[The thirty-seventh practice is the explication given by Lama Thogs-med bsang-po of his work and his dedication of it.]
Basing myself in the teachings of the Sutra, the Tantra and the Shastra, I have grouped these Thirty-seven Practices of the Sons of the budda for usage and for the benefit of those who would like to follow their path.
Because of my limited understanding and my inadequate knowledge, this composition lacks the poetry and the elegance of the language that the scholars revived, but as these teachings depend strictly on the Sutra of the Supreme, I think that they reveal the practices of the bodhisattva free of errors.
However, the immense course of action of the bodhisattvas is difficult for someone of my level or ignorance to understand and realise; I ask also of the Supreme Ones to practise patience towards me and to pardon my imprecision and whatever contradictions and inconsistencies may have crept into this text.
By the merit that I have obtained through this effort, as well as through the power of the two bodhichittas, the relative and the ultimate, may all sentient beings, without remaining within the limits of samsara and nirvana, become like Avalokiteshvara.