Bhavatu sabba mangalam

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Bhavatu sabba mangalam

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Hi guys.
A person asked me to write in Tibetan this Pali mantra: Bhavatu sabba mangalam for a tattoo.
I am trying to translate it in Sanskrit, first, and then transliterated it in Tibetan.
So, my try in Sanskrit: Bhavanthu sarva mangalam.
I can't find a transliteration of the first word. The other two are སརྦ་མངྒལཾ། I think...
In Tibetan language it could be translated སེམས་ཅད་ཐམས་ཅད་བཀྲ་ཤིས། or it is wrong?
I do prefer to transliterated the Sanskrit, anyway...
Thanks a lot! :namaste:
May I be protector for those without one, 
A guide for all travellers on the way; 
May I be a bridge, a boat and a ship 
For all who wish to cross
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Re: Bhavatu sabba mangalam

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In sanskrit it is bhavatu sarva mangalam.
You don't need plural here.
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Thanks a lot!
It remains the issue of the Tibetan transliteration...
May I be protector for those without one, 
A guide for all travellers on the way; 
May I be a bridge, a boat and a ship 
For all who wish to cross
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Re: Bhavatu sabba mangalam

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Not that it matters but I always thought 'bhavatu sarva mangalam' was a Hindu mantra.
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Re: Bhavatu sabba mangalam

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It is a mantra thought in Buddhist context too, I think. But not in this form in Vajrayana context. It is related to Vipassana meditation as thought by Goenka, I think
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A guide for all travellers on the way; 
May I be a bridge, a boat and a ship 
For all who wish to cross
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Sarva Mangalam is used in Buddhism too... I think it is a general auspicious pronouncement: "May all beings be happy"

So it is similar to the first of the "four immeasurables" prayer common in Tibetan tradition:

May all beings have happiness and the cause of happiness.

May they be free of suffering and the causes of suffering.

May they never be separated from the supreme happiness which is without suffering.

May they remain in the boundless equanimity, free from both attachment to some and rejection of others.

I remember that at teachings with Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche he used to pronounce "Sarva Mangalam!" out loud, coming or going. So it is not unusual for a Tibetan teacher to pronounce it also.
Contentment is the ultimate wealth;
Detachment is the final happiness. ~Sri Saraha
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Re: Bhavatu sabba mangalam

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How would one translate the "Four Immeasurables" prayer into Sanskrit?

I imagine "Bhavatu sarva mangalam" is a good start?

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