Passage

A. spang blang nges pa'i gnas gzhan bstan pa

1. chos bzhi nges pa'i blang dor

a. chos bzhi blang dor mdor bstan pa

mdor na nag po'i chos bzhi spang bya zhing [622.5]
dkar po'i chos bzhi dag la nan tan bya/

(1) nag po'i chos bzhi rgyas par bshad

(1) mchod 'os slu dang (2) 'gyod pa med pa bskyed [622.6]

(3) dam pa rnams la mi snyan sgrogs pa dang

(4) 'gro ba'i nang na g.yo dang sgyus spyod pa

nag po'i chos bzhi lags pas spang 'tshal lo/

(2) dkar po'i chos bzhi rab tu dbye ba

(1) dam pa bsten zhing yon tan bsngags pa brjod [623.3]

(2) sems can rnams ni yang dag dge la bskul

(3) rgyal sras rnams la ston pa'i 'du shes bskyed

(4) lhag pa'i bsam pas 'gro la phan bde byed

dkar po'i chos rab bzhi po bste par mdzod/

Note

In this passage Klong chen pa delineates the four black actions to be avoided and four white actions to be embraced. His source for both is the Dkon mchog brtsegs pa'i 'od srungs kyis zhus pa'i mdo {116336} (see Shing rta chen po 623.1). See the entry from Bden gnyis shing rta {115781:577.1} and Yon tan rin po che mdzod kyi 'grel pa nyi zla'i sgron me {116381:v2:176.3} for a slightly different account

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Passage

(3) dkar nag chos brgyad bshad

smon sems ston ka'i zla ba gsar pa la
sgra gcan gdong bas thu ba'i mi mthun phyogs [bden gnyis shing rta:577.1, yon tan rin po che mdzod kyi 'grel pa nyi zla'i sgron me:176.3]
nag po'i chos bzhi ring du bskrad par bya/

(1) mchod 'os bslu dang gzhan gyis bsod nams la [bden gnyis shing rta:578.2]

(2) the tshom bskyed nas 'gyod pa'i gnas la sbyar

(3) dam pa rnams la bskur zhing mi snyan sgrog

(4) g.yo dang sgyus spyod gzhan dag mgo bo bskor

chos bzhi gang rung nyams myong smon sems shor
'gyod dang gnyen pos ma slebs thun tshod 'das
de yi mod la sems bskyed 'chor ba yin/
gnyen por che ba dkar po'i chos bzhi ni [bden gnyis shing rta:583.2, yon tan rin po che mdzod kyi 'grel pa nyi zla'i sgron me:182.2]

(1) srog la babs kyang bsam bzhin rdzun mi smra

(2) rgyal sras rnams la ston par gus shing bsngags

(3) g.yo sgyu med pas sems can thams cad gnyer

(4) mtha' dag byang chub lam la dkri ba'o/

Note

On the topic of training in the aspiration phase of bodhicitta, 'Jigs med gling pa discusses the four black and four white actions. He notes in Bden gnyis shing rta p. 576 that the term chos is here used in the sense of complete appropriation of the matter at hand, chos yongs su 'dzin pa and can therefore be either positive or negative depending on the content. His sources include the 'Od srungs kyis zhus pa'i mdo {116336} that Klong chen pa quotes in Shing rta chen po (see the entry {116031:622}) but other sources as well. His black actions are the same as Klong chen pa but his white actions are slightly different. He mentions various sources for these eight in Mahāyāna literature (see Bden gnyis shing rta {115781:581.2}) and then notes that although there are many classifications of the eight white and black actions, Tibetans tend to follow the two charioteers. See his lengthy discussion.

by David Higgins