The King of Aspirations: The Noble Aspiration for Excellent Conduct

 

 

I’ll act to fully quell the suffering

Of lower realms and bring all beings to joy.

I’ll act to benefit all beings throughout

The reaches of the realms and the directions.

 

I’ll work in harmony with beings’ conduct

And bring enlightened conduct to perfection.

I’ll teach the Dharma of this excellent conduct

And act in all the aeons of the future.

 

Always may I associate with those

Who act in harmony with my own conduct.

In body, speech, and mind may we behave

As one in conduct and in aspirations.

 

And may I always meet those spiritual friends

Who have the wish to bring me benefit

By teaching conduct that is excellent.

I’ll never do anything to disappoint.

 

I’ll always look directly at the victors,

Protectors in the midst of bodhisattvas,

And I will make vast offerings to them

In every future aeon, never discouraged.

 

I shall retain the Dharma of the victors,

Illumine everywhere awakened conduct,

And purify excellent conduct, too.

I shall act thus in every future aeon.

 

Cycling through all existences, may I

Gain merit and wisdom inexhaustible

And be a bottomless store of all means, prajñā,

Samadhi, emancipations, and good traits.

 

Upon one atom in as many realms

As atoms there are inconceivable

Buddhas surrounded by the bodhisattvas.

Beholding them, I’ll act for awakening.

 

Just so, in all directions, none excepted,

On a hair tip are oceans of the realms

Of oceans of the buddhas of three times—

I’ll enter these and act for oceans of aeons.

 

I’ll always enter in the buddhas’ speech,

Of which one tone has oceans of great traits,

The pure melodic tones of all buddhas

That are just as all beings are inclined.

 

I enter also through the strength of mind

Those tones of the speech inexhaustible

Of all victorious ones who do appear

In the three times and turn the Wheel of Dharma.

Through just one single instant I will enter

All of the aeons that are yet to come.

I’ll enter and act in all aeons of

The three times in a fraction of a second.

 

And in a single instant I shall view

The lions among humans of three times.

I’ll always enter their sphere through the power

Of the emancipation of illusions.

 

Upon a single atom I’ll produce

The arrays of all the realms of the three times.

In all directions thus, without exception,

I’ll enter the arrays of buddha realms.

 

I’ll go into the presence of all those

Who will be lamps of the world in the future,

Who will become enlightened, turn the Wheel,

And demonstrate nirvana’s final peace.

 

Through the power of miracles, swift everywhere;

The power of vehicles to every gate;

The power of conduct, every quality;

The power of love, pervasive everywhere;

 

The power of merit, virtue everywhere;

The power of pristine wisdom, free of attachment;

The powers of wisdom, means, and of samadhi,

I shall achieve the powers of awakening.

 

I’ll purify the power of karma fully,

Destroy forever the power of the afflictions,

Make powerless the maras’ powers, and

Perfect all powers of excellent conduct.

 

I’ll purify completely oceans of realms,

And liberate completely oceans of beings.

I will completely see the oceans of Dharma,

And totally realize the oceans of wisdom.

 

I’ll purify completely oceans of conduct,

Perfect completely oceans of aspirations,

Offer completely to the oceans of buddhas,

And act for oceans of aeons undiscouraged.

 

 

I shall awaken through excellent conduct

And perfect fully all without exception

The special aspirations of the victors

Of the three times for the awakened conduct.

 

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