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法脈摭實
D HARMA COLLECTION
3) Contemplating my body with all its greed, hatred 1) Contemplating all sentient beings as confined by
and ignorance and countless defilements, I want to ignorance and attachments, enduring great suffer-
abandon it all. ing. They shun the teaching of cause and effect and
generate evil karma. Ignoring the true Dharma they
4) Contemplating my body as a bubble, as froth, stray on the heterodox path and drown in the sea of
as birth and death, thought after thought, I want to defilement.
depart from it all.
2) Contemplating all sentient beings hamstringed
5) Contemplating my body as being imbued with by many kinds of suffering, I see their dread of birth,
ignorance, generating immeasurable evil karma disease, old age and death. Oblivious of liberation
and turning on the wheel of life in the six ways with they perpetuate evil karmas and their actions never
no benefit whatsoever, I want to abandon it all. cease to produce sorrow, suffering and defilements.
When separated from their loved one(s) they con-
Five Contemplations Leading to the At- tinue to cling. When compelled to face what they
tainment of the Supreme Fruit hate, they do not relinquish their resentment. Fur-
thermore, they continue generating anger and jeal-
1) Contemplating the distinctive and luminous ousy, thus bringing more evil to this world.
adornment of the characteristic marks on the phys-
ical bodies of all Tathagatas, I want to learn and to 3) Contemplating all sentient beings committing
practice, knowing that to encounter them is to be rid evil karma due to their countless, varied desires,
of defilements. I pity them. Although they may have reached an
understanding of desires as tied to suffering, they
2) Contemplating the Dharmakaya of all Tathaga- cannot relinquish them. Then wishing to reach the
tas, forever stainless and completely free from de- joyous states, they lack the requisite discipline, and
filements, I want to learn and practice. though they need not necessarily suffer in these in-
stances, they plant causes of suffering.
3) Contemplating all Tathagatas, their irreproach-
able morality and tranquillity, recognizing their 4) Contemplating all sentient beings and their ac-
relinquishment of delusive thoughts, observing tions laden with evil, the way they transgress the
their limitless wisdom and omniscience rediate the grave precepts while trembling with fear and appre-
unconditioned state of nirvana, I want to learn and hension, engage in the five rebellious actions, de-
practice. void of shame, slander true Dharma as well as the
Mahayana Dharma. They follow ego-based views
4) Contemplating the Tathagatas and their ten pow- and their actions are self-serving and arrogant and
ers, four kinds of fearless states and their boundless while sentient beings do not lack ability, they are
compassion, I want to learn and practice. intoxicated by conceit and see no reason for repent-
ance; thus they break off their good root.
5) Contemplating all the Tathagatas who pity, com-
miserate and protect all sentient beings, correcting 5) Contemplating all sentient beings as they reject
delusion due to their many kinds of wisdom, I want the practice of true Dharma, born at the time when
to learn and practice. due to eight conditions it is difficult to see a bud-
dha and hear the Dharma; reflecting on those who,
Five Contemplations of Compassion for though born at the time of the Buddha and having
Sentient Beings heard the true Dharma, did not accept and upheld
it, but became involved in heterodox practices and/
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