When the five dark ages occur,
This is the way to transform them into the path of bodhi.
This is the essence of the amrita of the oral instructions,
Which were handed down from the tradition of the sage Suvarnadvipa.
Having awakened the karma of previous training
And being urged on by intense dedication,
I disregarded misfortune and slander
And received oral instruction on taming ego-fixation.
Now, even at death, I will have no regrets.
(These two verses are the concluding comments of Geshe Chekawa Yeshe Dorje, the author of "The Root Text of the Seven Points of Training the Mind.")