The Tibetan Book of the Dead · Reading 160 of 170
The Appendix
II: The Path of Good Wishes for Saving from the Dangerous Narrow Passageway of the Bardo
Verses 7–9
When, through intense stupidity, [we are] wandering in the Sangsāra,
Along the bright light-path of the Wisdom of Reality,
May the Bhagavan Vairochana lead us,
May the Mother of Great Space be our rear-guard,
May we be saved from the fearful narrow passage-way of the Bardo,
May we be placed in the state of the perfect Buddhahood.When, through intense illusion, [we are] wandering in the Sangsāra,
Along the bright light-path of the abandonment of hallucinatory fear, awe, and terror,
May the Bhagavans of the Wrathful Ones lead us,
May the bands of the Wrathful Goddesses Rich-in-Space be our rear-guard,
May we be saved from the fearful narrow passage-way of the Bardo,
May we be placed in the state of the perfect Buddhahood.When, through intense propensities, [we are] wandering in the Sangsāra,
Along the bright light-path of the Simultaneously-born Wisdom,
May the Knowledge-Holders lead us,
May the bands of the Mothers, the Dākinīs, be our rear-guard,
May we be saved from the fearful narrow passage-way of the Bardo,
May we be placed in the state of the perfect Buddhahood.