The ten rule: (poem) by Tsangyang Gyatso
The first, the one you should not meet,so then you may not love 。
The second, the one you should not known well,so then you may not lovesick。
The third, the one you should not accompany,so then you may not owe 。
The fourth,the one you should not pity,so then you may not recall。
The fifth,the one you should not love,so then you may not abandon。
The sixth,the one you should not opposite,so then you may not meet。
The seventh,the one you should not harm,so then you may not negative。
The eighth,the one you should not wish,so then you may not go on。
The ninth ,the one you should not rely on,so then you may not snuggle。
The tenth,the one you should not meet,so then you may not have a meeting。
A brief introduction to Tsangyang Gyatso: As a Dalai Lama, Tsangyang had composed excellent works of songs and poems, but often went against the principles of the Gelug School of Tibetan Buddhism. For example, he decided to give his Getsul vow to the Panchen Lama Lobsang Yeshi Palsangpo at eighteen, instead of taking the usual Gelong.
The Panchen Lama, who was the abbot of Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, and Prince Lhazang, the younger brother of the Po Gyalpo Wangyal, persuaded him not to do so.
Tsangyang Gyatso, enjoyed a lifestyle that included drinking, the company of women and men, and writing love songs. He visited Lobsang Yeshe, the Fifth Panchen Lama, in Shigatse and requesting his forgiveness, renounced the vows of a novice monk.He ordered the building of the Tromzikhang palace in Barkhor, Lhasa.
Tsangyang Gyatso had always rejected life as a monk, although this did not mean the abdication of his position as the Dalai Lama. Wearing the clothes of a normal layman and preferring to walk than to ride a horse or use the state palanquin, Tsangyang only kept the temporal prerogatives of the Dalai Lama. He also visited the parks and spent nights in the streets of Lhasa, drinking wine, singing songs and having amorous relations with girls. Tsangyang retreated to live in a tent in the park near the northern escarpment of Potala. Tsangyang finally gave up his discourses in public parks and places in 1702, which he had been required to do as part of his training.
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