Four ambitions 四依／噶當巴四誓願
The four ambitions (Wyl. gtad pa bzhi), which are counted among the ten innermost riches of the Kadampas, are:
- Set your mind upon the Dharma (blo phugs chos la gtad)
- Entrust your Dharma to a life of poverty (chos phugs sprang la gtad)
- Consign your life of poverty to eventual death (sprang phugs shi la gtad)
- Let that death be in an empty, barren hollow (shi phugs grog po skam la gtad)
Alternative Translations
- Four basic aims
- Four entrustments
- Four objectives
