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Can anybody translate this short paragraph in Tibetan

Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2016 10:17 pm
by Ser
One of the instructors at my school has this posted on the wall of his office:

http://i.imgur.com/xhHHh2K.jpg
(1150x1009 jpg image)

I've been curious to find out what it says, but unfortunately, after transcribing the first words of the first line (།འཇིག་རྟེན་བདེ་བ་ཇེ་) the string of letters seems to be ungoogleable. Can any of you guys translate it, or point out a website where I might get a translation for free?

Re: Can anybody translate this short paragraph in Tibetan

Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2016 12:31 am
by kuroda
I haven't 'done' Tibetan in nearly thirty years, but this still struck me as grammatically, orthographically? phonetically? and stylistically weird, not-normal. But I think the gist is pretty clear:

'Whatever amount of happiness in the world,
That all has arisen from desiring happiness for others;
Whatever amount of suffering in the world
That all has arisen from desiring happiness for oneself'.

Re: Can anybody translate this short paragraph in Tibetan

Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2016 11:13 am
by Nachtuil
I have to say Tibetan really does have a beautiful script/alphabet.

Re: Can anybody translate this short paragraph in Tibetan

Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2016 1:37 pm
by kuroda
Looking at that???????

You ain't seen dbu-med orthography, then :)