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61 It is maintained that the Equipment for
Enlightenment is perfected with ease;
And if one wants to practice Mantra as prescribed
In the Tantras: Action, Practice,
and on,
62 Then, to gain the Preceptor-Initiation,
One must first win a holy Guru
By giving him attendance and precious things
And by obedience to his word.
63 And when the Preceptor-Initiation has been
Conferred by the Guru who was won over,
Then one is purified of all sin, and [277b]
Becomes fit to exercise the
Powers.
64 The Secret and Insight Initiations
Should not be taken by religious celibates,
Because it is emphatically forbidden
In the Great Tantra of
Primal Buddha.
65 If those Initiations were taken by one who stays
In the austerity of a religious celibate,
It would violate his vow of austerity
Since he would be practicing
what is forbidden.
66 Transgressions would occur which defeat
The man of religious observance;
And by his certain fall to bad destinies,
He would not even succeed
[in Mantra practice].
67 Having acquired the Preceptor-Initiation,
He may listen to all Tantras and explain them;
Perform Fire-offering, Gift-worship, and the like:
There is no wrong in wisdom
about reality.
68 I, the Elder, Dipamkarasri,
Having seen this explanation in texts
Such as the sutras; and Byang-chub-'od's request
Have explained concisely
the Path to Enlightenment.
[Colophon]
This completes the Lamp for the Enlightenment Path
Composed by the great Acarya, glorious Dipamkarajnana.
Translated and edited by the great Upadhyaya of India himself,
and by the revisor-translator Dge-ba'i blo-gros.
This text was composed at the Tho-ling temple of Zhang-zhung.