ’dod thar pa’i chos la btsud | | 
 
 
 
 
de nas lus ’phags ri bo ru | | btsud phyed rtse mo ñid daṅ ni | |
lha min skyes ma daṅ lha rnams | | ṅes par ’dzin du btsud par gyur | | 
 
 
 
 
de nas aaṅga’i groṅ khyer du | | gnod sbyin gaṅ ba bzaṅ po daṅ | |
mchog daṅ dbyug pa (2)dkar dmar daṅ | | gtum po lto ’phyo che rnams btul | | 
 
 
 
 
aa pa na yi groṅ khyer du | | bram ze ke bya śe la dag |
...1 | dka’ thub thob pa thar par sbyar | | 
 
 
 
 
’tsho byed sor mo’i phreṅ ba can | | bran bzaṅs daṅ mtshuṅs gñis skyes ni | |
bcom ldan rdzu ’phrul phun tshogs kyis | | phra mo rnams su (3)btul ba mdzad | | 
 
 
 
 
gaṅ ba bzaṅ po daṅ mtshuṅs rdzas | | lug ces bya ba bzaṅ pos ’tsho | |
nor sbyin bzaṅ daṅ bzaṅ po’i bu | | bzaṅ por yaṅ dag rtogs par mdzad | | 
 
 
 
 
de nas tshaṅs pa’i tshe ldan miṅ | | rnam rgyas tshaṅs pa’i tshe ldan pa | |
gaṅ gi smra ba smra mchog gis | | lus ’phags po (4)yi groṅ du pham | | 
 
 
 
 
yaṅs pa can gyi rdziṅ bu ru | | srin bu śa za daṅ seṅ ge | la sogs litstsha b’i rnams daṅ | | mchog daṅ bden byed ñid btul to | | 
 
 
 
 
de nas las bzaṅ pos gnod sbyin | | bzaṅ po bzaṅ po’i sems ldan pa | |
rgyan byed daṅ mtshuṅs groṅ khyer du | | chos kyi lam la btsud (5)pa’o | | 
 
 
 
 
de nas blo daṅ ldan pa yis | | śin tu mi bzaṅ ’brog tu ni | |
gnod sbyin ’brog gnas źes bya daṅ | | gźon nu legs ’oṅs la ston to | | 
 
 
 
 
de nas gnod sbyin sdig med la | | gnod sbyin bdag pos phyag byas pas | |
bde dga’i groṅ du thar pa ni | | thar pa gzigs pas gdams pa (6)mdzad | | 
 
 
 
 
thub pa grags pa yaṅs rnams daṅ | | gnod sbyin drag po’i las can daṅ | |
kha spu ldan pa gñis la ni | | g-yar draṅ sroṅ gis bstan to | | 
 
 
 
 
de nas draṅ sroṅ dkar min gyi | | tsha bo k’a ty’a ya na ni | |
b’a r’a na s’i’i groṅ du sṅon | | gñis skyes stobs bcu ldan pas btul | | 
 
 
 
 
mtsho ’obs (7)bde bar pha rol ’gro’i | | groṅ la rdzu ’phrul gyis gśegs nas | |
dus su tshaṅs pa rna bstod la | | de nas des ni rjes su bstan | | 
 
 
 
 
rjes su bstan de rab daṅ bas | | draṅ sroṅ mchog gi gtsug lag khaṅ | |
rtag par dri ldan kha la reg | | tsandan raṅ bźin byed du bcug | | 
 
 
 
 
de nas gaṅ du (76a1)thub pa’i źabs | | rdo las ’khor lo’i mtshan mthoṅ bas | |
ser skya dka’ thub ldan pa ni | | ’od zer ldan pa des btul lo | | 
 
 
 
 
de nas gnod sbyin glaṅ po la | | glaṅ po ldan par bstan pa ste | |
de bźin dgra po boṅ bu ni | | bcom brlag tu ni btul ba’o | | 
 
 
 
 
(2)dyul ’khor skyoṅ daṅ rdzas mñam pa | | yul ’khor skyoṅ źes dran pa ni | |
groṅ rdal rags pa’i mdzod ldan du | | ston pas de nas rnam par btul | | 
 
 
 
 
tshaṅs pa daṅ ’dra skye bo mchog | | dgra can du ni btul ba ste | |
mkhas pa rgya chen skyes bu can | | ñon moṅs dul bar de (3)bźin no | | 
 
 
 
 
’jigs bcas kyi daṅ mtshams bzaṅs kyi | | bu’i bu mos ’jug bu dag daṅ | |
mu stegs gźan rnams kyi mun pa | | mñan yod ñid du thub pas bcom | | 
 
 
 
 
’dir ni bram ze mchod sbyin can | | dge sogs rnams daṅ rigs gtsaṅ daṅ | |
ko sa la yi dbaṅ phyug ni | | (4)saṅs rgyas ñid kyis dad pas sbyar | | 
 
 
 
 
de nas bram ze mkhas pa ni | | bram ze su ka s’a ri daṅ | |
śe ta bi ka’i ’brog źi bar | | bstan pa mchog gis bstan pa’o | | 
 
 
 
 
de nas ’thab pa’i groṅ khyer du | | groṅ khyer gtso daṅ dus byed daṅ | |
’jigs pa’i las can chu srin klu | | rab (5)tu ma źi źi bar mdzad | | 
 
 
 
 
de nas bźar ga rnams su des | | gnod sbyin ’jigs byed btul mdzad ciṅ | |
rigs med kyi ni bla ma gñis | | rgan po de bźin rjes su bzuṅ | | 
 
 
 
 
nor ldan gyi mchog dbyaṅs ldan daṅ | | bud med sgur mchog sogs rnams daṅ | |
skyes chen de rnams de rnams (6)ni | | koo ś’am b’ir ni rjes su bzuṅ | | 
 
 
 
 
de nas spos ’dzin yul ñid daṅ | | klu chen sogs ma med pa ni | |
dul ba’i bdag ñid dul ba la | | naṅ gi pha rol son par gśegs | | 
 
 
 
 
’bar źiṅ ’jigs pa’i las can ni | | mthar byed bźin du sreg ’dod pa | |
rnam par btul nas mkhas (7)pa des | | dus su de nas gdams ṅag bstan | | 
 
 
 
 
de la sogs pa’i ’byuṅ po rnams | | sa pa rnams daṅ mkha’ ’gro rnams | |
btul nas tshigs su rgya mtsho bźin | | saṅs rgyas grags pa ’phel bar gyur | | 
 
 
 
 
che ba’i bdag ñid de mthoṅ nas | | lha sbyin rlom sems byas pa ste | |
bsam (76b1)gtan rnams las ’khrul thob ciṅ | | ’dra ba min pa maṅ po byas | | 
 
 
 
 
ñe bar bcom pa’i sems ldan des | | thub pa dge ’dun dben byas śiṅ | |
’phye las ’dod pa ma byas te | | de la gnod pa’i phyir brtsams so | | 
 
 
 
 
de nas bya rgod phuṅ po’i rir | | rdo ba’i ’khrul ’khor byas pa ste | |
(2)thub pa’i steṅ du gaṅ ’phaṅs pa | | ltuṅ ba ma yin gñis su gyur | | 
 
 
 
 
’jig rten dus su chu ’dzin sṅon po sgra sgrogs pa | | zla ba ’gog pa la ni mkha’ la rluṅ bźin du | |
de bźin gśegs pa la ni mṅon du gdoṅ phyogs par | | glaṅ po’i dbaṅ po rgyal po’i lam la gtad pa’o | | 
 
 
 
 
lus kyis snun (3)pas yan lag mchog ni ñer blaṅs śiṅ | | mche bas phug pas rgyu ma’i dra ba rab bkram pa’i | |
lus po rnams kyis rgyal po’i khab kyi lam rnams ni | | rgyu bar dka’ bar byed la mṅon par rab tu źugs | | 
 
 
 
 
śa ni ’dod pas mi yi brla la rmugs pa ste | | mche ba’i rtse mos reg ciṅ g-yo (4)ba’i rgyu ma’i phreṅ | |
khrag gis gśer ba’i mgo bo sna ljags drag po yis | | ’phen pa’i don du rdo rnams bźin du gyen du ’phen | | 
 
 
 
 
gsum du rab dga’i chaṅ gis ’thor ma’i dri ldan źiṅ | | rul pa’i khrag daṅ źag gi dri yis bsgos rnams kyis | |
de tshe bskor źiṅ mtha’ med khro (5)ba daṅ ldan pa | | groṅ khyer skye bo de la skyo bas ’jigs par byed | | 
 
 
 
 
gñis ’thuṅ myos pa dus kyi dbyug pa ’jigs ’dra ba | | kheṅs las gdoṅ ni bcos śiṅ sgra skad ’thon pa ste | |
khros pas rnam par log pa’i mig can de mthoṅ nas | | h’a h’a byed pa rgyal po’i khab nas byuṅ bar (6)gyur | | 
 
 
 
 
kha cig yid mi bde bas phyogs su bros pa ste | | gźan ni mtho ba min pa’i yul rnams la thim źiṅ | |
de bźin ’jigs pa las gźan ’jigs pa ma bzuṅ nas | | gźan rnams gźan rnams dag gi khyim rnams la źugs so | | 
 
 
 
 
kha cig rnam par ’dug pa’i seṅ ge’i (7)sgra rnams ni | | raṅ gi srog la the tshom yaṅ dag ma bsams śiṅ | |
saṅs rgyas la ni mṅon par ’tshe ba ma byed ces | | rab tu bzuṅ nas gñis ’thuṅ de la rgyab nas ’bod | | 
 
 
 
 
de bźin gźan rnams glaṅ po skyoṅ la ’bod pa ste | | gźan rnams ’di la thal mo dag gis phyag ’tshal lo | |
de nas (77a1)de la gźan rnams bsdigs par byed pa ste | | kha cig nor gyis sred ciṅ ’dod par byed pa’o | | 
 
 
 
 
rluṅ ’gro skar khuṅ dag nas rnam par lta bźin du | | laṅ tsho ma rnams lag pa g-yo źiṅ du ba ste | |
’jigs ma gźan rnams gser gyi gdu bu dag daṅ ldan pa yis | | (2)zaṅs mdog lag pa rnams kyis mig rnams ’gebs pa’o | | 
 
 
 
 
yoṅs su ro myaṅ glaṅ pos ’joms par ’dod pa na | | gyen du lag bteg skye bo du bar gyur na yaṅ | |
gśegs pa ’byed pa med ciṅ gnod pa mi mṅa’ bar | | bde bar gśegs pa raṅ gnas rnam ’gyur med par gśegs | | 
 
 
 
 
(3)byams pas ’byuṅ po rnams la rjes su brtse ba ni | | gus pas lha rnams kyis ni rjes su ’gro ba ste | |
de la dbaṅ po’i glaṅ po ches kyaṅ reg pa ru | | nus pa ma yin gaṅ phyir thub pa brtan par gśegs | | 
 
 
 
 
gaṅ phyir saṅs rgyas la ni rjes ’gro dge sloṅ ste | | des ni rgyaṅ nas glaṅ chen mthoṅ nas (4)bros pa ste | |
sna tshogs bdag ñid ’jig rten raṅ bźin gyis bźin du | | kun dga’ bo gcig saṅs rgyas la ni rjes su soṅ | | 
 
 
 
 
de nas glaṅ chen khros pa de ni ñer ’oṅs nas | | thub pa’i mthu las ’du śes ñe bar thob pa ste | |
mig sman ri bo rdo rjes phye mar bcom pa bźin | | lus po (5)rab tu zegs śiṅ spyi bos ’gyel bar gyur | | 
 
 
 
 
de la śin tu mdzes śiṅ ’dam skyes ’jam po yis | | legs skyes sor mo’i dra ba’i phyag gis mgo bo la | |
zla ba chu ’dzin la ni ’od zer gyis bźin du | | gñis ’thuṅ dbaṅ po la ni thub pas reg par gyur | | 
 
 
 
 
chu yi śin tu khur las (6)dus kyi sprin bźin du | | źabs kyi rtsa bar gñis ’thuṅ de ni bsdad pa ste | |
thub pas rna ba’i ta la g-yo med la gzigs śiṅ | | de la sems can ma ’os źi bas bstan pa’o | | 
 
 
 
 
sdig med daṅ bcas rnam par ’joms pa sdug bsṅal te | | sdig med ñid la glaṅ chen gnod pa (7)ma byed cig | |
srid pa srid par sdig med bcom pa’i srog chags kyis | | bde ’gro brgyad la glaṅ chen ’gyur ba ma yin no | | 
 
 
 
 
’dod chags daṅ ni źe sdaṅ de bźin gti mug ste | | glaṅ chen gsum bo bzod par dka’ ba’i chaṅ yin la | |
chaṅ gsum rnams daṅ thub pa rnams ni bral ba ste | | (77b1)rims nad med ciṅ mya ṅan ’das pa mṅon bar brñes | | 
 
 
 
 
de phyir mun par ’dod pa ’di ni spoṅs ’dod pa | | chaṅ ni spaṅs la raṅ bźan ’du śes thob par gyis | |
’khor ba’i rgya mtsho’i ’dam ni rgyas par chags pa ste | | slar yaṅ de ltar gñis ’thuṅ dbaṅ po ma ltuṅ cig | | 
 
 
 
 
de nas (2)glaṅ po des ni gsuṅ ’di thos nas su | | chaṅ ni spaṅs śiṅ yaṅ dag rig par soṅ ba ste | |
bdud rtsi ’thuṅs nas nad rnams dag las grol ba bźin | | naṅ du soṅ ba’i bde ba dam pa thob par gyur | | 
 
 
 
 
slob ma bźin du thub la rab btud de ma thag | | chaṅ ni yoṅs (3)spaṅs glaṅ po’i dbaṅ po de mthoṅ nas | |
kha cig chos rnams bskor źiṅ g-yug par gyur pa ste | | gźan rnams lag pa rnams ni rdebs śiṅ skad ’don to | | 
 
 
 
 
gźan rnams kyis ni mgo bos thub la phyag ’tshal źiṅ | | de nas de la gźan rnams bskor ba byas pa ste | |
gźan (4)rnams ’phags pa ñid las glaṅ chen la bstod ciṅ | | ya mtshan daṅ bcas gźan rnams reg par gyur pa’o | | 
 
 
 
 
ldiṅ khaṅ la gnas bud med gźan rnams de la ni | | gtsaṅ źiṅ rin thaṅ chen po’i gos rnams kyis mchod ciṅ | |
gźan rnams gsar ba’i phreṅ ba (5)yon tan yid ’oṅ daṅ | | rgyan ni de daṅ de dag rnams kyis mṅon par ’thor | | 
 
 
 
 
dus daṅ mtshuṅs pa’i glaṅ po dul bar gnas pa na | | skye bo dad pa med pa dbus nas soṅ ba ste | |
dbus gnas khyad par las ni daṅ bar rab soṅ źiṅ | | dad pa rnams kyaṅ gaṅ de bstan par ñe bar (6)soṅ | | 
 
 
 
 
dad pa la gnas ma skyes dgra ni thub pa yis | | glaṅ chen dbaṅ po de ni brtul ba mthoṅ nas ni | |
ya mtshan gyur źiṅ de nas dga’ ba skyes pa ste | | saṅs rgyas la ni mchog tu dad pa byas pa’o | | 
 
 
 
 
ñon moṅs rtsod ldan dus ni ṅes par log pa na | | rdzogs ldan (7)dus ni ’oṅs nas slar yaṅ chos don bźin | |
de ltar rdzu ’phrul daṅ ldan sñan grags mchog rnams kyis | | rab tu gnas pa’i dka’ ldan thub pa mchog ’phel to | | 
 
 
 
 
mi dge ba daṅ yoṅs su ldan pa’i lha sbyin no | | ñon moṅs sdig pa’i las ni maṅ po byas nas ni | |
mi skyoṅ (78a1)ste na rgu ba gñis skyes draṅ sroṅ gi | | dmod pa las bźin sa yi ’og tu byiṅ bar gyur | | 
 
 
 
 
saṅs rgyas kyi spyod pa źes bya ba’i sñan dṅags chen po las | las kyi rgyun gyi le’u ste ñi śu rtsa gcig pa’o || 
 
 
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