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Generating the Mind for Enlightenment

Buddha statue in TX garden

With a wish to free all beings
I shall always go for refuge
to the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha
until I reach full enlightenment.

Enthused by wisdom and compassion,
today in the Buddha's presence
I generate the Mind of Full Awakening
for the benefit of all sentient beings.

As long as space endures,
as long as sentient beings remain,
until the, may I too remain
and dispel the miseries of the world.

For more information about these vows, please read this passage from "Mind in Comfort and Ease: Living the Great Perfection", His Holiness the Dalai Lama, ISBN: 978-0861714933
Generating the Mind for Enlightenment


The Three Jewels

I take refuge in the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha
Until I attain Enlightenment.
By merit accumulations from practicing generosity and the other perfections
May I attain Enlightenment, for the benefit of all sentient beings.

Until I am enlightened,
I go for refuge to the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha.
Through the virtue I create by practising giving and the other perfections,
may I become a Buddha to benefit all sentient beings.

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