Repaying the kindness of my mother
OM MANI PADME HUMI prostrate to the Noble Master Chenrezig!
OM MANI PADME HUM HRIH
There is nothing more profound than this to be said: Dear mother, you protected me lovingly when I was smallYou taught me with love and told me sweet words
May I guide you on Chenrezig's path. OM MANI PADME HUM HRIH
You fed me from your mouth and wiped my feces away with your handYou picked me up on your lap again and again -My kind mother wandering in the three samsaric realms, oh no!
May I guide you on Chenrezig's path. OM MANI PADME HUM HRIH
The end of birth is surely deathEven powerful humans don't have the slightest power to remain [forever]
When departing alone, [only] the sacred dharma will [be of] benefit[My kind mothers] wandering in the three samsaric realms, oh no!
May I guide you on Chenrezig's path. OM MANI PADME HUM HRIH
The end of collecting is surely loss Even the greediest person will be unable to take anything alongWhen departing alone, only the sacred dharma will [be of] benefit -[My kind mothers] wandering in the three samsaric realms, oh no!
May I guide you on Chenrezig's path. OM MANI PADME HUM HRIH Mother, when you are going to depart alone from hereI pray that you, I, and Chenrezig will meet!My kind mother wandering in the three samsaric realms, oh no!
May I guide you on Chenrezig's path. OM MANI PADME HUM HRIH
I pay homage to lama and protector Manjushri!
Wherever in the three realms the six kinds of beings are born,their birth is of four kinds:Except for miraculous birth, a body is formed in dependence on a father and a mother.Due to karmic forces, you conceived and carried me for nine months and ten days-My kind mothers wandering in the three samsaric realms, oh no!
May I guide you on Chenrezig's path.OM MANI PADME HUM HRIH
When the life force impelled my embryo to come outYou suffered the bone-wracking pain of contractions -My kind mothers wandering in the three samsaric realms, oh no!
May I guide you on Chenrezig's path. OM MANI PADME HUM HRIH
When I was born your body became covered with blood, lymph, pus, and milk -My kind mothers wandering in the three samsaric realms, oh no!
May I guide you on Chenrezig's path. OM MANI PADME HUM HRIH
When my skin and bones were feeble and not fully formed
You picked me up with gentle hands -My kind mothers wandering in the three samsaric realms, oh no!
May I guide you on Chenrezig's path. OM MANI PADME HUM HRIH
When I had pus in my eyes or other organs
You licked it off with your soft tongue -My kind mothers wandering in the three samsaric realms, oh no!
May I guide you on Chenrezig's path. OM MANI PADME HUM HRIH Even when my specks of feces came into your mouthYou were not disgusted -My kind mothers wandering in the three samsaric realms, oh no!
May I guide you on Chenrezig's path. OM MANI PADME HUM HRIH You always held me tight, like in the gentle warmth of your belly -My kind mothers wandering in the three samsaric realms, oh no!
May I guide you on Chenrezig's path. OM MANI PADME HUM HRIH When sleep rendered us unconscious at nightI would interrupt your sleep many times -My kind mothers wandering in the three samsaric realms, oh no!
May I guide you on Chenrezig's path. OM MANI PADME HUM HRIH
You took me on your lap and cuddled me -My kind mothers wandering in the three samsaric realms, oh no!
May I guide you on Chenrezig's path. OM MANI PADME HUM HRIH
You cheered me up and made me so happy -My kind mothers wandering in the three samsaric realms,oh no!
May I guide you on Chenrezig's path. OM MANI PADME HUM HRIH
Whenever I was wriggling and crying, you tirelessly gave me your breast to suck -My kind mothers wandering in the three samsaric realms, oh no!
May I guide you on Chenrezig's path. OM MANI PADME HUM HRIH
When your eyes were tightly closed by sleep
You swiftly protected me from heat and cold -My kind mothers wandering in the three samsaric realms, oh no!
May I guide you on Chenrezig's path. OM MANI PADME HUM HRIH
When I crawled on all four like an animalYou taught me how to walk on my feet -My kind mothers wandering in the three samsaric realms, oh no!
May I guide you on Chenrezig's path. OM MANI PADME HUM HRIH When I was three years oldYou kept an eye on me wherever I went -My kind mothers wandering in the three samsaric realms, oh no!
May I guide you on Cherezig's path. OM MANI PADME HUM HRIH When I was five years old You showed me how to dress myself properly -My kind mothers wandering in the three samsaric realms, oh no!
May I guide you on Chenrezig's path. OM MANI PADME HUM HRIH When I was ten years oldYou taught me how to understand and decide things -My kind mothers wandering in the three samsaric realms, oh no!
May I guide you on Chenrezig's path.OM MANI PADME HUM HRIH Your mind was one-pointedly focussed [on my welfare] -My kind mothers wandering in the three pitiful samsaric realms
May I guide you on Chenrezig's path.OM MANI PADME HUM HRIH [Throughout,] you were always calm and fair -My kind mothers wandering in the three pitiful samsaric realms
May I guide you on Chenrezig's path.OM MANI PADME HUM HRIH You gave your permission when it was time for me to leave -My kind mothers wandering in the three pitiful samsaric realms
May I guide you on Chenrezig's path.OM MANI PADME HUM HRIH You gave your permission when it was time for me to leave -My kind mothers wandering in the three pitiful samsaric realms
May I guide you on Chenrezig's path.OM MANI PADME HUM HRIH [Because of your love] I became independent after I had left you -My kind mothers wandering in the three pitiful samsaric realms
May I guide you on Chenrezig's path. OM MANI PADME HUM HRIH If sudden disasters were to carry you off -My kind mothers wandering in the three pitiful samsaric realms
May I guide you on Chenrezig's path. OM MANI PADME HUM HRIH And you would end up in some unknown place -My kind mothers wandering in the three pitiful samsaric realms
May I guide you on Chenrezig's path. OM MANI PADME HUM HRIH May our minds become ultimately inseparable -My kind mothers wandering in the three pitiful samsaric realms
May I guide you on Chenrezig's path. OM MANI PADME HUM HRIH Dear mother, do not be angry when I say this:My thoughts go to you again and again
And your kind acts make me weep -My kind mothers wandering in the three pitiful samsaric realms
May I guide you on Chenrezig's path. OM MANI PADME HUM HRIH Mother, when it is time for your mind to leave this body
May you be born in a supremely blissful state and
Having been born there, may you attain the heart of enlightenment
Having attained that, may you act for the benefit of all beings
Words of vast and deep meaning break my heartVajradhara in the pure realm of Akanistha
And Padma Jungne in Ngayab LingPlease let the ability to repay the kindness of my mothers
Awaken in me, Palden Karmapa from the snowy regions
(Karmapa Ranjung Dorje wrote these short verses to repay the kindness of his mother. May all be auspicious!)
May I guide you on Chenrezig's path. OM MANI PADME HUM HRIH If sudden disasters were to carry you off -My kind mothers wandering in the three pitiful samsaric realms
May I guide you on Chenrezig's path. OM MANI PADME HUM HRIH And you would end up in some unknown place -My kind mothers wandering in the three pitiful samsaric realms
May I guide you on Chenrezig's path. OM MANI PADME HUM HRIH May our minds become ultimately inseparable -My kind mothers wandering in the three pitiful samsaric realms
May I guide you on Chenrezig's path. OM MANI PADME HUM HRIH Dear mother, do not be angry when I say this:My thoughts go to you again and again
And your kind acts make me weep -My kind mothers wandering in the three pitiful samsaric realms
May I guide you on Chenrezig's path. OM MANI PADME HUM HRIH Mother, when it is time for your mind to leave this body
May you be born in a supremely blissful state and
Having been born there, may you attain the heart of enlightenment
Having attained that, may you act for the benefit of all beings
Words of vast and deep meaning break my heartVajradhara in the pure realm of Akanistha
And Padma Jungne in Ngayab LingPlease let the ability to repay the kindness of my mothers
Awaken in me, Palden Karmapa from the snowy regions
(Karmapa Ranjung Dorje wrote these short verses to repay the kindness of his mother. May all be auspicious!)
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