Four Ways of Turning the Mind

Oh! This kind of leisure and endowment is supremely difficult to obtain.
Having obtained this body, which is easily lost,
Do not waste it meaninglessly
But rather use it to attain the ultimate liberation.
Joyous result!

The nature of all phenomena is impermanence;
Death is a certainty for all who are born.
Death can descend anytime like a drop of morning dew on a blade of grass.
Quick! It is the time to make effort for the essence of Dharma.

The fruit of one's positive karma is happiness;
Suffering is the fruit of negative karma.
The inexorable karmic causation is the mode of abiding of all dharmas.
Henceforth, practice the Dharma by distinguishing
Between what should be practiced and what should be given up.

In the three lower realms,
And even in the three higher ones,
There is not an instant of absolute happiness.
I will avoid the root cause of my samsaric existence and practice
The Excellent path of peace to Enlightenment.