“With a firm, intense, and enduring faith in Manjushri,
Best at banishing the darkness from the disciple’s mind,
I prayed that all the teachings might dawn as training,
And I applied myself to all the requisite conditions.
When I think this over, how well my destiny was fulfilled!
Thank you so very much, O Holy Wisdom Treasure!
Working in that way, I found a special certainty
In the stages of the path of enlightenment,
The tradition descended from Nagarjuna and Asanga,
And the Transcendent Wisdom, best book on the profound,
Dawned as a practical training.
When I think this over, how well my destiny was fulfilled!
Thank you so very much, O Holy Wisdom Treasure!”
From Destiny Fulfilled: The Spiritual Biography of Lama Tsong Khapa by Je Tsong Khapa
As included in: The Life and Teachings of Tsong Khapa edited by Robert A. F. Thurman. Library of Tibetan Works and Archives. This translation is available in PDF format from FPMT.
Photo: His Holiness the Dalai Lama is greeted by Gaden Tripa Rinpoche (head of the Gelugpa School) on arrival to Sera Monastery for the 2013 Jangchup Lamrim Teachings, Bylakuppe, India, December 2013, © Rio Helmi/JLTOC
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