Three Reasons for Confidence A Work Telling the Life and Liberation Story of the Great Master Padmākara or The Life and Liberation of Padma According to the Indian Tradition by Tāranātha

Trisong Detsen/Samye Monastery

Three Dharma Kings

All dharmas arise from causes All dharmas cease from causes Thus speaks our great sage, the Buddha This is what he constantly teaches

With skillful compassion, born into the Shakya clan, Subduing Mara's armies that others could not tame, With majestic dignity, body like golden Mount Meru, I bow my head to the lotus feet of Shakyamuni Buddha.

In the three times and releasing karmic bonds, Attaining enlightenment with dragons and devas, All bow to the precious honored one above, Below his wondrous, dignified lotus feet.

Three major traditions of Buddhism