sa'am 'on te mtho ris na/ /

skyes nas la la ma shi ba/ /

'ga' zhig khyod kyis mthong ba'am/ /

thos sam 'on te the tshom za/ /

Have you ever, on earth or in the heavens,

Seen a being who was born but will not die?

Have you ever heard that this had happened?

Or even had suspicions that it might?

drang srong chen po lnga mngon shes/ /

mkha' la rgyang ring 'gro ba yang/ /

gang na 'chi med spyod yul ba'i/ /

gnas der 'gro ba yod ma yin/ /

Great rishis with the five superknowledges,

Can fly far and wide through the sky,

Yet they will never reach a place

Where they might live and never die.

Letter of Consolation