At this time of having obtained the rare great ship of freedoms and riches,

To listen, reflect, and meditate, without any distraction day and night,

In order to liberate oneself and others from the ocean of samsara

Is the practice of bodhisattvas.

-from the 37 practices of a bodhisattva.

all quotations are from “Illuminating the Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva by Chokyi Dragpa