In Praise of the Great Stupa III
Author: Fearless Wisdom Vajra; Translator: Mahasanti Karma Tharchin
Near Nepal on the top of bull hone, where all the previous Buddhas blessings gathered, the miraculous 'sacred tree group' (Tib.: Phurba Shinkun) was renowned, to the place of the self-born great buddha stupa I supplicate.
Sakya 'Nyingzen' compassionate power, who sacrifice his body to be eaten by hungry tigress, within the sacred place appeared the bodhisattva relics body, to the bodhisattva great compassionate stupa I supplicate.
The chicken-rearing woman and her four sons together they came and build, together they make auspicious wishes to propagate the right path in the Land of Snow, all their wishes were accomplished as the wish-fulfilling stupa, merely by seeing bestowed liberation, to the place of the great stupa I supplicate
The uncomparable beneficence three sacred buddha stupas, may the merit accumulated from venerating, prostrating, offering and circulating around the stupa, be dedicated to the complete purification of self and others' evil karmic stains, and shiftly attain liberation in reapening the fruits of virtue.
[Translator's note: At Nepal, the place of ancient buddhist civiliazation, there are many renowned sacred places, like the cave where Guru Rinpoche accomplished Dorje Phurba, and Amitayu, the self-born statue of Nagaraja, the self-born statues of 21 taras, the sacred place of Vajrayogini, the 'Talking Tara' and many, many others, they cannot be counted fully. But within these, there are four which are most renowned, and they were those being praised here which were situated at the 'monkey' mountain (Nepal Language: Set-wang-pou) top's 'Pabe Shinkun' great stupa; and one called Namkha Bhuta which is a bit further away from Kade Mundhu, this is the place where Sakyamuni (previous life) offered his body to be eaten by tigress, the 3rd sacred place is explained in the Legend of Maha Buddha Stupa. The 4th sacred place which has not be refer in the praise is the popularly known place where the Buddha was born which is the Lanbini garden. The 4 sacred places now have many Tibetan monasteries. In these 4 great sacred places, except the story of Lanbini and Namo Buddha, the other 2 'Pabe Shinkun' great buddha stupa and 'Bodhi Great Buddha Stupa', people only know they are sacred place, but what they don't know is that behind these 2 sacred places, there have been some touching historical events.]