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A Song of Realization: The Fivefold Mahamudra

⼤大⼿手印五支證道歌

Homage to the glorious Phakmo Drupa!

禮敬具德上師摩⽵竹巴

If on the steed of love and compassion, you aren’t first Across the finishing line of helping others, The crowd of humans and gods won’t celebrate, So apply yourself wholeheartedly to this preliminary.

慈⼼心悲⼼心之寳馬

利他之勝若不得

⼈人天聚處不覺恩

故當勤修此前⾏行

If your own body, the kingly deity-form, Does not reign on the throne of the unchanging ground, The court of mother dakinis will not gather, So apply yourself wholeheartedly to seeing your body as yidam.

自身本尊之王者

不變其城若不持

空⾏行會眾難聚集

當勤自觀為本尊

If the sun of devotion does not shine On the snow mountain of the guru’s four kayas, The stream of blessings will not flow, So apply yourself wholeheartedly to developing devotion.

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師四身之雪⼭山上

如陽虔敬若不照

如流加持不降臨

故當勤修虔敬⼼心

If in the expansive sky of the mind-essence The clouds of thoughts do not disperse, The stars of the two wisdoms won’t shine bright, So apply yourself wholeheartedly to nonconceptuality.

⼼心性之寬廣虚空

若爲如雲妄念遮

⼆二智之星不能顯

故當勤修無念⼼心

If you do not polish the wish-fulfilling jewel Of the two accumulations with your aspirations, It won’t give the results you need and want, So apply yourself wholeheartedly to making dedications.

⼆二資糧之如意寶

不⾏行淨拭之祈願

求願之果不能得

故當勤修回向⼼心

This was composed by Kyobpa himself.

究巴本⼈人所撰.