{"collection":"Buddhism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bud/tib/hp.htm","path":"bud/tib/hp.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bud/tib/hp.htm","text":"HYMN OF PRAISE\nI hold aloft the scepter of compassion, the diamond thunderbolt of\nlove. Its' five prongs showing the five wisdoms, conquering the five\npassions. I must be worthy to uphold it.\nI hold aloft its' companion, the bell of wisdom, ringing freedom\nthroughout the universes. I resolve never to separate from the perfect\nwisdom, to realize I cannot be separate. I will ring the bell\nthroughout all worlds, throughout all lives.\nI hold them together to show the non-duality of wisdom and\ncompassion, with every fiber of my being, throughout all worlds.\nI receive the bow and arrow, the bow of wisdom of selflessness,\nthe arrow of communication, precise teaching, sending out the messages\nof wisdom to all beings. I shoot the arrow of freedom everywhere, in\nall directions, to slay the enemy of ignorance, and cynicism, and\ndespair.\nI receive the wheel of majesty and truth. I vow to turn the wheel,\nto liberate all beings, to preserve their freedoms.\nI hold the gesture of sophisticated understanding, fine\ndistinction between good and evil, beauty and ugliness.\nI uphold the book, the teaching of the Buddha Yamantaka, conqueror\nof death. I accept responsibility for the teaching.\nI remind all beings of the ground of freedom and the void.\nI hold in reverence the ornaments of our teacher, His Holiness the\nDalai Lama, always with us in our hearts.\nThe gesture of non-duality, the gesture of offering.\nI receive the radiant wish-fulfilling jewel, to uphold the\nteachings of the jewel clan of the Buddhas.\nI receive the vajra of the vajra clan.\nMy hands are dancing gods and goddesses of worship.\nI receive the lotus of the lotus clan.\nI touch the earth.\nI uphold my vajra scepter and bell.\nI uphold the sword of the sword clan, turning envy into all\naccomplishing wisdom and its' teachings.","title":"Hymn of Praise","type":"page"}