Passage

nyams na gso thabs kyang shes par bya ba las/ smon pa nyams na de gso pa ste/ de'ang nyams byed kyi rkyen: zhum pa dang/ sgyid lug pa dang/ lam gzhan la 'jug pa gsum las/

(1) zhum pa ni bdag 'dra bas gzhan don mi nus snyam na gtong bas/ de'i gnyen por dal 'byor thob cing sems bskyed pa'i dus 'dir zhum pa spangs te gzengs bstod pa ni/ [630]... (Mdo sde'i rgyan)

(2) sgyid lug pa ni lam gyi phan ma mthong zhing/ dka' spyod kyi nyes pa mthong nas sgyid lug na gtong bas/ de'i gnyen por phan yon dang brod pa bstan nas bzod par gdams pa ni/ (Spyod 'jug)

(3) lam gzhan la 'jug pa: theg chen las nyan thos kyi lam mchog tu 'dzin na'ang gtong bas/ de'i gnyen por nyes pa dang/ phan yon bsgom pa gnyis las/ nyan rang gi lam rdzogs pa'i byang chub tu ring ba ni/...(Rnam snang mngon byang) ...theg chen gyi phan yon tshad med ba ni/...

Note

In this passage Klong chen pa discusses each the three conditioning factors that make one fail in the aspiration aspect of the bodhicitta commitment: faint heartedness, complacency, and following other paths. He also indicates, in each case, the appropriate counter agent.

by David Higgins