Sadhana&Prayers

Sadhana& Prayers
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A Short Daily Sadhana
Eight Verses of Training The Mind
Offering The Mandala
Other Preliminary Prayers
Taking Refuge and Generating Bodhicitta
The Four Immeasurables
The Nine Attitudes of Devotion to the Guru
Advice From Atishas Heart
Light Offering Prayer
General Prayers
50 Verses Of Guru Devotion
Long-life Prayer by Kensur Konchok Tsering Rinpoche
Long-life Prayer by Trijang Choktrul Rinpoche
A Black Manjushri Sadhana
A Disciples Prayer
Song Of The Mystic Experiences Of Lama Je Rinpoche
In Praise Of The Incomparable Tsongkhapa
Prayer for the Flourishing of Je Tsongkhapas Teachings
Song of the Tricosmic Master
Vajrasattvas Purification Practice

The Practice Of The Single Yellow Dzambala
A Song Of Longing For Tara The Infallible
A Prayer To Saraswati
Praises To The 21 Taras
Medicine Buddha Practice
Gaden Lhagyama Je Tsongkhapas Guru Yoga
Extracts From The Gaden Lhagyama
The Heart Sutra
Ganglongma: Praise to Manjushri
A Concert of Names of Manjushri
Praise to Vajrayogini
Sacred Vajrayoginis Tea offering For those who have high
aspirations
A Song Rapidly Invoking Blessings
A Gem to Increase Life and Wisdom White Tara
WITHOUT INITIATION Long Life Deity Prayer Amitayus
WITH INITIATION Long Life Deity Prayer Amitayus
Long Life Deity Prayer Namgyalma
The Wheel Of Sharp Weapons
35 Confessional Buddhas
The Sutra of the Great Vehicle Called

The Exalted Dispeller of Darkness of the Ten Directions (Traveling
Prayer)
A SITATAPATRA SADHANA (White Umbrella)
Prayer To Sengdongma
Praise To The Protectoress Palden Lhamo
Praise To The Dharma-King Kalarupa
Prayer & Serkym to the Dharmapala Setrap
Exaltation Of The Foe-Vanquishing Devas (Incense Offering)
A Prayer For The Beginning, Middle and End
General Dedication
The King Of Prayers
Shantidevas Dedication Prayer
Yonten Shigyurma The Foundation of All Realisations
Lamrim Prayer
Tnbarma Causing the Teachings of the Buddha to Flourish
The Bodhisattva Vows
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A Short Daily Sadhana
Some people dont know where to

start, or what to include in their daily sadhana. This blog post is to
help those who need a bit of guidance for a basic structure. I have
noted the areas within this sadhana where you can insert other deity
prayers/praises/mantras.
It is very good and beneficial to do a daily sadhana. It is very easy
and can be customized to your time and convenience. Some days
you might have a bit more time, so you can do more mantras, and on
some days when you might not have that much time, this basic
structure will be more than good enough.
This template will help give you a bit more flexibility, while still
covering all the important prayers.
Tsem Rinpoche
Multiplying Mantra
OM SAMBHARA SAMBHARA VIMANA SARA MAHA JAVA HUNG
OM MARA MARA VIMANA SARA MAHA JAVA HUNG (7x)
Blessing the Rosary
OM RUTSIRA MANI PRAWA TAYA HUNG (7x)
Taking Refuge
NAMO GURU BEH
NAMO BUDDHA YA
NAMO DHARMA YA
NAMO SANGHA YA (3x)
I take refuge in the Guru
I take refuge in the Buddha
I take refuge in the Dharma
I take refuge in the Sangha (3x)
Generating Bodhicitta
SANG GYE CHO DANG TSOG KYI CHOG NAM LA
JANG CHUB BAR DU DAG NI KYAB SU CHI
DAG GI JIN SOK GYI PAY SO NAM KYI
DRO LA PAN CHIR SANG GYE DRUB PAR SHOG (3x)
I take refuge until I am enlightened in the Buddhas, the Dharma and
the Sangha. By the positive potential I create by practising generosity
and the other far-reaching attitudes, may I attain Buddhahood in
order to benefit all sentient beings. (3x)

SEM CHEN TAM CHE DAY WA DANG DAY WAY GYU DANG DEN
PAR GYUR CHIG
SEM CHEN TAM CHE DUG NGEL DANG DUG NGEL KYI GYU
DANG DREL WAR GYUR CHIG
SEM CHEN TAM CHE DUG NGEL MAY PAY DAY WA DANG MI
DREL WAR GYUR CHIG
SEM CHEN TAM CHE NYE RING CHAG DANG NYI DANG DREL
WAY DANG NYOM LA NAY PAR GYUR CHIG
May all sentient beings have happiness and its causes,
May all sentient beings be free of suffering and its causes,
May all sentient beings never be separated from sorrowless bliss,
May all sentient beings abide in equanimity, free of bias, attachment
and anger.
(At this point, one may also add other preliminaries.)
Eight Verses of Training The Mind

(By Kadampa Geshe Langri Tangpa 1054 1123)
With the determination to accomplish
The highest welfare for all sentient beings
Who surpass even a wish-granting jewel
I will learn to hold them supremely dear.
Whenever I associate with others I will learn
To think of myself as the lowest among all
And respectfully hold others to be supreme
From the very depths of my heart
In all actions I will learn to search into my mind
And as soon as an afflictive emotion arises
Endangering myself and others
I will firmly face and avert it.
I will learn to cherish all beings of bad nature
And those pressed by strong sins and sufferings
As if I had found a precious
Treasure very difficult to find
When others out of jealousy treat me badly
With abuse, slander, and so on,
May I suffer the defeat

And offer the victory to them
When one whom I have benefited with great hope
Unreasonably hurts me very badly,
I will learn to view that person
As an excellent spiritual guide.
In short, I will learn to offer to everyone without exception
All help and happiness directly and indirectly
And respectfully take upon myself
All harm and suffering of my mothers.
I will learn to keep all these practices
Undefiled by the stains of the eight worldly conceptions
And by the understanding of all phenomena as like illusions
Be released from the bondage of attachment.
The Nine Attitudes of Devotion to the Guru

1. That of a filial child. Like a filial child, one thoroughly carries out the
instructions of the Guru without the slightest deviation.
2. That of a Vajra. Like a Vajra that cannot be split apart, even when
facing division created by devils or bad associates, one will never
split away from the Guru.
3. That of the Earth. Like the Earth carrying everything in the world,
one shoulders all assignments ordered by the Guru.
4. That of the Iron Circle of Mountains. Like everlasting mountains,
while abiding under the patronage of the Guru one endures hardships
and sufferings without ever swaying in ones determination.
5. That of a servant. Like an obedient servant, even when one is
obliged to carry out very difficult assignments one holds no grudges
in ones heart.
6. That of a sweeper. Like a humble sweeper, one renounces selfpride and regards oneself as inferior to the Guru.
7. That of a rope. Like a continuous rope, one rejoices in carrying on
the Dharma activities of the Guru, regardless of its degree of difficulty
and heaviness of load.
8. That of a domestic dog. Like a loyal dog, even when the Guru
ridicules, irritates or ignores one, one never responds with anger.
9. That of a boat. Like a ferry one goes back and forth on the Gurus
assignments without any discontent.
(For an extended version, with commentary, click here)
Guru Yoga / Gaden Lhagyama

(For a full description of the visualization of Tsongkhapa and other
Tsongkhapa-related teachings, click here)
INVOCATION
GA-DEN HLA-JI NGON-JYI THUG-KA NEY
RAP-KAR SHO-SAR PUNG-DEE CHU-DZIN TSER
CHO-KYI GYEL-PO KUN-CHEN LOZANG DRAG
SEY-DANG CHE-PA NE-DIR SHEG SU SOL
From the heart of the Lord of the Gaden devas (Maitreya Buddha)
emerges a brilliant white cloud, like a great mass of fresh yoghurt.
Atop sits Tsongkhapa all knowing, King of Dharma;
we request your coming to this place along with your great disciples.
REQUESTING TO STAY
DUN-JYI NAM-KHAR SING-TI PEE-DEE TENG
JE-TSUN LA-MA JYEH-PI DZUM-KAR CHYEN
DAG-LO DE-PE SO-NAM SHING-CHOG TU
TAN-PA JYEH-SHIR KAL-DJAR JUG-SU SOL
My Lord Guru is seated before me upon a lion-throne, lotus and

moon cushion.
His body is white and he smiles blissfully.
Please remain many eons and serve as the great merit field for the
growth of my minds faith,
and for the increase of Lord Buddhas teachings.
PROSTRATION AND PRAISE
SHE-JYEH CHON-KUN JAL-WEY LO-DO THUG
KAL-ZANG NA-WEY JYIN-JUR LIK-SHEY SUNG
DRAG-PI PEL-JYI HLAM-MER DZEY-PI KU
THONG-THO DRAN PI DON DHAN LA-CHAG TSAL
His omniscient wisdom-mind encompasses all that is existent.
His voice is a profound teaching, which ornaments the ear of the
fortunate pupil.
His bodys beautiful radiance evokes wondrous admiration.
To Lama Tsongkhapa whom merely viewing, hearing or
contemplating earns one great merit, I make prostration.
OFFERING
YIH-WONG TCHO-YON NA-TSOG ME-TOG DANG
DRI-JEM DUG-PO NANG-SAL DRID-CHAB SOG
NGO-SHAM YIH TUL TCHO-TIN GYA-TSO DI
SO-NAM SHING-CHOG CHE-LA CHO-PA BUL
I present to you, great field of merit, Tsongkhapa,
beautiful offerings, water, a display of flowers, fragrant incense,
butter-lamps, perfumes and more both physical and mental offerings,
vast as the clouds and wide as the ocean.
CONFESSION
DAG-GI TO-MEY DU-NEH SAG-PA YI
LU-NGAG YIH-KYI DIG-PA CHI-JYI DANG
CHEY-PA DOM-PA SUM-JI MI-TUN SHO
NYING-NEH JO-PA TRAH-PO SO-SOR SHAG
The unwholesome actions of body, speech and mind,

which I have accumulated over a measureless period,
especially actions contrary to the three vows (Vinaya, Bodhisattva,
Vajrayana),
I regret extremely from the depths of my heart, and I reveal each and
every such action.
REJOICING
NIK-MI DU-DIR MANG-THO DRUP-LA TSON
CHO-JYED PANG-PI DAL-JOR DON-YO SHYE
NGON-PO CHEY-KYI LAP-CHEN DZE-PA LA
DAG-CHAG SAM-PA TAG-PEH YI RANG NGO
We totally rejoice in your magnificent achievements, my Lord,
who received numerous teachings and performed the practices with
utmost diligence,
who abandoned the eight worldly objectives
and made the most meaningful use of the eighteen opportune
conditions during these degenerate times.
REQUEST TO TURN THE WHEEL OF DHARMA
JE-TSUN LA-MA DAM-PA CHEY-NAM KYI
CHO-KU KA-LA CHEN-TI TIN-TIK NEY
JI-TAR TSAM-PI DUL-SHIH DZIN-MA LA
ZAB-JI CHO-KYI CHAR-PA WHAP-TU SOL
All you holy Gurus, unerring in conduct,
may you precipitate a rain of realisation of Bodhicitta and Shunyata
from the clouds of all-knowing compassion which fills the
Dharmakaya sky,
providing for the field of disciples precisely what is needed.
REQUESTING TO REMAIN
NAM-DAG WO-SAL YING-LEY JING-PA YI
ZUNG-JUG KU-LA CHAR-NUB MI-NGA YANG
THA-MAL HNANG-NGOR ZUG-KU RAG-PA NYI
SEE-THEE BAR-DU MI-NUB TAN-PA SHUG
May the Vajra body of Tsongkhapa created from the purity of clear
light,
free of the rising and setting of cyclic existence
but visible to the ordinary viewer only in its unsubtle, physical form,
stay on unchanging, without waning, until Samsara ends.
DEDICATION
DAG-SOG JIN-NYEH SAG-PA GE-WA DEE
TAN-DANG DRO-WA KUN-LA GANG-PHAN DANG
CHE-PA JE-TSUN LO-ZANG DRAG-PA YI
TAN-PI NYING-PO RING-DU SAL-SHEH SHOG
May this merit accumulated by myself and others,
beneficially serve all sentient beings and the Buddhadharma
and especially may the essential teachings of the unerring master
Tsongkhapa,
become clear and enduring.
MIGTSEMA (MANTRA OF JE TSONGKHAPA)
This can be recited anytime, anywhere, as many times as possible. It
has the benefits of receiving the blessings of Avalokiteshvara,
Manjushri and Vajrapani.
MIG-MEY TZE-WEY TER-CHEN CHENREZIG
DRI-MEY KHYEN-PI WANG-PO JAMPAL YANG
DU-PUNG MA-LU JOM-DZEY SANG-WEY DAG
GANG-CHEN KE-PEY TSUG-GYEN TSONGKAPA
LO-SANG TRAG-PEY SHAB-LA SOL-WA DEB
(Recite 21x or more, depending on time)
Je Tsongkhapa, crown jewel of the holy Masters of the land of snows,
You are Avalokiteshvara, great goldmine of Compassion untainted by
egos delusion.
You are Manjushri, great Master of stainless wisdom.
You are Vajrapani, great subduer of all the gatherings of demons.
At your feet, famed Lobsang Drakpa,
I humbly bow and earnestly request that all sentient beings achieve
Enlightenment.

LAMA TSONGKHAPA SHORT MANTRA
OM AH RA BA ZA NA DHI (1 mala, followed by 1 mala recitation of
the last syllable DHI, under one breath)
DISSOLVING JE RINPOCHE INTO OURSELVES
PAL-DAN TSA-WEY LA-MA RINPOCHE
DAG-SOG CHI-WOR PE-ME DAN-JUG LA
KA-DRIN CHEN-PO GO-NEY JE-ZUNG TE
KU-SUNG THUG-KYI NGO-DRUP TSAL-DU SOL
Dear worthy root Guru, please ascend the lotus seat
atop the head of myself and the other beings,
and in your great kindness please remain with us.
Bestow upon us the blessings of your body, speech and mind.
DAG-SOG NYING-KHAR PE-ME DAN-JUG LA
CHO-DANG THUN-MONG NGO-DRUP TSAL-DU SOL
Precious, noble, root Guru, please occupy the lotus seat
within our hearts and in your great kindness remain with us.
Please grant us your blessings for our temporal success
and for the supreme attainment.
JANG-CHUB NYING-PO BAR-DU TAN-PAR SHUG
Beloved, noble, root Guru, please occupy the lotus seat
Please stay on until we achieve the great goal of Enlightenment.
(At this point, one may insert other deity prayers. These prayers may
include: Medicine Buddha, Dzambala, Praises to the 21 Taras, A
Song Of Longing For Tara The Infallible,Gem to Increase Life and

Wisdom (White Tara), Praise to Saraswati, Amitayus, Black
Manjushri, Vajrayogini Tea Offering, Praise to Vajrayogini)
Dharmapala Setrap
This is the concise version of the prayer to Lord Setrap Chen, the
Dharma Protector of Kechara House. This prayer is based on the
original Tibetan scripture that is done daily in Gaden Shartse
Monastery to this day.
DAG DUN GYI TUG KAY SA BON LE O
ZER TRO PE RANG ZHIN GYI NE NE
CHO KYONG KOR DANG CHE PA
BEDZA SAMA TZA!
Light emanates from the heart seed syllables of the self and front
generated deities inviting from their natural abode the Dharmapala
and entourage with BEDZA SAMA TZA!
(Thus, contemplate and lighting incense, waving the fan, with
confidence of the wisdom deity, accompanied by ritual music,
chanting, continue:)
INVOCATION (CHENCHEN)
TZA CHI ME LHA YI KANG ZANG DAM PA DANG
DRAG MAR SIN PO TRO DRAY NE CHOG NE
NO JIN TSEN GO CHEN PO SE TRAP CHEN
KOR DANG CHE PA NE DIR SHEG SU SOL
TZA! From the holy celestial mansion of the deathless gods
And the red citadel-like supreme abode of fierce rakshas
O great wild tsen yaksha Setrap Chen
Pray come to this place with your entourage!
SANG GYE KUN NGO PADMA TO TRENG SOG

TSA GYU LA ME KA GO DAM ZHAG PA
JI TAR SUNG ZHING TEN NE GYA PO KYI
TSUG LA KANG ZANG NAM NE SHEG SU SOL
From the excellent temples of India and Tibet,
Those bases which you are under oath to protect.
By order of the root and lineage Gurus such as Padmasambhava
Who is, in actuality, all Buddhas, pray come!
KYE PAR PO YUL JIG TEN MIG CHIG PU
KE NYI MA WA LO DEN SHE RAB KYI
TEN PA TEN TZING GE DUN DE CHE NAM
SUNG CHIR YAR DAM GONG TE SHEG SU SOL
Especially, to protect the teachings, and Sangha
Who uphold the teachings, of the translator, Loden Sherab.
That sole guiding light of the world in Tibet,
Please remember your sworn promise and come!
OM MAHA YAKCHA TSA SAPARIWARA E HYE HI
TZA HUNG BAM HO
They become non-dual with the commitment beings
( contemplate)
DAM TSIG PA DANG NYI SU ME PAR GYUR
PEMA KAMALAYE TAM
HUNG RAB YANG KA PA LA YI NO NANG DU
RANG ZHIN DE TONG NAM PA CHO PAY TZE
NGO SHAM YI TRUL (1.CHO YON) PAG ME DI
CHO KYONG CHEN PO KOR DANG CHE LA BUL
Within fully vast kapala vessels
In nature bliss-void, aspect, object for offering
These boundless beverages, both set out and envisioned
I offer to the great Dharmapala and entourage!
HO GYEL PO NO JIN CHEN PO SE YI TRAP
KOR DANG CHE PA KYE NAM
KYI TA DRIN WANG GI GYEL PO RIG TZIN
PADMA JUNG NE NGO LOG LODEN
SHERAB SOG LAMA DAMPA NAM KYI

CHEN NGAR YAR DAM NYEN PO SHEL GYI
ZHE PA ZHIN GYEL WAY TEN PA SUNG
KON CHOG GI U PANG TO GE DUN GYI
DE KYONG DRO WAY DE KYI PEL KYE
PAR PEL DEN DHARMA CENTER CHO DEY
TSON PAY KAM SUM CHO KYI GYEL PO
TSONG KHAPA CHEN PO RING LUG GANG
DU GYE PAY GON NE DU DE DANG CHE
PA SUNG ZHING KYAB TE DE NO SUM
GYI TO SAM DANG LAB PA SUM GYI
NYAM LEN SOG KOR LO SUM GYI JA WA
NAM PEL WA DANG DAG SOG NAM KYI
GEL KYEN BAR CHO ZHI ZHING TUN
KYEN SAM DON YI ZHIN DU DRUB PAR
TZE DU SOL
O King, great Setrap Chen, and your CHEN entourage!
Just as you have strictly sworn before the lord of power Hayagriva,
the wisdom holder Padmasambhawa, the translator Loden Sherab
and other holy Gurus, Protect Buddhas teachings! Raise status of
the Supreme Rare Jewels! Protect community of Sangha! Spread the
happiness of beings! And especially guard and protect Dharma
communities wherever the three realms king of Dharma
Tsongkhapas tradition has spread, such as glorious Kechara House.
Proliferate activities of the three wheels of Dharma such as studying
the three pitakas and practising the three trainings! And for myself
and others pacify non-conducive conditions and obstructions and
bring about conducive conditions as we wish!
CONFESSION (SHAKPA)
HUNG KU SUM GAR DANG LO DEN SHE RAB SOG
TSA GYU LA MAY TSOG NAM GONG SU SOL
PEL DEN LA MA KU ZHI DAG NYI DU
YI CHE DE PA NYING NE MA GYI SHAG
O dance of the three kayas, hosts of root and lineage

Gurus such as Loden Sherab; please pay attention!
Not maintaining heartfelt faith in the glorious Guru
As being of a nature of the four kayas, I confess.
TAB SHE NYI SU ME PAY GYU GYEL GYI
YI DAM LHA YI TSOG NAM MA LU GONG
NGO DRUB TSA WA DOR JEY DAM TSIG LE
NYAM CHAG NONG PA GANG GYUR TAM CHE SHAG
Hosts of yidam deities of the non-dual means and wisdom
Victorious tantras, without exception, listen!
Whatever is faulty or degenerated among these roots of attainments
My tantric commitments, all I confess.
TRO PA KUN DREL YE SHE CHO KU LE
YO WA ME KYANG GANG DUL ZUG KYI NI
DRO WAY DON TZE CHO KYONG SE TRAP CHEN
KOR DANG CHE PA TSE WE DAG LA GONG
Though unmoving from the wisdom Dharmakaya devoid of
elaboration
Benefiting migrators with whatever form will subdue them
Dharmapala Setrap Chen together with entourage,
Out of compassion, listen to me!
GON KYO NYEN DRUB CHO TOR YEL WA DANG
CHI NANG SANG WAY TEN TZE MA JOR PA
LE KUN DRUB TSE TANG RAG MA GYI SHING
DU TOR GYUN TOR CHAG PA TOL LO SHAG
Protector; being lax in doing your retreat and offering tormas,
Not getting substances for outer, inner, and secret bases,
Not giving thanks at the accomplishment of all activities,
And missing regular and permanent tormas, I reveal and confess.
CHO TOR MEN DANG NYAM DANG MI TSANG BAG
DAM NYAM DRA GEG DRAG PO LE JOR GYI
TSAR CHO MA GYI DE DANG DAM DRE SHING
ZE ZO SUNG KYOB GYI PA LA SOG SHAG
Offering tormas that are inferior, degenerate or polluted,

Not using wrathful yogic activities
To destroy those with broken commitments, enemies, and
obstructors,
Hypocrisy, hoarding, and so forth I confess.
DOR NA TOG ME DUN NE LE NYON GYI
WANG DU GYUR PE GON PO KYO NYI KYI
KU SUNG TUG DANG GEL WA GANG GYI PA
MA LU SAM PA TAG PE SHAG GYI NA
In short, whatever transgressions of your body, speech and mind,
Protector, I have committed under control of beginningless karma and
delusions,
Without exception I confess from the depths of my heart.
TSE WAY PA ME CHE PAY BU TSA ZHIN
TUG JE CHEN PO ZO PA ZHE TZO LA
CHOG DANG TUN MONG NGO DRUB GYA TSO NAM
GEG ME DE LAG DU WAY TRIN LE TZO
Therefore, like a loving parent for their own beloved child,
Show forbearance out of great compassion
And exert enlightening influence to easily gather without obstruction,
Infinite attainments, common and supreme!
PRAISE (TOPA)
Composed by H.H. the 5th Dalai Lama
HUNG PE MA RA GAY LHUN PO TA DONG ME
LEN GYAR KYU PAY PEL TZIN SIN PO ZUG
JIG RUNG GAR GU NYAM KYI NAM ROL WA
CHO KOR KYONG WAY SUNG MA CHE LA TO
In rakshas form, a ruby mountain glorious with a hundred-fold
Embrace of the southern oceans submarine fire,
Emanation in a dance of all possible fury,
Praise the great guardian Protector of the teachings!
ULA SEL TSER BAR WAY SE MOG GYON

LHAG LHAG O TONG KYUG PAG SE TRAB SOL
GA SAB CHE TZE CHANG SHE LA CHIB NE
SI SUM KE CHIG NYUL WA KYOL LA TO
Wearing brightly blazing leather helmet on your crown,
And leather mail glittering with exceedingly bright light,
Mounted on beautifully saddled, bridled wisdom horse,
Exploring the three realms in a single instant, praise to you!
MAG TSOG JE WA GYE PAY BENG CHEN CHAR
DRA GEG CHING WAY ZHAG PA TUG KAR TZIN
KE LA TAG REL ZIG SHUB REL DRI CHANG
TU DEN TSEN GO CHEN PO KYO LA TO
Raising great cudgel dispatching millions of armed hosts,
At heart holding the noose which binds enemies and obstructers
At belt hang tiger-skin quiver, leopard-skin bow case and sword
The powerful great wild tsen, praise to you!
KU SUNG TUG DANG YON TEN TRIN LE KYI
TRUL PA ZHI DANG TRO CHAG ROL GAR KEN
NAM GYUR CHIR YANG TEN PAY TU TSEL CHEN
LHA LU TSEN GO RIG GYUR NAM LA TO
Dancer who sends forth peaceful and wrathful emanations
Of body, speech and mind, qualities and activities,
With powerful ability to exhibit any appearance whatsoever
Praise to your transformations as wild tsen, devas and nagas!
BEN NGAG MON PA TAG SHAR A TSAR YA
TSEL LU JI LA TRUL NAG TRA TREU SOG
DRANG ME TRUL PA JIG RUNG KOR TSOG KYI
SA ZHI BAR NANG KYON KUN GENG HA TO
Monks, tantrikas, tribals, youths and clowns,
Cocks, cats, black snakes, apes & so forth,
Praise the numberless dreadful emanations
In your entourage which fill the expanse of earth and sky!
ZE TSANG SE KYI TEN PA RIN PO CHE

SHE DANG DRUB PE PEL WAY DU PAY DE
DE TZIN KYE BU GYU JOR JIN PAY DAG
YAR NGO DA TAR PEL ZHING GYE PAR TZO
Cause the precious teachings of Buddha Shakyamuni,
The assembly which spreads them through teaching and practice,
And the sponsors of those who uphold the teachings,
To increase and flourish like the waxing moon!
JIG TEN KUN TUN NE MUG TRUG TSO SOG
DU KYI CHE PA MA LU KUN ZHI NE
GYE TRI TSE TUB TZAM LING MI ZHIN DU
TZOG DEN SAR PAY TSE GA GO PAR TZO
In all worlds pacify interruption without exception,
Such as disease, starvation, arguments and conflict,
And, as when people live to 80,000 in Jambudvipa,
Set beings in perfection, fresh culmination of joy!
KYE PAR PA ROL CHIN DANG TSE MA SOG
GYEN DRUG CHOG NYI ZHUNG LUG TO SAM GYI
TEN LA BEB PAY DHARMA CENTERS TIDE
JE DRANG CHE KUN DAR ZHING GYE PAR TZO
Especially cause the spread and flourishing of all Dharma Centers,
Together with all its followers, those who understand
Through study, the two supreme and six ornaments
Scriptures on the perfections, valid cognition and so forth.
DOR NA DAG CHAG GON NE MI NOR KUN
TEN SUNG CHEN PO KYO LA NYER TE NA
NYIN TSEN DU DRUG SUNG ZHING KYOB PA DANG
ZHI GYE WANG DRAG TRIN LE LHUN DRUB TZO
In brief, since we entrust to you, Great Dharmapala,
Our spiritual abode, people, property and all,
Protect us throughout day and nights six periods,
And spontaneously exert peaceful, increasing, powerful and wrathful
enlightening influence!
KANSHAG/KAWANG
An ocean of blood stirred by waves
Flowers of sense organs stacked in mounds
Smoke of burnt flesh gathered like clouds
Lamp of melted human fat, bright as the sun
Perfume of human grease filling vessels
Food to eat of flesh and bones
Various music thundering like a thousand dragons
Sturdy hard vajra armor which protects life
Various weapons which destroy enemies
Clever horse which traverse the billion worlds
Wish fulfilling cow bearing a stream of milk
Baboons, monkeys, cat and cocks
Goats, sheep, drong, yaks, elephants, lions and tigers
A mountain of torma soaring to the sky
Swirling lake of tea and beer to drink
Mount Sumeru, four lands, sun and moon
The seven royal objects and five senses
Thus, all wealth of humans and devas
Actually arranged and mentally envisioned
And blessed into a sky treasure, with this
May Setrap Chens heart commitments be fulfilled
May the six emanations heart commitments be fulfilled
May the infinite entourages heart commitments be fulfilled
May you fulfill commitments and restore degeneration!
SERKYM OFFERING
Golden drink offering black tea, milk or yogurt. Composed by H.H.
Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche
OM AH HUM (3x)
HUNG NGO DRUB CHAR BEB LA MA YI DAM LHA
TRIN LE DRUB TZE KA DRO CHO KYONG SOG
DO GU TSANG WAY SER KYEM CHO PA DI

BUL LO SUNG KYOB YEL WA ME PAR TZO (T)
Those who pour down the attainments, Gurus, yidam deities,
Performers of activity, dakinis, Dharmapalas, and so forth
This golden drink replete with all one could wish is offered;
Never waver in your protection! (T)
HRI KYE PAR GYEL WAY TEN PA SUNG WAY TSO
SE YI TRAB CHEN KOR DANG CHE NAM LA
BUL LO SUNG KYOB YEL WA ME PAR TZO (T)**
HRI! Especially, principal guardian of the Conquerors Teachings,
Setrap Chen along with entourage to you
Never waver in your protection! (T)**
KU YI TRUL PA MI ZE MUN PAY ZUG
NEU LU TREN YANG TRUL PO NYAR CHE
BUL LO DANG WAY DRA WO TSE NE CHO (T)
Body emanation of irresistible dark form,
And your emanated messengers, mongoose, and tsen,
Cut down hateful enemies! (T)
SUNG TRUL DU KYI ME CHE YO WAY GAR
TRO TUM DRAG SHUL TSEN GO PO NYAR CHE
BUL LO LOG TAY DE PUNG CHAM LA POB (T)
Speech emanation dancing like fire of times ends flames,
And messenger, wild tsen with expression of fierce wrath,
Banish forces with distorted views completely! (T)
BUM TRAG TON DA TSEG PAY LANG TSO CHE
TUG KYI TRUL PA LHA RIG PO NYAR CHE

BUL LO MI TUN BAR CHE ZHI WAR TZO (T)
With graceful beauty of hundred-thousand-fold autumn moons,
Mind emanation and messenger of deva family,
Pacify negative interferences! (T)
SI SUM YI WANG YE KYIL DUNG GI DRE
NYO JE JE YI GYEL PO PO NYAR CHE
BUL LO TEN YO LEG TSOG WANG DU DU (T)
Crazer of the three realms beings minds with sounds
Of right-spiralling conch, and messenger, King of lords,
Powerfully attract all goodness of animate and inanimate worlds! (T)
LHUN DUG GANG RI DUM BU KYO PAY NYAM
YON TEN TRUL PA TER SUNG PO NYAR CHE
BUL LO SI ZHI GE TSEN GYE PAR TZO (T)
With expression shaking the atoms of massive snow mountains,
Quality emanation and messenger, Guardian of treasures,
Increase all samsaric and nirvanic excellence! (T)
DUG CHEN TRAG GI SHER WAY SIN PO ZUG
TRIN LE TRUL PA TSEN GO PO NYAR CHE
BUL LO NEL JOR LE LA TSEL MA ZHEN (T)
In form of a raksha, wet with vicious beings blood,
Activity emanation and messenger, wild tsen
In yogic activity be not weak of power! (T)
ZHEN YANG LHA LU TSEN DU A TSA RA
MON PA JIG RUNG DREG PAY MAG TSOG NAM

BUL LO GEL KYEN SOL LA TUN KYEN DRUB (T)
Furthermore, devas, nagas, tsen, maras and tantrikas,
Tribal natives, and fearsome proud army forces,
Dispel contrary conditions and provide all facilities! (T)
(At the verse below, pour tea till finished:)
GYEL TEN SHE DRUB CHO ZHIN GYE PA DANG
DE TZIN LA MAY KU TSE TRIN LE PEL
NO PAY GEG DOG DANG DRA ZHOM PA DANG
CHOL WAY LE KUN TRIN LE YI ZHIN DRUB
Increase Buddhist Teaching and Practice in accord with Dharma,
Augment life span and spread activities of Gurus who uphold it,
Stop harmful obstructers and conquer hateful enemies,
And accomplish all requested aims with activity as wished!
Note: (T) Pour tea once (T)** Pour tea 21x or 108x (as instructed)
ENTHRONEMENT
HUNG NGO DRUB GYA TSO DE LAG TSOL TZE CHING
SA LAM BAR CHE MA LU KUN SEL WAY
DOR JE CHANG WANG TSA GYU LA MA DANG
YER ME JE TSUN DAM PAR NGA SOL LO
We enthrone you as The Holy Venerable One
Inseparable with root and lineage Vajradhara Gurus
Grantor of infinite easy attainments
And dispeller of all obstructions on the path without exception!
LUNG TOG YON TEN NGA DAG TZOG SANG GYE
ZHI ZHING DO CHAG KUN DREL DAM PAY CHO
ZHEN DON CHO PE MI NGEL GE DUN DE
KYAB SUM DU PAY NGO WOR NGA SOL LO
We enthrone you in the nature embodying the three refuges;

The fully enlightened, verbal and realised Dharmas sovereign,
Holy Dharma, peaceful, freed from all attachment,
And Sangha, untiring in serving others welfare!
CHO YING CHE NE GANG DUL NA TSOG ZUG
CHU DA TA BUR MA DRE YONG SHAR WA
DRANG ME GYU DEY KYIL KOR KUN GYI TSO
YI DAM LHA YI NGO WOR NGA SOL LO
From emptiness great sphere, whatever various forms will subdue
Full distinctly appear like the moons reflection in water;
Principal of all tantric sets countless mandalas,
We enthrone you in nature of the yidam deity!
TZAM BU LING GI TSUG LAG KANG NAM DANG
TEN DANG TEN TZIN GE DUN DU PAY DE
MA LU KYONG TZE DOG MAR SIN PO ZUG
CHO KYONG YONG KYI TSO WOR NGA SOL LO
In form of a red raksha protecting, without exception,
The temple libraries of Jambudvipa
The teachings, and Sangha assembly upholding them,
We enthrone you as principal of all Dharmapalas!
TSUL ZHIN TEN CHING CHO PAY GANG ZAG LA
CHOG TUN NGO DRUB YI ZHIN WANG GI GYEL
DE LAG TSOL TZE YI ZHIN NOR BU TAR
RE WA KUN KANG GON POR NGA SOL LO (3x)
Powerful King granting all wished common and supreme attainments
To anyone who properly relies on and propitiates you;
Bestowing all easily like a wish-granting gem,
We enthrone you as Protector who fulfils all hopes! (3x)
DAG CHAG PON LOB KOR CHE GON KYO LA
NYER DU TE DO YEL ME SUNG WA DANG
MI TUN KUN ZHI CHI DO NGO DRUB KUN
SAM PA TSAM GYI DRUB PAR TZE DU SOL (3x)
We, master, disciples and entourage,

Entrust ourselves to you, Protector, guard us unceasingly!
Pacify all negative circumstances and grant accomplishment
Of whatever desired attainments at our mere wish! (3x)
Mantra: OM MAHA YAKCHA TSA SOHA (1x mala)
At the conclusion of any meritorious activities such as making

offering, prayers, etc., it is essential to dedicate the merits that we
have accumulated for the benefit of all sentient beings.
Completion Dedication
JANG-JUB SEM-CHOK RINPOCHE
MA-KYE PA-NAM KYE-GYUR CHIK
KYE-PA NYAM-PA ME-PA YANG
GONG-NA GONG-DU PEL-WAR SHUG
May the precious Bodhi-mind,
Where it is not born arise and grow
May that born have no decline
But increase forever more.
TONG-NI TONG-WA RINPOCHE
May the precious Emptiness
CHE-PAR JE-TSUN LO-ZANG DRAG-PA YI
TAN-PI NYING-PO RING-DU SAL-SHEH SHUG
May this merit accumulated by myself and others beneficially serve

all sentient beings and the Buddhadharma and especially may the
essential teachings of the unerring Master Tsongkhapa, become
clear and enduring.
Prayer by Je Tsongkhapa
KYE-WA KUN-TU YANG-DAK LA-MA DANG
DRAL-ME CHO-KYI PAL-LA LONG-CHO CHING
SA-DANG LAM-GYI YON-TEN RAP-DZOK NA
DORJE CHANG-GI GO-PANG NYUR-TO SHUG
In all my rebirths may I not be parted from perfect Gurus,
Let me enjoy the abundance of the Dharma!
Perfecting the quality stages and paths
May I quickly attain the rank of Vajradhara Buddha.
Dedication of virtue
GE-WA DI-YI NYUR-DU DAK
LA-MA SANG-GYE DRUP-GYUR NA
DRO-WA CHIK-KYANG MA-LU PA
DE-YI SA-LA GO-PAR SHUG
By this virtue, may I quickly
Realize Guru-Buddhahood,
And transfer each sentient being
Into that Enlightened state.
CHO KHI GYAL PO TSONG KHA PA
CHO TSUL NAM PAR PHEL WA LA
GEK KI TSHAN MA ZHI WA DANG
THUN KYIN MA LU TSHANG WAR SHOK
May all conducive conditions arise
and all obstacles be pacified,
in order to increase infinitely,
the doctrine of the spiritual king, Tsongkhapa.
DA DANG SHEN GI DU SUM DANG
DRIL WA TSOK NYI LA TEN NAY
GYA WA LO ZANG DRAG PA YI
TAN PAR YUN RING VAR GYUR CHIG
By the merits of the 3 times of myself and others,

May the doctrine of Lama Tsongkhapa blaze forever.
Auspicious Dedication
NYIMO DELEK TSEN TELEK
NYIME GUNG YANG DELEK SHIN
NYITSEN TAKTU DELEK PEL
KON CHOK SUM GYI JIN GYI LOB
KON CHOK SUM GYI NGOR DRUL TSOL
KON CHOK SUM GYI TRA SHI SHOK
At dawn or dusk, at night or midday,
may the Three Jewels grant us their blessing,
may they help us to achieve all realisations
and sprinkle the paths of our lives with various signs of
auspiciousness.
Dedication for the Gurus long life
JETSUN LAMA KU TSE RABTEN CHING
NAMKAR TRINLEY CHOG CHUR GYE PA DANG
LOBSANG TENPE DRON ME SA SUM GYI
DRO WE MUNSEL TAKTUR NE GYUR CHIG
May the holy teachers have long lives.
May the enlightened activities be fully displayed in the ten directions,
and may the brightness of the teachings of Lama Tsongkhapa
continuously dissipate the veil of darkness covering the beings of the
three realms.
Dedication for the long life of H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama
GANG RI RAWE KORWAI SHING KHAM DIR
PEN DANG DEWA MALU GYUNG WAI NE
CHENREZIG WANG TENZIN GYATSO YI
SHA PEI SITHAI BARDU DEN GYUR CHIG
In this holy Land surrounded by snow mountains,
You are the source of all benefit and happiness
May your lotus feet, O powerful Chenrezig, Tenzin Gyatso
Remain in this world until the end of existence.
Yonten Shigyurma The Foundation of All Realisations
Well-realising that the root of the path

the foundation for every realisation,
is to properly rely on my kind Guru,
bless me to do so with great effort and devotion.
Knowing that this life of freedom, found but once,
is difficult to gain and greatly meaningful
bless me to develop the continual wish
all day and night to take its essence.
Mindful of death, this life disintegrates
as swiftly as a bubble in turbulent water
and after death my good and bad
karma follows me like my shadow.
Having gained firm certainty of this,
bless me to be ever conscientious
to abandon even the slightest harm
and practice every possible virtue.
Enjoying deceptive samsaric pleasure
brings no contentment and is the door to all suffering.
aware of its drawbacks, bless me to develop
a strong wish for the bliss of liberation.
With mindfulness, introspection, and great care
induced by that pure aspiration
bless me to make my essential practice
the Pratimoksha, root of Buddhas teachings.
Just as Ive fallen in this sea of suffering
so have all beings, my kind mothers;
seeing this, bless me to train in Bodhicitta,
taking up the burden of liberating them.
And yet, just wishing this, without practicing
the three ethics, Enlightenment cannot be attained.
knowing this well, please bless me to intensively
strive to train in the Bodhisattva vows.
Properly analysing the correct object

and pacifying distraction to mistaken objects
bless me to swiftly realise the path
which unifies quiescence and special insight.
When Im a pure vessel, trained in common paths,
bless me to enter with perfect ease
the sacred gateway of fortunate ones,
the supreme of vehicles, Vajrayana.
Then, foundation for the two attainments
is keeping the pure vows and commitments.
having found unfeigned conviction in this
bless me to guard them with my life.
Having precisely understood the essentials
of the two stages, heart of the tantras,
bless me to strive without break in four sessions
to practice Yoga as taught by holy Masters.
May the spiritual guides who reveal this excellent path
and the friends who practice it all live long.
Please grant blessings that outer and inner
hindrances all be fully pacified.
In all lives may I never be parted
from perfect Masters and enjoy the glory of Dharma.
Perfecting realisations of the paths and stages,
may I swiftly gain the state of Vajradhara.
(At this point, one may also add other auspicious dedication prayers.
These prayers may include: A Prayer for the Beginning, Middle and
End,Praise To Vajrayogini, The King of Prayers and Shantidevas
Dedication Prayer)
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Eight Verses of Mind Transformation

by Geshe Langri Tangpa
With the thought of attaining Enlightenment

For the welfare of all beings,
Who are more precious than a wishfulfilling jewel,
I will constantly practise holding them dear.
Whenever I am with others,
I will practise seeing myself as the lowest of all,
And from the very depths of my heart
I will respectfully hold others as supreme.
In all actions I will examine my mind
And the moment a disturbing attitude arises,
Endangering myself or others,
I will firmly confront and avert it.
Whenever I meet a person of bad nature,
Overwhelmed by negative energy and intense suffering,
I will hold such a rare one dear
As if Ive found a precious treasure.
When others out of jealousy,
Mistreat me with abuse, slander and so on,
I will practise accepting defeat

And offering the victory to them.
When someone I have benefited and in whom
I have placed great trust hurts me very badly,
I will practise seeing that person
As my supreme teacher.
In short, I will offer directly and indirectly
Every benefit and happiness to all beings, my mothers.
I will practise in secret taking upon myself
All their harmful actions and sufferings.
Without these practices being defiled
By the stains of the eight worldly concerns,
By perceiving all phenomena as illusory,
I will practise without grasping to release all beings
From the bondage of the disturbing unsubdued mind and karma.
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Offering The Mandala

Symbolic of offering the universe
Short Mandala Offering
SA ZHI PO KYI JUG SHING ME TOG TRAM

RI RAB LING ZHI NYI DAY GYAN PA DI
SANG GYE ZHING DU MIG TAY UL WAR GYI
DRO KUN NAM DAG ZHING LA CHO PAR SHOG
This ground, anointed with perfume, flowers strewn,
Mount Meru, four lands, sun and moon,
imagined as Buddha-land and offered to you.
May all beings enjoy this pure land.
IDAM GURU RATNA MANDALAKAM NIRAYATAYAMI
Long Mandala Offering

OM VAJRA ground AH HUM, mighty golden ground.
OM VAJRA fence AH HUM, the iron fence around the edge; in the
centre is Mount Meru, the king of mountains. In the east the continent
Lupagpo; in the south, the continent Dzambuling; in the west, the
continent Balangcho; in the north, the continent Draminyan. In the
east are the sub-continents Lu and Lupag; in the south Ngayab and
Ngayabzhan; the west Yodan and Lamchogdro; in the north
Draminyan and Draminyan Gyida.
In the east, the treasure mountain, in the south the wish-granting tree,
in the west the wish-granting cow, in the north the uncultivated crops.
Here are the precious wheel, the precious jewel, the precious queen,
the precious minister, the precious elephant, the precious horse, the
precious general, the great treasure vase.
Here are the goddess of beauty, the goddess of garlands, the
goddess of song, the goddess of dance, the goddess of flowers, the
goddess of incense, the goddess of light and the goddess of perfume.
Here are the sun, the moon, the precious parasol, the banner of
victory in all directions and in the center are the most perfect riches of
gods and humans, with nothing missing, pure and delightful.
To my glorious, holy and most kind root Guru, the lineage Gurus, and
in particular to the great Lama Tsongkhapa, Buddha who is the King
of Sages, Vajradhara, and the entire assembly of deities, I offer these
as a Buddha-field. Please accept them with compassion, for the sake
of migrating beings. Having accepted them, please bestow on me
and on mother sentient beings abiding as far as the limits of space,
your inspiration with loving compassion.
IDAM GURU RATNA MANDALAKAM NIRAYATAYAMI
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Other Preliminary Prayers

More merit-generating prayers
Homage to the Buddha

LAMA TON PA CHON DEN DAY DAY SHIN SHEG PA
DRA CHOM PA YANG DAG PA DZOG PAY SANG GYE
PAL GYAL WA SHAKYA TU PA LA
CHAG TSAL CHING KYAB SU CHI WO CHO DO
JIN GYI LAP TU SOL
To the Guru and founder, the endowed transcendent destroyer,
the one gone beyond, the foe destroyer, the completely perfected,
fully awakened,
the glorious conqueror, the subduer for the Shakya clan,

I prostrate, go for refuge and make offerings. Please inspire me.
Mantra: TAYATHA OM MUNI MUNI MAHA MUNI SHAKYAMUNI YE
SOHA (7x)
Offering Praise
TAM CHE DU NI SA ZHI DAG
SEG MA LA SOG MAY PA DANG
LAG TIL TAR NYAM BAR DU YE
RANG ZHIN JAM POR NAY GYUR CHIG
Everywhere may the ground be pure,
free of the roughness of pebbles and so forth.
May it be the nature of lapis
and as smooth as the palm of ones hand.
Offering Prayer
LHA DANG MI YI SHO PAY DZAY
NGO SU SHAM DANG YI KYI TRUL
KUN ZANG CHO DRIN LA NA MAY
NAM KAY KAM KUYN KYAB GYUR CHIG
May the offering substances both human and divine,
those actual and those which are emanated,
unsurpassed Samantabhadra clouds of offerings,
fill the entire space.
Offering Cloud Dharini

It is taught in the sutras that this brings infinite benefits such as
raining a great rain of offerings in front of the conquerors and their
children.
OM NAMO RATRANAYAYA NAMO BHAGAWATE BENZA SARA

PRAMADINYE TATHAGATAYA ARHATE SAMYAK SAM
BUDDHAYA TAYATA OM BENZE BENZE MAHA BENZE MAHA
TESHA BENZE MAHA VIDDHYA BENZE MAHA BODHICHITTA
BENZE MAHA BODHI MANDROPA SAM KRAMANA BENZE
SARVA KARMA VARONA BHIKSHU DANA BENZE SOHA
Heart Of Dependent Arising

OM YE DHARMA HETU PRABHAVA HAYTUNTE SHAN
TATAGATO HAYWADAT TESHAN TSAYO NIRODHA EWAM
WADI MAHA SHRAMANAYE SOHA
Condensed Heart Sutra

MASAM CHOME SHERAB PAROL CHIN
MASHE MAGA NAMKEY NGO WO NYI
SOSOR RANGRIG YESHE CHOYUL WA
DUDUN GYELWAY YUM-LA CHAG TSAL LO
Mantra: TAYATHA OM GATEY GATEY PARAGATEY
PARASAMGATEY BODHI SOHA(7x)
Request to Turn the Wheel of Dharma

All you holy Gurus, unerring in conduct, may you precipitate a rain of
realisation of Bodhicitta and Shunyata from the clouds of all-knowing
compassion which fills the Dharmakaya sky, providing for the field of
disciples precisely what is needed.
Invocation
MA LU SEM CHEN KUN GYI GON GYUR CHING
DU TE PUNG CHAY MI ZAY JOM DZAY LHA
NGO NAM MA LU YANG DA KYEN GYUR PAY
CHOM DEN KOR CHAY NAY DIR SHEG SU SOL
Protector of all beings without exception, divine subduer of
innumerable negative forces, deity, perfect knower of all things,
Bhagawan and attendants, please come here.
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Taking Refuge and Generating Bodhicitta

Starting the prayer session
NAMO GURU BEH

NAMO BUDDHA YA
NAMO DHARMA YA
NAMO SANGHA YA (3x)
I take refuge in the Guru

I take refuge in the Buddha
I take refuge in the Dharma
I take refuge in the Sangha (3x)
SANG GYE CHO DANG TSOG KYI CHOG NAM LA

JANG CHUB BAR DU DAG NI KYAB SU CHI
DAG GI JIN SOK GYI PAY SO NAM KYI
DRO LA PAN CHIR SANG GYE DRUB PAR SHOG (3x)
order to benefit all sentient beings. (3x)
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Love, Compassion, Joy, Equanimity
SEM CHEN TAM CHE DAY WA DANG DAY WAY GYU DANG DEN
PAR GYUR CHIG
SEM CHEN TAM CHE DUG NGEL DANG DUG NGEL KYI GYU
DANG DREL WAR GYUR CHIG
SEM CHEN TAM CHE DUG NGEL MAY PAY DAY WA DANG MI
DREL WAR GYUR CHIG
SEM CHEN TAM CHE NYE RING CHAG DANG NYI DANG DREL
WAY DANG NYOM LA NAY PAR GYUR CHIG
and anger.
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The Nine Attitudes of Devotion to the

Guru
The heart of the path
My compassionate Root Guru, most outstanding, even superior to all

Buddhas! This disciple is supplicating to You; please bless me so that
in all my lives I will take refuge with great reverence in Your
Meritorious Holiness!
Fully understanding that abiding, in accordance with the Dharma,

under the patronage of my compassionate Guru who is the root of all
merits is the foundation of pure happiness, this disciple takes refuge
in You with sincere reverence, and will not withdraw even at the cost
of my life!
Contemplating over the importance of my meritorious Guru so as to
yield complete control of myself over to my Gurus guidance.
The nine attitudes of devotion to the Guru:
1. That of a filial child. Like a filial child, one thoroughly carries out the
instructions of the Guru without the slightest deviation.
2. That of a Vajra. Like a Vajra that cannot be split apart, even when
facing division created by devils or bad associates, one will never
split away from the Guru.
3. That of the Earth. Like the Earth carrying everything in the world,
one shoulders all assignments ordered by the Guru.
4. That of the Iron Circle of Mountains. Like everlasting mountains,
while abiding under the patronage of the Guru one endures hardships
and sufferings without ever swaying in ones determination.
5. That of a servant. Like an obedient servant, even when one is
obliged to carry out very difficult assignments one holds no grudges
in ones heart.
6. That of a sweeper. Like a humble sweeper, one renounces selfpride and regards oneself as inferior to the Guru.
7. That of a rope. Like a continuous rope, one rejoices in carrying on
the Dharma activities of the Guru, regardless of its degree of difficulty
and heaviness of load.
8. That of a domestic dog. Like a loyal dog, even when the Guru
ridicules, irritates or ignores one, one never responds with anger.
9. That of a boat. Like a ferry one goes back and forth on the Gurus
assignments without any discontent.
My virtuous and precious Root Guru, please bless this disciple to be

able to practise as described above! From this moment onward,
throughout endless future lives, may this disciple be able to take
refuge in Your Holiness in this way!
Through recitation of these words and inner reflection over their
meanings, in all future times one will be fortunate enough to abide, in
accordance with the Dharma, under the patronage of the precious
Guru from life to life.
If one can, based on these nine attitudes, serve, venerate and make
offerings to the precious Guru, then even without deliberate
cultivation many virtuous merits will be developed, huge amounts of
spiritual stocks will be accumulated, and even up to ones speedy
attainment of perfect Buddhahood will be realised.
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Advice From Atishas Heart

Given at the request of Jangchub
When Venerable Atisha came to Tibet, he first went to Ngari, where

he remained for two years giving many teachings to the disciples of
Jang Chub . After two years had passed, he decided to return to
India, and Jang Chub requested him to give one last teaching
before he left. Atisha replied that he had already given them all the
advice they needed, but Jang Chub persisted in his request and so
Atisha accepted and gave the following advice.
How wonderful!
Friends, since you already have great knowledge and clear
understanding, whereas I am of no importance and have little
wisdom, it is not suitable for you to request advice from me. However,
because you dear friends, whom I cherish from my heart, have
requested me, I shall give you this essential advice from my inferior
and childish mind.
Friends, until you attain Enlightenment the Spiritual Teacher is
indispensable, therefore rely upon the holy Spiritual Guide.
Until you realize ultimate truth, listening is indispensable, therefore
listen to the instructions of the Spiritual Guide.
Since you cannot become a Buddha merely by understanding
Dharma, practise earnestly with understanding.
Avoid places that disturb your mind, and always remain where your
virtues increase.
Until you attain stable realizations, worldly amusements are harmful,
therefore abide in a place where there are no such distractions.
Avoid friends who cause you to increase delusions, and rely upon
those who increase your virtue. This you should take to heart.
Since there is never a time when worldly activities come to an end,
limit your activities.
Dedicate your virtues throughout the day and the night, and always
watch your mind.
Because you have received advice, whenever you are not meditating
always practise in accordance with what your Spiritual Guide says.
If you practise with great devotion, results will arise immediately,

without your having to wait for a long time.
If from your heart you practise in accordance with Dharma, both food
and resources will come naturally to hand.
Friends, the things you desire give no more satisfaction than drinking
sea water, therefore practise contentment.
Avoid all haughty, conceited, proud, and arrogant minds, and remain
peaceful and subdued.
Avoid activities that are said to be meritorious, but which in fact are
obstacles to Dharma.
Profit and respect are nooses of the maras, so brush them aside like
stones on the path.
Words of praise and fame serve only to beguile us, therefore blow
them away as you would blow your nose.
Since the happiness, pleasure, and friends you gather in this life last
only for a moment, put them all behind you.
Since future lives last for a very long time, gather up riches to provide
for the future.
You will have to depart leaving everything behind, so do not be
attached to anything.
Generate compassion for lowly beings, and especially avoid
despising or humiliating them.
Have no hatred for enemies, and no attachment for friends.
Do not be jealous of others good qualities, but out of admiration
adopt them yourself.
Do not look for faults in others, but look for faults in yourself, and
purge them like bad blood.
Do not contemplate your own good qualities, but contemplate the

good qualities of others, and respect everyone as a servant would.
See all living beings as your father or mother, and love them as if you
were their child.
Always keep a smiling face and a loving mind, and speak truthfully
without malice.
If you talk too much with little meaning you will make mistakes,
therefore speak in moderation, only when necessary.
If you engage in many meaningless activities your virtuous activities
will degenerate, therefore stop activities that are not spiritual.
It is completely meaningless to put effort into activities that have no
essence.
If the things you desire do not come it is due to karma created long
ago, therefore keep a happy and relaxed mind.
Beware, offending a holy being is worse than dying, therefore be
honest and straightforward.
Since all the happiness and suffering of this life arise from previous
actions, do not blame others.
All happiness comes from the blessings of your Spiritual Guide,
therefore always repay his kindness.
Since you cannot tame the minds of others until you have tamed your
own, begin by taming your own mind.
Since you will definitely have to depart without the wealth you have
accumulated, do not accumulate negativity for the sake of wealth.
Distracting enjoyments have no essence, therefore sincerely practise
giving.
Always keep pure moral discipline for it leads to beauty in this life and
happiness hereafter.
Since hatred is rife in these impure times, don the armour of patience,
free from anger.
You remain in samsara through the power of laziness, therefore ignite
the fire of the effort of application.
Since this human life is wasted by indulging in distractions, now is the
time to practise concentration.
Being under the influence of wrong views you do not realize the
ultimate nature of things, therefore investigate correct meanings.
Friends, there is no happiness in this swamp of samsara, so move to
the firm ground of liberation.
Meditate according to the advice of your Spiritual Guide and dry up
the river of samsaric suffering.
You should consider this well because it is not just words from the
mouth, but sincere advice from the heart.
If you practise like this you will delight me, and you will bring
happiness to yourself and others.
I who am ignorant request you to take this advice to heart.
(This is the advice that the holy being Venerable Atisha gave to
Venerable Jang Chub .)
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Light Offering Prayer

Composed by Lama Atisha
You can recite this prayer when making individual light offering. After
lighting a candle, a butter lamp, or any form of light, this prayer can
be recited in conjunction with the visualisation described below.
May the light of the lamp be equal to the great three thousand worlds
and their environments,
May the wick of the lamp be equal to the king of mountains Mount
Meru.
May the butter be equal to the infinite ocean.
May there be billions of trillions of lamps in the presence of each and
every Buddha.
May the light illuminate the darkness of ignorance of all sentient
beings
From the peak of samsara down to the most torturous hell,
Whereby they can see directly and clearly all the ten directions
Buddhas and Bodhisattvas and their pure lands.
OM VAJRA ALOKE AH HUM

E MA HO
I offer these beautifully exalted clear and luminous lights

To the thousand Buddhas of the fortunate eon,
To all the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of the infinite pure lands and of
the ten directions,
To all the Gurus, Yidams, dakas, dakinis, Dharma Protectors, and the
assembly of deities of all mandalas,
Due to this, may my father, mother, and all sentient beings in this life
and in all their future lives,
Be able to see directly the actual pure lands of the complete and
perfect Buddhas,
May they unify with Buddha Amitabha in inseparable oneness,
Please bless me and may my prayers be actualised as soon as
possible,
Due to the power of the truth of the Three Jewels and the assembly
of deities of the three roots.
TAYATHA OM PNCHA GRIYA AVA BODHANI SO HA (7x)
Visualisation
The light transforms into single brilliant five-colour wisdom.
On a lotus and moon-disc the syllables OM and DHI appear.
From there, one hundred and eight beautiful goddesses of light,
Marmema, appear, wearing beautiful garments and precious
garlands.
Every goddess holds lights in her hands and from them emanate
billions of trillions of infinite replicas of light-offering goddesses.
All of them make light offerings uninterruptedly to all the Buddhas in
the Buddha-fields throughout all of space and to the peaceful and
wrathful deities.
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General Prayers
Mantras to increase merit
Multiplying Mantra
It was stated in the Sutras that when you recite this mantra seven
times (7x) in the morning, all the virtuous actions performed by you
during the day, including recitation of mantras, will be multiplied by a
hundred thousand times. Therefore, this is an excellent mantra to
recite every morning for you to multiply the merits of the virtuous
activities carried out throughout the day.
OM SAMBHARA SAMBHARA VIMANA SARA MAHA JAVA HUNG
OM MARA MARA VIMANA SARA MAHA JAVA HUNG (7x)
Prostrations
While reciting the following mantra, prostrate three times. Reciting
this mantra multiplies the benefit of each prostration by one hundred
thousand times and enables one to actualize the path of seeing in
this lifetime. The physical action of prostrating purifies mainly the
negative karmas of the body. The verbal action of reciting the mantra
exalts the Buddhas by declaring their supreme power and knowledge.
It purifies negative karmas of speech. The mental action of
remembering the supreme power and knowledge of the Buddhas

arouses faith. It purifies the negative karmas of the mind.
OM NAMO MANJUSHRIYE NAMAH SUSHRIYE NAMAH UTTAMA
SHRIYE SVAHA (3x)
Continue to prostrate while reciting either Homage to the Buddha or
The Bodhisattvas Confession of Moral Downfalls while visualizing the
Thirty-five Confessional Buddhas. Prostrate to each holy object in
your room, or to each of the Thirty-five Confessional Buddhas, and
think that they are the embodiment of your root virtuous friend as well
as the embodiment of the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha.
Blessing the Rosary

It was mentioned in the Tantra Palace of Vast Jewels that reciting
this mantra seven times, and blowing it onto your rosary and rubbing
it, will increase the power of your recitation such that each recitation
creates the same merit and power as having reciting all the Secret
Mantras taught by the holy Buddhas
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 times.
OM RUTSIRA MANI PRAWA TAYA HUNG (7x)
Blessing the feet

Every day you create and collect negative karmas of killing knowingly
(eating meat, killing pests, etc.) and unknowingly (stepping over
insects etc.). With altruistic motivation, the following are highly
recommended to prevent you from collecting negative karmas from
killing and to bless the deceased creatures with better rebirths.
When you recite this mantra three times (3x) and then spit on the
soles of your feet, it ensures that you do not create the negative
karma when you inadvertently step on and kill any living creature, e.g.
ants, during the course of the day. It also helps the sentient being to
have a good rebirth.
OM KHE TSARA GHANA HUM HRI SOHA (3x)
Blessing the Meat

When you recite this mantra seven times (7x) over any meat you eat,
it purifies the fault of eating meat (i.e. the non-virtuous action of
killing) and blesses the sentient being whose flesh you are eating to
have a good rebirth.
OM ABIRA KHE TSARA HUNG (7x)
Special Mantras to Increase the Merit 100,000 times

CHOM DEN DAY DE ZHIN SHEG PA DRA CHOM PA YANG DAG
PAR DZOG PEY SANG GYE NAM PAR NANG DZEY KYI GYEL
PO LA CHAG TSEL LO (3x)
JANG CHUB SEM PA SEM PA CHEN PO KUN TU ZANG PO LA
CHAG TSEL LO (3x)
TAYATHA OM PENCHA GRIYA AVA BODHANI SOHA OM
DHURU DHURU JAYA MUKHE SOHA (7x)
Special Mantra so that Prayers Made Come to Pass

CHOM DEN DEY DE ZHIN SHEG PA DRA CHOM PA YANG DAG
PAR DZOG PEY SANG GYE NGO WA DANG MON LAM THAM
CHEY [RAB TU DU PEY] GYEL PO LA CHAG TSEL LO (1x or 3x)
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50 Verses Of Guru Devotion

Composed by Ashvagosha
1. Bowing in the proper way to the lotus feet of my Guru, who is the
cause for me to attain the state of a glorious Vajrasattva, I shall
condense and explain in brief what has been said in many stainless
tantric texts about Guru-devotion. (Therefore) listen with respect.
2. All the Buddhas of the past, present and future, residing in every
land in the ten directions, have paid homage to the Tantric Masters
from whom they have received the highest initiations. (Is there need
to mention that you should too?)
3. Three times each day, with supreme faith, you must show your
respect to your Guru who teaches you (the tantric path), by pressing
your palms together, offering a mandala as well as flowers and
prostrating (touching) your head to his feet.
4. Those who hold ordination vows, if (your Guru) is a layman or your
junior, prostrate (in public) while facing such things as his scriptural
texts in order to avoid worldly scorn. But in your mind (prostrate to
your Guru).
5. As for serving (your Guru) and showing him respect, such as
obeying what he says, standing up (when he comes) and showing
him to his seat these should be done even by those with ordination
vows (whose Gurus are laymen or their juniors). But (in public), avoid
prostrating and unorthodox actions (such as washing his feet).
6. In order for the words of honour of neither the Guru nor the disciple
to degenerate, there must be a mutual examination beforehand (to
determine if each can) brave a Guru-disciple relationship.
7. A disciple with sense should not accept as his Guru someone who
lacks compassion or who is angersome, vicious or arrogant,
possessive, undisciplined or boasts of his knowledge.
8. (A Guru should be) stable (in his actions), cultivated (in his
speech), wise, patient and honest. He should neither conceal his
shortcomings, nor pretend to possess qualities he lacks. He should
be an expert in the meanings (of tantra) and in its ritual procedures
(of medicine and turning back obstacles). Also he should have loving
compassion and a complete knowledge of the scriptures.
9. He should have full experience in all ten fields, skill in the drawing
of mandalas, full knowledge of how to explain the tantras, supreme
faith and his senses fully under control.
10. Having become the disciple of such a protecting (Guru), should
you then despise him from your heart, you will reap continual
suffering as if you had disparaged all the Buddhas.
11. If you are so foolish as to despise your Guru, you will contract
contagious diseases and those caused by harmful spirits. You will die
(a horrible death) caused by demons, plagues or poison.
12. You will be killed by (wicked) kings or fire, by poisonous snakes,
water, witches or bandits, by harmful spirits or savages, and then be
reborn in a hell.
13. Never disturb you Gurus mind. Should you be foolish and happen
to do this, you will surely boil in hell.
14. Whatever fearful hells have been taught, such as Avici, the Hell of
Uninterrupted pain, it is clearly explained that those who disparage
their Gurus will have to remain there (a very long time).
15. Therefore, exert yourself wholeheartedly never to belittle your
Tantric Master who makes no display of his great wisdom and virtues.
16. (If from a lack of awareness you have shown disrespect) to your
Guru, reverently present an offering to him and seek his forgiveness.
Then in the future such harms and plagues will not befall you.
17. It has been taught that for the Guru to whom you have pledged
your word of honour (to visualize as one with your meditational deity),
you should willingly sacrifice your wife, children and even your life,
although these are not (easy) to give away. Is there need to mention
your fleeting weath?
18. (Such practice of offering) can confer even Buddhahood on a
zealous (disciple) in his very lifetime, which otherwise might be
difficult to attain even in countless millions of eons.
19. Always keep your word of honour. Always make offerings to the
Enlightened Ones. Always make offerings also to your Guru, for he is
the same as all the Buddhas.
20. Those who wish (to attain) the inexhaustible (state of a Buddhas
Wisdom Body) should give to their Guru whatever they themselves
find pleasing, from the most trifling objects to those of best quality.
21. Giving (to your Guru) is the same as making continual offerings to
all the Buddhas. From such giving, much merit is gathered. From
such collection comes the supreme powerful attainment (of
Buddhahood).
22. Therefore, a disciple with the good qualities of compassion,
generosity, moral self-control and patience should never regard his
Guru and the Buddha Vajradhara as different.
23. If you should never tread even on (your Gurus) shadow, because
the fearsome consequences are the same as destroying a stupa, is
there need to mention never stepping on or over his shoes or seat,
(sitting in his place or riding) his mount?
24. (A disciple) having great sense should obey the words of his Guru
joyfully and with enthusiasm. If you lack the knowledge or ability (to
do what he says), explain in (polite) words why you cannot (comply).
25. It is from your Guru that powerful attainments, higher rebirth and
happiness come. Therefore, make a wholehearted effort never to
transgress your Gurus advice.
26. (Guard) your Gurus belongings as you would your own life. Treat
even your Gurus beloved (family) with the same (respect you show
for him). (Have affectionate regard for) those closely around him as if
they were your own dearest kin. Single-mindedly think (in this way) at
all times.
27. Never sit on the (same) bed or seat (as your Guru), nor walk
ahead of him. (At teachings do not) wear your hair in a top-knot, (a
hat, shoes or any weapons). Never touch a seat (before he sits
down), or if he happens to sits on the ground. Do not place your
hands (proudly) on your hips or wring them (before him).
28. Never sit or recline while your Guru is standing (nor lie while he is
sitting). Always be ready to stand up and serve him skillfully in an
excellent manner.
29. In the presence of your Guru, never do such things as spit,
(cough or sneeze without covering your mouth). Never stretch out
your legs when at your seat, nor walk back and forth (without reason
before him), and never argue.
30. Never massage or rub your limbs. Do not sing, dance or play
musical instruments (for other than religious purposes). And never
chatter idly or speak in excess (or too loudly) within the range of (your
Gurus) hearing.
31. (When your Guru enters the room) get up from your seat and bow
your head slightly. Sit (in his presence) respectfully. At night, at rivers
or on dangerous paths, with (your Gurus) permission, you may walk
before him.
32. In the direct sight of his Guru, (a disciple) with sense should not
(sit) with his body twisted around, nor lean (casually) against pillars
and such. Never crack your knuckles, (play with your fingers or clean
your nails).
33. When washing (your Gurus) feet or his body, drying, massaging
(or shaving) him, precede such actions with (three) prostrations and
at their conclusion do the same. Then attend (to yourself) as much as
you like.
34. Should you need to address (your Guru) by his name, add the
title Your Presence after it. To generate respect for him in others,
further honorifics may also be used.
35. When asking for your Gurus advice, first announce why you have
come. With palms pressed together at your heart, listen to what he
tells you, without (letting your mind) wander about. Then (when he
has spoken), you should reply, I shall do exactly as you have said.
36. After doing (what your Guru has told you), report (what has
happened) in polite, gentle words. Should you yawn or cough, (clear
your throat or laugh in his presence), cover your mouth with your
hand.
37. If you wish to receive a certain teaching, request three times with
your palms pressed together, while before him on your (right) knee.
(Then at his discourse), sit humbly and with respect, wearing
appropriate clothing that is neat (and clean, without ornaments,
jewelry or cosmetics).
38. Whatever you do to serve (your Guru) or show him respect,
should never be done with an arrogant mind. Instead you should be
like a newlywed bride, timid, bashful and very subdued.
39. In the presence of (the Guru) who teaches you (the Path), stop
acting in a conceited, coquettish manner. As for boasting to others
what you have done (for your Guru), examine (your conscience) and
discard all such acts.
40. If you are (requested) to perform a consecration, (an initiation
into) a mandala, a fire puja or to gather disciples and deliver a
discourse, you may not do so if your Guru resides in that area, unless
you receive his prior permission.
41. Whatever offerings you receive from performing such rites as (the
consecration known as) Opening the Eyes, you should present all
these to your Guru. Once he has taken a token portion, you may use
the rest for whatever you like.
42. In the presence of his Guru, a disciple should not act (as a Guru)
to his own disciples and they should not act towards him as their
Guru. Therefore (before your own Guru), stop (your disciples) from
showing you respect such as rising (when you come) and making
prostrations.
43. Whenever you make an offering to your Guru, or whenever your
Guru presents you with something, a disciple with sense will (present
and) receive this, using both hands and with his head slightly bent.
44. Be diligent in all your actions, (alert and) mindful never to forget
(your word of honour). If fellow disciples transgress (what is proper) in
their behaviour, correct each other in a friendly manner.
45. If because of sickness you are physically (unable) to bow to your
Guru and must do what normally would be prohibited, even without
(his explicit) permission, there will be no unfortunate consequences if
you have a virtuous mind.
46. What need is there to say much more. Do whatever pleases your
Guru and avoid doing anything he would not like. Be diligent in both
of these.
47. Powerful attainments follow from (doing what) your Guru (likes).
This has been said by (the Buddha) Vajradhara himself. Knowing
this, try to please your Guru fully with all the actions (of your body,
speech and mind).
48. After a disciple has taken refuge in the Triple Gem and developed
a pure (Enlightened) motive, he should be given this (text) to take to
his heart (how to abandon his own arrogant self-will and) follow in his
Gurus footsteps (along the Graded Path to Enlightenment).
49. (By studying the prerequisite trainings of Guru-devotion and the
Graded Path, common to both the Sutra and Tantra,) you will become
a (suitable) vessel (to hold) the pure Dharma. You may then be given
such teachings as Tantra. (After receiving the proper initiations,)
recite out loud the fourteen root vows and take them sincerely to your
heart.
50. As I have not made the mistake (of adding my personal
interpretation) when writing this work, may this be of infinite benefit to
all disciples who would follow their Guru. By the limitless merit I have
gathered in this way, may all sentient beings quickly attain
Buddhahood.
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Long-life Prayer by Kensur Konchok Tsering Rinpoche

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Notes:
* Traditionally, the Lamas incarnate name is not written in the longlife prayers; only his ordained named is used. However, for the
benefit of all non-Tibetan disciples, this translation includes the

Lamas incarnation name Tsem Rinpoche.
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Long-life Prayer by Trijang Choktrul Rinpoche

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A Black Manjushri Sadhana

Black Manjushri is the wrathful healing form of Manjushri that helps
us to heal our deep inner negative emotions and mental suffering that
arise due to sickness or problems; it is also a powerful antidote
against the harm and disturbances caused by negative astrological
influences.
Benefits of the Practice

Amongst the numerous benefits of this practice it particularly helps,
both mentally and physically, those suffering from so-called
incurable diseases such as AIDS and cancer. It helps us to confront
and deal with the negative emotions, such as anger, depression, fear
and denial, which arise when we are challenged by such diseases or
when we are confronted with problems in our daily life.
This practice also enables us to purify astrological mistakes that
happen, for example, when we perform marriage or cremation
ceremonies or cut down trees on astrologically inauspicious days. It
gives us the opportunity to stop our energy flowing, at the cause of
astrological influences, into the wrong path. In fact, through the
recitation of Black Manjushri mantras we protect ourselves from
inauspicious and malevolent astrological elements, caused by
conjunctions, transits, oppositions, eclipses, comets and other
celestial phenomena that could result in sicknesses, accidents, loss
of property, social problems and discouraging life experiences.
Completing this practice also stops the harm of black magic and
protects us from the interferences of spirits such as nagas who cause
plagues, leprosy, possessions and contagious viral epidemics.
Black Manjushri protects us from the four maras that hinder our
spiritual practice and success, and halts the negative actions of all
malefic beings and geg spirits that obstruct the attainment of long-life.
This practice stops the superstitious and fearful projections we
create, for example when we walk alone in the dark, as well as those
relating to digging the earth, cutting trees and moving rocks where
nagas abide.
How to do this Practice

This practice is most effective when completed daily before sunrise.
We should sit facing the east in the cross-legged lotus posture.
Following a vegetarian diet, avoiding strong alcohol drinks, garlic,
onions and sesame all strengthen this practice. However, if it is not
possible for us to follow these indications we should do the practice
whenever possible and however we feel comfortable.
Taking Refuge
Namo Gurubye
Namo Buddhaya
Namo Dharmaya
Namo Sanghaya
Namo Triratnaya (3x)
The Seven Limitless Meditations

1. Semchen Tamche Dewa Dang Dewai Gyu Dang Denpar Gyur
Chik
2. Semchen Tamche Dungal Dang Dungal Gyi Gyu Dang Drelwar
Gyur Chik
3. Semchen Tamche Dungal Mepai Dewa Dang Min Drelwar Gyur

Chik
4. Semchen Tamche Nyering Chak Dang Nyi Dang Drelwei Tang
Nyom La Ne Par Gyur Chik
5. Semchen Tamche Lu Sem Gyi Du Ngal So Shing Trai Yun Lu
Sem De Wa Dang Den Par Gyur Chik
6. Semchen Tamche Ngalso Topching Chinang Nogchu Koryuk
Dangshing Tsangmar Ne Gyur Chik
7. Semchen Tamche Dang Zambuling Gi Kye Dro Tadag Chyi
Nang Ghi Shide Dhan Dhuekun Denpar Gyur Chik
Limitless Love May all beings have happiness and its causes.
Limitless Compassion May all beings be free from suffering and its
causes.
Limitless Joy May all beings never be separated from the great
happiness that is beyond all misery.
Limitless Equanimity May all beings always dwell in equanimity,
unaffected by attraction to dear ones and aversion to others.
Limitless Health May all beings recover from the sicknesses of mind
and body pollution and enjoy relative and absolute health now and
forever.
Limitless Ecological Regeneration May all beings relax in a pure
and healthy outer and inner environment now and forever.
Limitless Peace May all beings enjoy inner and world peace now
and forever.
Nine Round Breathing Meditation to Purify our Subtle Wind Energy

Sitting in the vajra posture we begin by visualizing that our gross
physical body, composed of flesh, organs and bones, gradually melts
into light until we are left with only a holographic image that sparkles
like a rainbow. At this point we make a vajra fist with our left hand and
place it under our right armpit. With our right hand we make a vajra
fist and extending the right middle finger, placing the index finger on
top of it, we gently block the left nostril.
I. Visualizing clearly our three inner channels, we inhale through our
right nostril imagining that the pure essences of the five elements,
positive and healing energies and all the holy beings blessings enter
our right channel in the form of white light. This white light absorbs
into the subtle wind energy at our heart. We now block the right
nostril and exhale through the left nostril in three short breaths,
imagining that all our sicknesses, polluted elemental winds, inner
demons and interferences, relating to the left side of the body, are
expelled in the aspect of polluted black smoke.
II. This exercise should now be repeated on the opposite side to
purify the left channel and expel all negativities relating to the right
side of the body.
III. Placing our hands in the meditation mudra and breathing evenly
through both nostrils, we should visualize that all the positive and
healing energy of the holy beings enter both the right and left
channels and absorb into the subtle wind energy at the heart. In three
short breaths, through both nostrils, we breathe out all negativities,
physical and mental sicknesses, interferences, demons and polluted
winds from both sides of the body.
Meditation on Emptiness
OM BENZA AMRITA KUNDALI HANA HANA HUNG PHEY
OM SWABHAWA SHUDDHA SARWA DHARMA SOBHAWA
SHUDDHO HAM
All things are naturally pure, the nature of space, including me.
Self-Generation as Black Manjushri

Everything becomes the same nature as emptiness.
Out of emptiness from the black letter PAM arises a black lotus.
In the center of this black lotus from the letter AH appears a moon,
and above this moon from a green letter YAM arises a green wind
mandala.
In the center of the wind mandala from a red letter RAM appears a
red triangular fire mandala.
The lotus, wind and fire mandalas contain the essences of the five
elements.
These essences absorb into space.
In the center of the moon appears my mind in the aspect of a black
letter HUNG.
Lights radiate out from the letter HUNG and then return fulfilling the
two purposes of attaining enlightenment and helping others to
overcome suffering.
In an instant from the black letter HUNG I arise as Black Manjushri.
I am in a very wrathful aspect with one face and two arms.
My right leg is bent and my left leg is outstretched.
In my right hand with a wrathful mudra I hold the wisdom sword that
eliminates all interferences, and in my left hand I hold the emanation
scripture of the Kadampas and the Prajnaparamita sutra at my heart.
Half my red hair is knotted at my crown, the other half falls on my
shoulders.
I have a big belly and tiger skin loincloth.
I wear various wrathful bone ornaments such as a crown of five skulls
and a necklace of fifty freshly cut heads.
My three eyes are red and round and in the nature of YAM, RAM and
BAM.
I am surrounded by fiercely blazing flames of wisdom.
My root guru is above my crown in the form of Amoghasiddhi, who
embodies the entire lineage.
At my crown is a white OM the nature of the enlightened body, at my
throat is red AH the nature of the enlightened speech and at my heart
is blue HUNG the nature of the enlightened mind.
Essence Mantra
At my heart is a sun cushion with a black letter HUNG at its center,
around this two mantra garlands circle in a clockwise direction.
OM AH RA PA TSA NA DHI HUNG (21x or as many times as
possible)
At this point we should meditate on emptiness of phenomenon, self

and others, based on the method we are familiar with such as the
Heart Sutra or dependent origination.
Special Essence Mantra

OM EH RA PA TSA NA DHI HUNG (21x)
After we have repeated for as many times as possible the essence
mantra and meditated on emptiness we can repeat the special
essence mantra that helps to stabilize and give extra power to our
practice.
Action Mantra
OM PRASO / CHUSO / DURTASO / DURMISO / NYING GOLA
CHO / KALA DZA / KAM SHAM TRAM BHE PHET SOHA (21x)
(To complete a traditional Black Manjushri retreat we have to recite
700,000 essence mantras and 10,000 action mantras).
The Seven Tantric Self-Healing Exercises of Black Manjushri

We should keep in mind when beginning this part of the practice that
the more mantras we manage to recite the more effective the
exercises will be. We should also remember that to make the
following seven exercises work well we should complete them with
the Mahayana attitudes of compassion and wisdom.
1. Purification of Obstacles and Interferences

Flame-like lights radiate out from our hearts, burning up all our
emotional problems, mind pollution, interferences and karmic
obstacles that cause sickness and interferences to ourselves, other

beings and the environment.
2. Protection from Sickness

After repeating the essence and action mantras as many times as
possible, we should join our thumb to the top joint of the ring finger on
each hand and then blow on the tip of the ring finger. Then we should
rub the tips of these fingers on the soles of our feet and in the
armpits. If we find in these places a black substance then we should
put it on the nine entrances to the auric body listed beneath whilst
repeating the action mantra. If we do not find a black substance we
should imagine one. We now envisage a suit of vajra armor under our
skin that protects us from any contagious diseases or pollution
entering our body.
1. Soles of the two feet
2. Anus
3. Urethra
4. Navel
5. Mouth
6. Nose
7. Two Eyes
8. Two Ears
9. Fontanella
OM AH RA PA TSA NA DHI HUNG
3. Calming Disturbing People and Spirits
With our hands joined together, above the crown of the head, in the
prostration mudra we click our tongue against the top palate of our
mouth and clap our hands together three times. Then we recite the
action mantra.
4. Suppressing Interferences
Visualizing our self in the aspect of Black Manjushri, we have to sit
with our knees brought up to our chest with our arms wrapped around
them, we then place the big toe of our right foot over the big toe of
our left foot. Keeping this posture we should press down and trap all
interferences under our feet causing them to become weaker and
powerless.
5. Healing Nectars
With a container of water placed in front of us, visualizing our self in
the aspect of Black Manjushri, we imagine nectar radiating from the
letter HUNG at our heart. This nectar flows with our breath and the
special qualities are transferred to the water when we blow on it. The
water transforms into nectar. Finally, Black Manjushri dissolves into
the water, making it so powerful that those who drink it are purified of
their obscurations and sicknesses caused by negative karma and
physical health problems improve.
6. Healing Arthritis
Drink the healing water and recite the action mantra before blowing
on our mala. Then massage, outwardly towards the extremities, the
affected limbs and joints. When tiny wounds appear on the
extremities it is a sign that we are healed. To heal this condition we
should also try to avoid eating meat and consuming strong alcoholic
drinks.
7. Healing Nightmares
Either when awakening from a bad dream or nightmare, or if possible
during the dream, we should visualize our self as Black Manjushri
who emanates wisdom fires that burn up the dream enemy or
negative feelings.
Dedication
Gye Wa Di Nyur Du Dag
Jamphel Nagpo Drup Gyur Ne
Drowa Chik Chang Malu Pa
De Yi Sa La Gopar Shok
By this virtue may I quickly attain
the enlightened experience of Black Manjushri
and lead all sentient beings without exception to that ground.
Shide Sem Chog Rinpoche

Ma Kiepa Nam Kye Gyur Chik
Kiepa Nyampa Mepa Yang
Gong Ne Gong Tu Pel War Shok
May the precious, healthy and happy mind of peace,

which is not yet born, arise and grow.
Which is born have no decline and increase forever more.
Verse of Auspiciousness
Nyimo Delek Tsen Delek
Nyime Gung Yang Delek Shin
Nyintsen Taktu Delek Pe
Kon Chok Sum Gyi Jin Gyi Lob
Kon Chok Sum Kyi Ngoe Drup Tsol
Kon Chok Sum Gyi Tra Shi Shok
May the three jewels grant us their blessings,
May they help us to achieve all realizations,
And sprinkle the path of our lives with various signs of
auspiciousness.
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A Disciples Prayer
Translated by Geshe Lobsang Tharchin
Hes the Lord who stages and then withdraws the show, a myriad
ocean
Of mighty deeds the Victors in all three times perform to keep
The teaching tradition that joins both ways, those passed from Gentle
Voice
And from the saviour Loving One, the deep thought of the Victors.
Hes a god who goes to the matchless mystery of his mind, a treasure
Resplendent with all ten forces, to speak the gold mine of the sages;
Hes Lobsang Drakpa, of shining fame, and into this world came
The jewels of the holy Dharma spewed out from his lips.
Hes the revered father of all Victors; in the form of their son, a child,
Gave a teaching that draws the essence of the nectar from the cream
Of the eighty thousand, the mystery of the Buddhas speech: we call
it
Three Principal Paths, well-known as the sun in the sky of the
immaculate Word.
His lines are none of those empty words, supposedly deep,
incomplete,
But rather spout a thousand riches, advice from experience
Of each step of the meaning itself, the high paths in their entirety,
Capturing the glory of good of the world or peace, wherever.
Come great warrior, who has no fear of what will make him wise;
Take up the bow of these wonderful books, the true Word, open and
secret;
Use it with the feathered shafts of reasoning, way of the wise
Throughout the world, pierce the hearts of those who would teach
wrong.
When will I decide to give the rest of my life some meaning?
When will I throw away this lie of happiness in this life,
The shining embrace of grabbing after good things in this world,
My forever friend, the foe of my forever happiness.
In this and my future lives may I never fail to collect
More of the short and long-term causes which bring me both the
bodies;
May I win the beauty of eyes that guide myself and others too
On the excellent paths, fixed upon the wise and adept ahead.
This is not a load that the likes of me could ever bear,
But Ive tried my best to put his eloquence down in black and white.
I may have slipped, and lost some words or meaning, or the like;
I kneel before my Lama and freely admit any error made.
By the pure white force in deeds like this endeavour Ive completed
May my thoughts, those of others too, all turn to the holy Dharma.
May it come to cause us all to cut what ties us to this life,
And help us take best essence from the time and chance we have.
Footnote: Extracted from Tsongkapa the Principal Teachings of
Buddhism, translated by Geshe Lobsang Tharchin with Michael
Roach
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Song Of The Mystic Experiences Of Lama

Je Rinpoche
By Jamyang Choje Tashi Palden (1379-1449)
October 23, 2009
Written at Drepung Chokyi Dechen at the request of the two
meritorious Drungtrapa Palzangpo brothers,

by Lama Tashi Palden, a Buddhist monk and teacher who had
searched many hundreds of thousands of scriptures with the lights of
his wisdom.
O sun-like Prince of the Conqueror,

Whose wisdom, vast as the heavens,
Has the brilliance of knowledge
That sees what ultimately is
And what merely seems to be;
O Venerable Lord of Dharma, Most Perfect Guru,
The dust of your feet I place
On the crown of my head.
Even the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas,
Who fill the ten directions,
Cannot describe the excellence
Of your body, speech and mind;
Yet out of passionate inspiration
I shall sing of them; pray,
Listen for but a few moments.
As a blossoming garland of flowers
To adorn the necks of the clear-minded,
And as a precious jewel
To enhance the force of conviction,
This song in praise of your oceans of splendour
To delight all sages, I have composed.
Like a cloud, the merit of your superb deeds
Releases a torrent of rain that swells
The virtue of those to be trained,
And proclaims with a dragons thundering roar
The sweetness of the vast and profound;
O glorious, powerful, billowing Lama.
Foremost of tantric adepts, the mighty yogi
Who mastered the many millions of samadhis,
Composed faultless expositions,
And made true effort in practice,

Most resplendent of Lamas,
You tower over the heads of all.
At Vajrasana in a former birth,
To the Victorious One you offered
A rosary of one hundred crystal beads.
Thus you acquired the fortune
Later to attain the perfect view;
O Illustrious Lama, at your feet I pay homage.
At the age of seven you directly perceived
Dipamkara Atisha, the great Path Clearer,
And Vajrapani, Lord of the Secret.
The exhortations of both the sutras
And tantras dawned upon you;
O Jetsun, Lord of phenomenal existence,
You directly perceived Manjushri,
Bodhisattva of the wisdom of emptiness,
Seated in a radiant aura as blue
As the colour of a perfect sapphire;
From this time onward, O High One,
Whenever desired, you could invoke
Manjushri, Treasure of Stainless Wisdom,
And constantly listen to the teachings
Of both Sutrayanas Transcendent Wisdom
And Tantrayanas Secret Assembly;
When practising the seven-limbed ritual
Of the thirty-five Purification Buddhas,
Continually and clearly you beheld them
And all their forms, mudras and symbols;
Seated in the auspicious posture,
Hands in the Dharma-teaching mudra,
Buddha Maitreya prophesied that,

Just as the Sugatas who possess the ten powers,
You will one day perform the twelve acts
Of a supreme, universal teacher;
Victorious Master of both life and death,
Truth visions you received
Of Amitabha Buddha, the Medicine Buddhas,
And that teacher of men and gods,
Shakyamuni, Prince of the Shakya Throne,
Each with a retinue vast as the oceans;
Saintly Tara, source of all siddhis,
Ushnisha Vijaya, the one exalted and radiant,
Ushnisha Sitatapatra, dispeller of obstacles,
And other such mystic female Buddhas
Again and again you directly perceived;
Bodhisattva Nagarjuna, Aryadeva, Holy Buddhapalita,
Magnificent Chandrakirti and the mighty yogi Nagabodhi
Appeared, then constantly cared for you.
Exalted Asanga, who delights the three worlds,
The Brother, Vasubandhu, a Second Buddha,
And Dignaga, child of Manjushri,
Appeared, then constantly cared for you;
Dharmakirti, a moon amongst teachers,
As well as Gunaprabha, Shakyaprabha,
Shantideva and the glorious Abhaya,
All the mahasiddhas of India and Tibet,
Such as Indrabudhi, Saraha, Luipa,
Krisnacharin, Tilbupa, Tilopa and Naropa

Clearly Manjushri prophesied
That, relying upon these lineages,
You would produce colossal spiritual boons
For youself and for all sentient beings.
Great Bold One who spontaneously
Fulfills the wishes of the world;
When the samadhi of the yoga combining
Mental tranquility with cognition of emptiness
Increased like the waxing moon,
You beheld the form of the Destroyer
Yamantaka, Opponent of the Lord of Death,
Complete with all mudras and expressions.
Having touched your heart
To the wisdom sword of Manjushri,
A stream of undefiled ambrosia
Flowed into the depth of your being,
Spontaneously arousing the propitious
Absorption of highest joy.
Prayer for Rebirth in the Land of Bliss
And An Eulogy of the Perfect Intent
Of the Dauntless Protector Maitreya Buddha
As well as their graduated levels of meaning
Manjushri lucidly conveyed to you,
Who recorded and skillfully presented them;
Whenever you consecrated a religious image,
The Wisdom Beings actually entered
Into the Symbolic Beings.
This host of deities that you summoned
Still generates fields of merit within beings;

One night you dreamed of Nagarjuna
And his five spiritual sons
Amongst themselves discussing
The fabric of dependent origination.
From their midst came Buddhapalita,
Who touched you with a scripture.
The very next day within you
Rose the mind of a High One;
By focusing on the pith of the six branches
Of Kalachakra, The Wheel of Time,
You directly perceived his Buddha-form.
He foretold that soon you
Would equal even King Suchandra;
When for the first time you led
The Great Prayer Festival of Lhasa,
A hundred magical omens appeared,
At your making this joyous offering,
The Buddhas and their sons in the ten directions
Were filled with supreme delight.
Generating the form of a great-bliss deity
Through the yoga of the non-duality
Of profound luminosity and illusory appearances,
You attained the vajrayoga body;
By practicing the mantric science of inhaling
And exhaling OM AH HUM on the lotus heart,
The vital energies entered the central nadi,
Rested as breathing stopped, and then dissolved.
Thus you experienced the clear light,
Mahamudra, the great seal,
Attaining the vajrayoga speech;

Raising the navel chakras mystic heat
Which rests at the base of the central channel,
The letter HAM at the crown of your head
Melted and fell to your heart
As simultaneously the experience
Of the blisses dawned upon you.
Thus you attained the vajrayoga mind;
Having been invoked as witnesses
To your pure and perfect aspirations,
All Buddhas and Bodhisattvas came forth.
Only when you had summoned each of them
Into his respective position
Did you honour them with offerings;
While contemplating the principal mandala
Of Manjushrivajra, Guhyasamaja,
You dreamed that Maitreya and Manjushri,
Who were speaking of Dharma, passed down to you
A jeweled vase brimming with water,
Portending that you would master all teachings.
On a throne adorned with precious gems
Sat the omniscient Kargyu Lama
Buton Rinchen Trub.
A text of the Guhyasamaja Root Tantra
He gave to you, exhorting
You to be its keeper;
Accepting this responsibility
With mudras and mantras thrice
You touched the text to your head.
By its blessings it became obvious
That the tantra Separating and Mixing,

Obtained by Marpa of the Southern Hills,
Is the true oral tradition of Exalted Nagarjuna;
Your mind absorbed in the mystic circle of Heruka
Chakrasambara, the Wheel of Perfect Bliss myriads
Of dakinis of the outer, inner and secret places
Made you offerings of vajra songs,
Transporting you in ecstasy;
In meditation destroying the forces of darkness,
You beheld the radiant Buddha, Mighty Demon Tamer,
Having an aura as pure as burnished gold,
More brilliant than a million suns.
Your being having become indivisible from
The body, speech and mind of all Buddhas,
The might of the power of evil was subdued.
As the Dharma protectors crushed the demon families,
Shrieks of the defeated satanic forces
Resounded across the universe.
These multitudes of Dharma protectors,
That you brought under control,
In a previous aeon had been subjected
By Buddha Vajradhara to guard your doctrine.
With profound reverence they work this still;
That you would, after entering parinirvana,
Sit in the presence of Dauntless Maitreya
In Tushita, Pure Land of Joy,
And would be known as Wisdom Essence
Was, O Lord of Life, rightly prophesied
By both Manjushri and Vajrapani.
By the strength of this eulogy

Sung from the depths of pure love,
May the afflictions of beings
Limitless as the sky be extinguished.
In this and all future lives
May all be nurtured by true teachers
And embraced by the sacred Dharma.
May the innate wisdom of great bliss
Rain throughout the world;
May the stains of erroneously grasping
Mind and its objects be uprooted;
And may all be inspired quickly to become
Like you, a Jetsun Lama.
May the wisdoms of learning, contemplation
And meditation overtake the earth;
May the arts of deliberation,
Debate and composition flourish;
May the ordinary and supreme siddhis
Come to each and every practitioner;
And may all be inspired quickly to become
Like you, a Jetsun Lama.
By the limitless oceans of merit
Of having presented, like Samantabhadra,
Clouds of offerings spanning the skies,
Of having bared every negative imprint
And downfall accumulated since infinity,
Of having rejoiced in the spirituality
Of those on the paths to enlightenment,
And of having beseeched the Lamas
To turn the Wheel of Dharma
And not to enter parinirvana.
May all beings experience peerless samadhi;
May goodness swell like the waxing moon;
And may the doctrine of Omniscient Tzong Khapa
Thrive until times end.
Footnote: Extracted from the Life and Teachings of Tsong Khapa

(Edited by Prof. R. Thurman)
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In Praise Of The Incomparable Tsongkhapa

By Gyalwa Mikyo Dorje, the Eighth Karmapa (1507 1554)
October 23, 2009
Once when Gyalwa Mikyo Dorje was travelling through the Charida
Pass, thoughts of the incomparable Tsongkhapa welled up within
him. Overcome by profound faith, he was moved to compose the
poem below.
At a time when nearly all in this Northern Land

Were living in utter contradiction to Dharma,
Without illusion, O Tsongkhapa, you polished the teachings.
Hence I sing this praise to you of Ganden Mountain.
When the teachings of the Sakya, Kargu, Kadam
And Nyingma sects in Tibet were declining,
You, O Tsongkhapa, revived Buddhas Doctrine,
Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom, gave to you
Special instructions on the thought of Nagarjuna.
O Tsongkhapa, upholder of the Middle Way,

I sing this praise to you of Ganden Mountain.
Mind and form are not empty of their own natures
But are empty of truly existent mind and form,
You, O Tsongkhapa, are Tibets chief exponent of voidness,
In merely a few years you filled
The land from China to India
With peerless holders of the saffron robes.
Those who become your followers
And look to you and your teachings
Are never again disappointed or forsaken.
The trainees who walk in your footsteps
Breath the fresh air of the Great Way.
They would die for the good of the world.
Anyone who disparages your doctrine must face
The terrible wrath of the Dharma protectors.
O Tsongkhapa, who abides in truths power,
In person and in dreams you come to those
Who but once recollect your image.
O Tsongkhapa, who watches with compassionate eyes.
In order to civilize men and spirits you spread
Your teachings through Kham, Mongolia and Turkestan:
O Tsongkhapa, subduer of savages,
For men coarse and far from the Way, you dispel
Mental clouds, evils and bad karma.
O Tsongkhapa, who bestows quick progress,

Those who take heartfelt Refuge in you,
Even those with no hope for now or hereafter,
O Tsongkhapa, have their every wish fulfilled.
Having exposed false teachings transgressing
The excellent ways well shown by Buddha,
You firmly established your Bold Doctrine.
Manifesting sublime austerity and discipline,
The form and fragrance of your life was incomparable.
O Tsongkhapa, controlled one pleasing to the Buddhas,
By the strength of the sons of your lineage
And by my having faithfully offered this praise,
May the enlightened activity of Buddha Shakyamuni
Pervade the earth for ages to come.
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Prayer for the Flourishing of Je

Tsongkhapas Teachings
by Gung-tang Tan-Pai Dron-me
October 23, 2009
Translated by Martin Willson, Nalanda Monastery, August 1985.
Taken from Rites and Prayers, Wisdom Publications, London, 1985.
Though hes the father, producer of all conquerors,

As a conquerors son, he produced the thought of upholding
The conquerors Dharma in infinite worlds. Through this truth
May the conqueror Losangs teachings flourish!
When of yore before [Buddha] Indraketu
He made his vow, the conqueror and his offspring
Praised his powerful courage. Through this truth
That the lineage of pure view and conduct might spread,
He offered a white crystal rosary to the Sage,
Who gave him a conch and prophesied. Through this truth
His pure view free of eternity or destruction;
His pure meditation cleansed of dark fading and fog;
His pure conduct practiced according to conquerors orders:
Learned, since he extensively sought out learning;
Reverend, rightly applying it to himself;
Good, dedicating all for beings and doctrine:

Through being sure that all scriptures, definitive and
Interpretative, were, without contradiction,
Advice for one persons practice, he stopped all misconduct:
Listening to explanations of the three pitakas,
Realized teachings, practice of the three trainings
His skilled and accomplished life story is amazing.
Outwardly calmed and subdued by the hearers conduct,
Inwardly trusting in the two stages practice,
He allied without clash the good paths of sutra and tantra:
Combining voidness, explained as the causal vehicle,
With great bliss, achieved by method, the effect vehicle,
Heart essence of eighty thousand Dharma bundles
By the power of the ocean of oath-bound doctrine protectors,
Like the main guardians of the three beings paths
The quick-acting lord, Vaishravana, Karma-yama
In short, by the lasting of glorious gurus lives,
By the earth being full of good, learned, reverend holders
Of the teaching, and by the increase of power of its patrons,
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Song of the Tricosmic Master

by Khaydrub Choje Gelek Palzangpo (1385-1438)
September 23, 2009
Written by Khaydrub Choje Gelek Palzang-po, who learned a great
deal by sitting for many years at the lotus feet of Je Rinpoche.
O Je Tsongkhapa, master of the three worlds,

Who surpasses all others in compassion,
The eye through whom all beings
Can receive ultimate vision,
Peerless Refuge of liberation seekers,
To you, a supreme and incomparable Lama,
I offer my spiritual aspirations.
In the very presence of the Victorious One
You entered the ways of enlightenment;
Here in this Land of Snow Mountains
You were renowned as Lobsang Drakpa;
Now in Tushita Pure Land you abide,
Famed as Wisdom Essence;
To you, mightiest of Bodhisattvas,
By the force of ripening merits
You read the teachings and, without study,
Understood texts even in the language of mystics.
To you of naturally perfect excellence
From the time your sun-like body

Slipped radiantly from your mothers cloud,
You ever shunned the dancing lights
Of the world and its vain fortunes;
To you I offer my spiritual aspirations.
From very youth you held no distaste
Toward the austerities of Buddhadharma
But secured yourself in perfect discipline.
To you who for countless lifetimes knew
The power of familiarity with meditation,
Having unrelentingly examined in depth
The words and meanings of Buddhas teachings,
Constantly and with spontaneity you practised
The guidelines discovered therein.
To you, a treasury of vast knowledge,
Not satisfied with strings of empty words,
With subtle reason you fathomed that point
Not perceived by the millions of scholars;
To you who beheld reality itself
Were all logicians to analyse
Your teachings a hundred times,
Not even a fractions fraction
Of your words would prove wrong.
To you of flawless mind
Who but you has seen as they are
All the concepts contained
In the texts of the ancient masters?
To you in whom all teachings
Arose as practical advice
When the dust clothing the earth

Is inscribed by your lotus feet
Which always rests on the crowns of sages,
That dust becomes an object
Well worthy of worship by men; to you
Although a fully omniscient one
Were to challenge your ethical temper,
Not a hint of a flaw
Could ever be discovered:
To you, a perfect renunciate,
Like an ocean of wish-fulfilling gems
Is the immeasurable depth of your love,
Beyond even the bounds of clairvoyance.
To you, a mind of benevolence,
What load of benefit to beings
Is not carried by your mind so mighty:
For did you not reach the zenith
Of deeds sending endless waves?
To you of miraculous compassion
If each breath you release
Acts only as medicine to beings,
Why try to describe the effect
Of your stores of merit and wisdom?
To you, friend of the three worlds,
Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom,
Daily appeared directly to you
And rained ambrosial streams of teachings,
The synthesis of the minds of Buddhas,
Past, present and future;
In the lotus garden of the Munis teachings

You are likened to a sun amongst Buddhas;
With these very words Maitreya Buddha
Praised you when in a vision he appeared;
Beholding the sublime forms of countless Buddhas,
You directly received the transforming powers
Of Saraha, Luipa and the other mahasiddhas;
To you, a supreme and perfected being,
Having in a dream been given the blessings of
Nagarjuna, Aryadeva, Buddhapalita and Chandrakirti,
Experience of the Very Dharma, profound emptiness,
Arose within you; to you, who has abandoned
Even the imprints of confusion,
With the subtle meditation in samadhi centred
Upon reality itself, clear like the sky,
You moved not for a moment
Even in post-meditation
From viewing mind as illusory;
Having mastered the oceans of tantras,
Pinnacle of all Buddhas teachings,
You indeed are a perfect Lama
Inseparable from All-pervading Vajradhara;
Master who practised exactly as taught
The essential profundities of tantras two stages,
The ultimate paths, as never before
Shown by another in this land,
And then accomplished their purpose,
By perfecting the coarse and subtle deity-yogas,
You eliminated the habitual thought patterns
That conceive existence as profane.

To you whose mind never stirs
From the blissful flow of mystic mandalas,
Coasting in the central nadi on a current of air,
You perceived the quintessence of emptiness,
The clear light itself, mahamudra,
Experiencing the summit of great bliss;
To you, the one of vajra mind,
Due to the force of your infinite prayers,
Countless disciples spontaneously were drawn
To the path that pleases all Buddhas;
To you, Refuge of all the world,
In an era when nothing but the empty name
of Doctrine was upheld by teachers and trainees,
You brought into the light the three higher trainings
To you, the Great Reviver,
When you determined consciously to pass away,
Hosts of Dakas and Dakinis beyond imagination,
Making offerings filled the skies.
Mind focused on the clear light of Dharmakaya,
Your body transformed into a luminous sphere and,
In the bardo, illusory body yoga fulfilled Sambhogakaya.
To you who gained supreme siddhi
From this moment onward in all future lives,
May I sit before your lotus feet
And, hearing your teachings,
Practise only as delights you.
May I be blessed to abandon both

Viewing this life as something to crave
And yearning for happiness for myself alone.
And may I never abandon the bodhimind,
The wish to attain Buddhahood for all.
With clear wisdom focusing on the subtle,
May I fathom the perfect words of Buddha
And ascend the path of knowledge.
Thus may I arise to dispel the darkness
Of the ignorance pervading beings minds.
May I have power to discover
The import of the many tantras
And to practise single-pointedly
The profound significance of their two stages,
Unhindered by inner or outer obstacles.
In brief, may I receive grace to understand
All the teachings of Buddha Shakyamuni,
Especially those of the peerless Vajrayana,
Just as do the Awakened Ones.
Thus may I bring light to the world.
By the virtue of this aspiration,
May I in all future lives never be
Parted from you, a perfect Lama,
And may I dwell with the taste of the teachings
That arose from the depths of your experience.
Because of whatever goodness
I have done or will do,
May you gaze upon me with pleasure,
And may I always unwaveringly practise
Precisely in accord with your advice.
By the power of the mighty deeds
Of Lama Je Tsongkhapa, the tantric Guru,
Until enlightenment may I never fall
From the good path praised by all Buddhas.

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Praise to Vajrayogini
The Goddess That Absorbs All Traumas
Although Vajrayoginis practice requires initiation, a fervent Seeker of
Dharma, Pablo Alder, who was entranced by Her mysteries, found
this beautiful prayer on the Internet. One can recite this prayer to
create a connection with Sacred Vajrayogini now, without initiation.
I am the diamond maiden, the player of games

The yogini is one of my forms
Showing that I am beyond earthly attachment
I am the shining revelation to the ascetic
The women in silk and roses
I am the harlot in black net and leather,
Who gives enjoyable punishmentI am the glass bead master, creating
universes of form
And a spark of me is in each hand, for I dwell in karma.
I am the Trauma Goddess, the Lady of Pain
In return for devotion I pull thorns from the heart
In return for obedience

I untie the knots in the belly and the head (chakras)
I hold the vajra, which gives and receives
I reshape family karma
The Trauma Goddess is called for people in painful situations
Where anger and hatred block the path of the soul
I evaluate the benefits of revenge
And give better suggestions for spiritual growth.
I am not suited to polite society
To social striving, upward mobility, and making good impressions
I am radically honest, sensitive, brilliant, and blunt
I hold up a mirror to the best and worst facets of human life.
The Lady of Trauma is the mirror of pain
I reflect the disastrous ways that human beings interact
Then the reflections are stretched and distorted
With irony, and humour, and sadness
Loosening their grip on the heart
So that the person who seeks freedom
Can get a taste of being free.
(We fold our hands and entreat Her)
Lady of Trauma, Lady that absorbs pain
Ascetic and bhairavi and sannyasini and mistress
Pull me from the disaster that I have made of my life
Save me from the evil machinations of others.
This is their prayer and I hear it in their hearts
As they chant my mantra.
Saviour, Lady, Mother Goddess, Bodhisattva,
Love me as I love you
I am desperate and bound
Free me by your grace.
I will give freedom, but not without realisation
Those who have been bound, bind others
Those who have suffered, cause suffering
I let them know how they have been affected

But also how they have affected others.
I do not wear bones because of death
I wear them because they represent what is beneath the surface
The blood that I drink is evil karma of those that I save
And the karma is then halted and does not pass to others.
I appear wrathful as I take on anger, hatred, fury, and the desire to
destroy
Which are destroyed within me.
I am a dancer upon the pain of all mankind
I destroy the dark and corrupt.
My compassionate side is hidden
But for those whom I love
Who have taken on my dark grace
I open a path of shining light
With pain and sorrow left behind.
Source: J. Denosky
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Vajrasattvas Purification Practice

Purifying negative karmic imprints
Vajrasattva is the manifestation of the purity of body, speech and

mind of all the Buddhas. The practice of Vajrasattva is especially
effective for purifying negative karmic imprints created by the ten nonvirtuous actions and transgressions of precepts, vows and
commitments. By applying the Four Opponent Powers, this practice
can help to purify our negative actions and alleviate guilt, remorse
and feelings of unworthiness that keep us from going forward in our
lives.
1. Power of Reliance: Taking Refuge and Generating Bodhicitta

order to benefit all sentient beings.
2. Power of Regret
The negative karma I have accumulated from beginningless time is
as extensive as the ocean. Although I know that each negative action
leads to countless eons of suffering, it seems that I am constantly
striving to create nothing but negative actions.
Even though I try to avoid non-virtue and practise positive acts, day
and night without respite, negative and ethical downfalls come to me
like rainfall. I lack the ability to purify these faults so that no trace of
them remains.
With these negative imprints still in my mind, I could suddenly die and
find myself falling to an unfortunate rebirth. What can I do?
Please Vajrasattva, with your great compassion, guide me from such
misery!
3. Power of Remedy: Mantra Recitation
Hundred Syllable Purification Mantra of Vajrasattva:
OM BENZASATTO SAMAYA MANU PALAYA / BENZASATTO

TENO PATITA / DIDRO MAY BHAWA / SUTO KAYO MAY BHAWA
/ SUPO KAYO MAY BHAWA / ANU RAKTO MAY BHAWA /
SARWA SIDDHI ME PAR YATSA / SARWA KARMA SUT TSA ME /
TISHTAM SHRIYAM KURU HUM / HA HA HA HA HO /
BHAGAWAN SARWA TATAGATA / BENZA MA MAY MUN TSA /
BENZA BHAWA MAHA SAMAYA SATTO / AH HUM PHET(At least
21x daily)
Short Mantra of Vajrasattva:
OM BENZA SATTO HUM
4. Power of Restraint: Promise Not To Commit Negativities Again
Before Guru Vajrasattva, I vow never again to commit these negative
actions at least for a day, an hour or a few seconds from which I find
it difficult to abstain
Dissolving Vajrasattva into yourselves
Visualise Vajrasattva melts into light and dissolves into you and your
three gateways become inseparably one with Vajrasattvas holy body,
speech and mind.
Dedication
By this merit may I attain the enlightened state of Vajrasattva, that I
may be able to liberate all sentient beings from suffering.
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The Practice Of The Single Yellow Dzambala

The Buddha of Wealth
REFUGE AND GENERATING THE MIND OF ENLIGHTENMENT
the Sangha.
By the positive potential I create by practising generosity and the
other far-reaching attitudes,
may I attain Buddhahood in order to benefit all sentient beings.
THE FOUR IMMEASURABLES
and anger.
OM SVABHAVA SHUDDHA SARVA DHARMA SVABHAVA
SHUDDHO HUM
(dissolving into emptiness)
Out of Emptiness from the syllable HUM comes a protection wheel, at
the centre of which from the syllable PAM comes a lotus, from AH
comes a moon disc, in the centre of which is ones own
consciousness in the form of a yellow syllable DZA, which emanates
rays of light, making offerings to all Arya beings. The light that comes
from the DZA pacifies the sufferings of the poverty of all living beings,
causing rays of treasures to fall. Light collects back into the syllable
DZA, and one takes the form of Arya Dzambala with golden colour,
one face and two arms, with the right hand in the gesture of supreme
giving, holding the bijapura fruit and the left holding a mongoose from
whose mouth a great treasure of jewels is constantly being emitted.
Arya Dzambala is peaceful and elegant, slightly corpulent and

appearing very gentle, in a completely happy and pleasant state of
mind. With his eyes wide open and his black hair tied in a top knot, he
is adorned with a jewelled head ornament. The right foot is slightly
outstretched in the royal posture, and both feet are placed on
treasures such as the eye of conch shell and head of the lotus.
Wearing multi-coloured silken clothing and jewelled ornaments, he is
adorned with garlands of blue utpala flowers. His body is luminous
and radiant. From ones heart centre (as Arya Dzambala) emanate
rays of light, inviting wisdom beings in the form of Arya Dzambala
along with his entourage.
BENZA SAMADZA
(inviting the wisdom beings)
DZA HUM BAM HO
(The wisdom beings are absorbed)
At the forehead is the syllable OM, at the throat an AH and at the
heart a HUM. Again from the heart centre emanate rays of light,
inviting the five initiating deities and entourage.
Please bestow blessings and confer the initiation.
(thus requesting)
OM BENZA BHAVA ABHISINTSA HUM
(saying this the initiation is conferred)
The body is filled, purifying all stains. An excess of water comes out
from the crown of the head, transforming into Ratnasambhava.
The Way To Bless The Sensory Offerings
(offerings should be blessed according to the lower tantras)
OM BENZA AMRITA KUNDALI HANA HANA HUM PHET
SHUDDHO HUM
Everything is Emptiness.
Out of emptiness in front of oneself appears the syllable OM which
transforms into eight spacious jewelled vessels. In each of those
vessels appears the syllable OM, which transforms into godly
substances: water for the mouth, water for the feet, flowers, incense,
and so forth, clear, unobstructed, and as extensive as space.
OM ARGHAM AH HUM (water)
OM PADYAM AH HUM (water)
OM PUPEY AH HUM (flower)
OM DHUPE AH HUM (incense)
OM ALOKE AH HUM (light)
OM GANDHE AH HUM (perfume)
OM NAWIDYE AH HUM (food)
OM SHABDA AH HUM (music)
8 Sensory Offerings
OM ARYA DZAMBALA SAPARIWARA ARGHAM PRATITSA
SOHA
OM ARYA DZAMBALA SAPARIWARA PADYAM PRATITSA
SOHA
OM ARYA DZAMBALA SAPARIWARA PUPEY PRATITSA SOHA
OM ARYA DZAMBALA SAPARIWARA DHUPE PR ATITSA SOHA
OM ARYA DZAMBALA SAPARIWARA ALOKE PRATITSA SOHA
OM ARYA DZAMBALA SAPARIWARA GANDHE PRATITSA
SOHA
OM ARYA DZAMBALA SAPARIWARA NAWIDYE PRATITSA
SOHA
OM ARYA DZAMBALA SAPARIWARA SHABDA PRATITSA SOHA
PRAISES
O Lord of Wealth, Holder of the Treasure of Jewels
And Lord of the numerous wealth-holding yakshas,
Great Lord and Protector of the North, Bestower of Supreme
Attainments,
I prostrate to You. (3x)
Mantra Recitation
(With visualisation, do the recitation any number of times)

OM DZAMBALA DZALENDRAYE SOHA
Dedication
By the virtues collected through this practice
May I quickly attain the state of Arya Dzambala
And lead all beings, without exception,
To the state of Enlightenment.
(If one wishes to make the offering of water to Arya Dzambala, one
may do so in this way:)
Visualisation
In the centre of a copper vessel, out of Emptiness appears Arya
Dzambala in golden colour, one face and two arms, with the right
hand in the gesture of supreme giving, holding the bijapura fruit and
the left holding a mongoose which is constantly emitting from its
mouth a great treasure of jewels. Arya Dzambala is peaceful and
elegant, slightly corpulent and appearing very gentle and in a
completely happy and pleasant state of mind. With his eyes wide
open and his black hair tied in a top knot, he is adorned with a
jewelled head ornament. The right foot is slightly outstretched in the
royal posture, and both feet are placed on treasures such as the eye
of conch shell and head of the lotus. Wearing multi-coloured silken
clothing and jewelled ornaments, he is adorned with garlands of blue
utpala flowers. His body is luminous and radiant.
At the palm of the right hand on a moon disc the syllables OM HUM
TRAM HRI AH emanate rays of light, inviting the blessings of all
Buddhas in the form of nectar, which enter into the five syllables.
OM AH HUM (3x)
(reciting thus, blessing the water)
Now recite the essence mantra OM DZAMBALA DZALENDRAYE
SOHA 108 times and either pour the water 108 times or pour the
water from the vase in a continuous stream, thus visualising that one
is offering this water to Arya Dzambala. Finally, the torma which has
been prepared for Dzambala should be blessed and also put into the
water and offered.
The way to bless the torma
OM BENZA AMRITA KUNDALI HANA HANA HUM PHET
SHUDDHO HAM
Out of Emptiness from the syllable YAM comes a wind mandala, on
top of which from RAM comes a fire mandala. From the syllable AH
comes a skullcup, white on the outside and red inside, huge and
spacious, containing the five meats and five nectars, which are
purified, transformed and multiplied by the recitation of the three
syllables OM AH HUM. The substances become an undefiled ocean
of wisdom nectar.
Torma offering
OM ARYA DZAMBALA SAPARIWARA IDAM BALIMTA KHA KHA
KHAHI KHAHI
(Then make Offerings and Praises:)
8 sensory offerings
OM ARYA DZAMBALA SAPARIWARA ARGHAM PRATITSA
SOHA
OM ARYA DZAMBALA SAPARIWARA PADYAM PRATITSA
SOHA
OM ARYA DZAMBALA SAPARIWARA PUPEY PRATITSA SOHA
OM ARYA DZAMBALA SAPARIWARA DHUPE PRATITSA SOHA
OM ARYA DZAMBALA SAPARIWARA ALOKE PRATITSA SOHA
OM ARYA DZAMBALA SAPARIWARA GANDHE PRATITSA
SOHA
OM ARYA DZAMBALA SAPARIWARA NAWIDYE PRATITSA
SOHA
OM ARYA DZAMBALA SAPARIWARA SHABDA PRATITSA SOHA
PRAISES
O Lord of Wealth, Holder of the Treasure of Jewels,

And Lord of the numerous wealth-holding yakshas,
Great Lord and Protector of the North, Bestower of Supreme
Attainments, I prostrate to You.
I and all living beings, who are under the sufferings of the five actions
motivated by stinginess,
in all rebirths we take refuge in You.
With your treasure of jewels and the stream of nectar
please pacify the sufferings of poverty of all beings. (3x)
(Then visualise that Arya Dzambala is extremely delighted and gives
you presents of wish-fulfilling gems and attainments of nectar. Also,
take some of the torma water and share it with others.)
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A Song Of Longing For Tara The Infallible

By Lozang Tanpa Gyaltsan
Tara is swift in her response to our prayers as represented by her

emerald green colour. Her ability to come to our assistance as we
invoke her presence is instant we need only think of her to have her
compassionate heart with us. Kyabje Zong Rinpoche has said that if
we rely on Tara as our personal meditational deity, attainment of
siddhis is very quick.
Tara has strongly manifested her presence, blessings and speech

many times over to us, from the highest practitioners to the humblest
devotees. Due to its quick and efficacious results, her practice has
become widespread and prevalent throughout North Asia, and
continues to spread through the world. We are fortunate to have the
opportunity to practice this efficient yidam without lower or higher
tantric commitments.
Homage to Guru Arya-Tara!
1. Three Infallible Jewels of Refuge combined
In one, Divine Mother Whose nature is Compassion,
I bow to You from my heart! Till Im enlightened,
Support me, I pray, with the hook of Your Compassion!
2. I call the Jewels as witness from not just my mouth,
But the depth of my innermost heart and bones, I pray
Think of me somewhat! Show me Your smiling face!
Loving One, grant me the nectar of Your Speech!
3. Others cheat us with their made-up teachings,
Selling Dharma for money thats marked by impermanence,
Proclaiming ignorance knowledge, puffed up with pride
Through the eight worldly Dharmas, Gurus great and small.
4. Since I cannot trust such Friends of degenerate times,
The principal Guru of mine is You Yourself.
Inspire me, Mother of the nature of love!
Arouse Your great power of Compassion! Think of me!
5. Relied on as Refuge, none of them will deceive us;
But, seeing the ways of this degenerate age,
Most Buddhas sink down into the bliss of Nirvana;
Some, though compassionate, have weak karmic connection.
6. Since I have no other Yidam deity,
My principal Deity is You Yourself.
Grant me siddhis, Mother of loving nature!
Arouse Your great power of compassion! Think of me!
7. Most protectors dont show their powers and skills

Disgusted with their practitioners, they do not act.
Others, proud of worldly fame, may be
Good for a while, but cheat us in the end.
8. Since I cannot trust protectors such as these,
My principal Protector is You Yourself.
Fulfill the Activities, Mother of loving nature!
Arouse Your great power of Compassion! Think of me!
9. Common worldly riches, the meaning like the name,
Arouse defilements and bind one in Samsara.
What jewels, except the Aryas, though they grant wishes,
Can let me take even a sesame seed when I die?
10. Since I cannot trust illusory riches,
The principal wealth I have is You Yourself.
Grant my desires, O Mother of loving nature!
11. Not fit to be trusted even for one day,
Their thoughts determinedly set on misbehaviour,
Just acting friendly, these friends of no virtue
Play the friend when they wish, the enemy when they dont.
12. Since I cannot trust these friends of degenerate times,
The principal friend of mine is You Yourself.
Be close to me, O Mother of loving nature!
13. In short, my Guru, my Deity and Protector,
My Refuge, dwelling, food, wealth, friends and all
Everything whatsoever I wish, You are;
So make me accomplish everything easily!
14. Let me stop also my present stubborn mind,
And rouse the Compassion that even on coming to give
A billion times for every beings sake
My body and life tires not inspire me thus!
15. The uprooter of Samsaras maker, self-grasping,

The deep Middle Way, so hard to understand,
Avoiding all errors of the two extremes,
Pure Right View Please inspire me to realise it!
16. Wishing, for sentient beings sake, to win Buddhahood,
Let me not think for a moment of my own pleasure,
But dedicating all virtues to beings and Doctrine,
Perfect my renounced Bodhi-mind inspire me thus!
17. Rich in the Aryas Treasures, faith and the rest,
Let me become the best of Buddha-sons, able
To keep the smallest precept taught by the Conquerors,
Never contemptuous of it inspire me thus!
18. In outward behaviour keeping the Hearers conduct,
Let me, in inward belief, revere the Profound
Vajrayana, and practice the Two-Stage Path,
So winning Enlightenment swiftly inspire me thus!
19. Whether Im happy or troubled, whether things
Go well or badly for me, whatever I do
You know about it, Venerable Tara, so
Think of me lovingly, my only mother!
20. Myself and all the beings with hopes of me
I offer to You, Venerable Tara!
Make us Your own, and to the highest Pure Land
Make us go quickly, with no births intervening!
21. My mothers, who do not follow the Conquerors teachings,
All mother sentient beings, whoever they are
With Your hook of compassionate skilful means
Please transform their minds into Dharma!
22. Reciting this at morning, noon and night,
And bearing in mind Venerable Tara,
Let all sentient beings with hopes of me
Be born in whatever Pure Land they desire!
23. May every member of the Three Precious Jewels,

Especially the Venerable Mother, compassionate-natured,
Look after me till I reach the point of Enlightenment
Letting me conquer quickly the four Maras hosts!
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A Prayer To Saraswati
Composed by the incomparable Lama Tsongkhapa
Captivating presence, stealing my mind,

like a lightning-adorned cloud beautifying the sky,
there amid a celestial gathering of youthful musicians.
Compassionate goddess, come here now!
Those alluring honeybee eyes in that lotus face,
that long, dark blue hair, glowing with white light,
there before me in a pose of seductive dance.
Grant me, Saraswati, your power of speech.
Those beautiful, playful antelope eyes,
I gaze insatiably upon you, seducer of my mind.
Goddess of speech with a mothers compassion,
make our speech as one.
More beautiful than the splendor of a full autumn moon,

a voice eclipsing the sweetest melody of Brahma,
a mind as hard to fathom as the deepest ocean,
I bow before the goddess Saraswati.
Mantra: OM SARASIDDHI HRING HRING
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Praises To The 21 Taras

Offering of the 21 Homages
Recite each phrase once and/or offer prostrations with the following
visualisations. With each praise and prostration, imagine that a
replica of each respective Tara manifests, arising from the one before
it like simultaneous sparks of fire, and sinks into you.
From your sublime abode at the Potala

O Tara born from the green letter TAM
Whose light rescues all beings
Come with your retinue, I beg you.
The gods and demi-gods bow
To your lotus feet, O Tara,
You who rescue all who are destitute
To you, Mother Tara, I pay homage.
OM JE TSUN MA PAG MA DROL MA LA CHAG TSEL LO

OM Homage to the Venerable Arya Tara.
1. Praising Tara by her life story
Homage to Tara, The Swift One, The Heroine,
Whose eyes are like a flash of lightning,
Who arose from the opening of a lotus,
Born from the tears of the Protector of The Three Worlds.
2. Praising Tara by the brightness and radiance of her face
Homage to you with a face like a hundred full moons in autumn,
Gathered together into one,
Blazing with brilliant light,
Like a thousand constellations.
3. Praising Tara by her colour, what she holds and her causes
Homage to you who are bluish gold,
Your hand perfectly adorned with a lotus flower;
Who arose from practicing Giving, Moral discipline,
Patience, Effort, Concentration and Wisdom.
4. Praising Tara by her being honoured by the Conquerors and the
Bodhisattvas
Homage to you who surmount the Tathagathas Ushnishas,
Whose victorious actions are limitless
Who are greatly honoured by the Sons of Conquerors,
Who have attained every perfection.
5. Praising Tara by her subduing unfavourable conditions
Homage to you who with letters TUTTARA and HUM
Fill the realms of desire, direction and space.
With the seven worlds beneath your feet,
You are able to draw all beings to bliss.
6. Praising Tara by her being worshipped by the great worldly gods
Homage to you who are worshipped by Indra, Agni, Brahma,
Vayu, and the other mighty gods;
And before whom the host of evil spirits,
Zombies, smell eaters and givers of harm respectfully offer praise.
7. Praising Tara by her destroying opponents

Homage to you who by saying TRA (trey) and PHAT
Completely destroy the obstructions of the enemies.
You suppress with your right leg drawn in and your left extended,
And blaze with a fierce and raging fire.
8. Praising Tara by her purifying demons and the two obstructions
Homage to TURE, extremely fearsome one,
Who completely destroys the chief of demons,
With a wrathful expression on your lotus face
You vanquish all foes without exception.
9. Praising Tara by the object she holds in her right and left hands
Homage to you whose fingers adorn your heart
With the mudra symbolising the Three Precious Jewels,
Adorned with a wheel of all directions,
Whose radiant light outshines all.
10. Praising Tara by her crown ornament and the sound of her
laughter
Homage to you whose very joyful and shining crown ornament
Radiates a garland of light.
Who with your mirthful laughter of TUTTARA,
Subdue the demons and worldly gods.
11. Praising Tara by her accomplishing divine actions through the ten
directional guardians
Homage to you who are able to summon
All the directional guardians and their retinues.
Frowning and shaking, with the letter HUM,
You rescue all from their misfortune.
12. Praising Tara by her crown ornament
Homage to you with a crescent moon adorning your crown,
And all your ornaments shining brightly;
With Amitabha in your top-knot
Eternally radiating light.
13. Praising Tara by her wrathful posture
Homage to you who dwells amidst a garland of flames
Like the fire at the end of an eon.
With your right leg extended and left drawn in,

You destroy the hosts of obstructions of those who delight in the
Dharma Wheel.
14. Praising Tara by the light that radiates from the letter HUM
Homage to you who strike the ground with the palm of your hand,
And stamp it with your foot.
With a wrathful glance and a letter HUM
You subdue all seven levels.
15. Praising Tara by her Dharmakaya Aspect
Homage to you who are happy, virtuous and peaceful,
Within the sphere of the peace of Nirvana,
Fully endowed with SOHA and OM,
You completely destroy heavy evil actions.
16. Praising Tara by her divine actions of peaceful and wrathful
Mantras
Homage to you who completely subdue the obstructions
Of those who delight in the Dharma Wheel,
Rescuing with the array of the ten-letter mantra
And the knowledge letter HUM.
17. Praising Tara by her divine actions of wrathfully shaking the three
worlds
Homage to TURE, stamping your feet
Born from the seed in the aspect of HUM
Who cause Mount Meru, Mandhara and Vindhya,
And all three worlds to shake.
18. Praising Tara by her divine actions of dispelling internal and
external poisons
Homage to you who hold in your hand
A moon, the lake of the gods
Saying TARA twice and the letter PHAT,
You completely dispel all poisons.
19. Praising Tara by her divine actions of dispelling conflicts and bad
dreams
Homage to you who are honoured by the kings of the hosts of gods,
And the gods and the kinnaras,
Through your joyful and shining pervasive armour,

All conflicts and bad dreams are dispelled.
20. Praising Tara by her divine actions of dispelling diseases
Homage to you whose two eyes are like the sun and the full moon,
Radiate a pure and clear light
Say HARA twice and TUTTARA
You dispel the most violent, infections diseases.
21. Praising Tara by her divine actions of subduing evil spirits and
zombies
Homage to you who have the perfect power of pacifying
Through your blessings of the Three Thatnesses;
Subduer of the hosts of evil spirits, zombies and givers of harm
O TURE, most excellent and supreme!
Thus concludes this praise of the root mantra and the offering of the
twentyone homages.
Mantra: OM TARE TUTTARE TURE SOHA
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Medicine Buddha Practice

The Healing Buddha
Visualise yourself in your ordinary body, with your heart at the center
of your chest, inverted, pointing upwards. Inside your heart is a white,
eight-petalled lotus. At its center is a moon disc, upon which is seated
the Healing Buddha in the aspect of the supreme transformation. His
body is clear and in the nature of dark blue light, and he holds an
arura plant in his right hand and a begging bowl in his left hand.
In front of the Healing Buddha is the white medicinal goddess,
Actualized Wisdom; to his right is the yellow medicinal goddess,
Simultaneous Wealth; behind him is the red forest goddess,
Peacocks Throat; to his left is the green tree goddess, Radiant One.
Each goddess is in the nature of blissful radiant light and has one
face and two arms. An arura plant is in each of the goddesss right
hands, with a vase adorned with various ornaments in the left hand.
The four goddesses sit cross-legged, not in the full vajra position but
in the aspect of offering respect to the Healing Buddha.
Then make this request.
O Destroyer, Complete in All Qualities and Gone Beyond

and you four medicinal goddesses,
please pacify immediately the illnesses which afflict me now
and help me to avoid all future sicknesses.
Light rays of the appropriate colour emanate from each of the five
deities at your heart. Your heart and body are full of blissful light,
which perfectly purifies all diseases, spirit harms, and negative
actions and their imprints. Beams of five coloured light radiate from all
the pores in your body, while nectar flows down from the Healing
Buddhas begging bowl and the vases held by the four goddesses,
completely filling your heart and body. Generate the strong
recognition that you have vanquished disease forever and will never
be sick again. While concentrating single-pointedly on this
visualization, recite the short or long Healing Buddha mantra seven,
twenty-one, one hundred and eight, or more times.
Short Mantra of Medicine Buddha
TAYATHA OM BEKANZE BEKANZE MAHA BEKANZE BEKANZE

RANDZA SAMUGATHE SOHA
Long mantra of medicine buddha
OM NAMO BHAGAWATE BEKANZEY GURU BENDURYA
PRABHA RANDZAYA TAYATHA ARHATE SAMYAKSAM
BUDDHAYA TAYATHA OM BEKANZEY BEKANZEY MAHA
BEKANZEY RANDZA SAMUGATHE SOHA
If you are sick, after you have finished reciting the mantra, put some
saliva in your left palm, rub it on the tip of your right ring finger, place
the tip of this finger at the entrance of your right and left nostrils,
where the so-called All-Doing King Nerve can be found, and apply the
saliva to the afflicted parts of your body. Then recite as many mantras
of the Sanskrit vowels and consonants as possible, along with the
mantra of the Heart of Dependent Arising.
Sanskrit Vowels
OM A AA I II U UU RI RII LI LII E AI O AU AM AH SOHA
Sanskrit Consonants
OM KA KHA GA GHA NGA / TSA TSHA DZA DZHA NYA / TA THA
DA DHA NA / TA THA DA DHA NA / PA PHA BA BHA MA / YA RA
LA VA / SA SHA SA HA KSHA SOHA
The Heart of Dependent Arising
OM YE DHARMA HETU-PRABHAVA HETUN TESHAN
TATHAGATO HYA VADAT / TESHAN CA YO NIRODHA / EVAMVADI / MAHA SRAMANAH-YE-SOHA
Source: Guru Rinpoche
Translation: Lama Zopa Rinpoche
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Gaden Lhagyama Je Tsongkhapas Guru Yoga

Je Tsongkhapa embodies the Bodhisattvas of Compassion
(Avalokiteshvara or Kuan Yin), Wisdom (Manjushri) and Power
(Vajrapani). Connecting with Je Tsongkhapa by thinking of him with
faith, reciting his holy mantra, meditating on his omnipresence and
practising his Guru Yoga blesses us with a deep sense of peace and
clarity of mind we never thought possible. It is simple, complete and
effective for todays modern individual.
Invocation
GA-DEN HLA-JI NGON-JYI THUG-KA NEY
RAP-KAR SHO-SAR PUNG-DEE CHU-DZIN TSER
CHO-KYI GYEL-PO KUN-CHEN LOZANG DRAG
SEY-DANG CHE-PA NE-DIR SHEG SU SOL
From the heart of the Lord of the Gaden devas (Maitreya Buddha)
emerges a brilliant white cloud, like a great mass of fresh yoghurt.
Atop sits Tsongkhapa all knowing, King of Dharma;
we request your coming to this place along with your great disciples.
Requesting to stay
DUN-JYI NAM-KHAR SING-TI PEE-DEE TENG
JE-TSUN LA-MA JYEH-PI DZUM-KAR CHYEN
DAG-LO DE-PE SO-NAM SHING-CHOG TU
TAN-PA JYEH-SHIR KAL-DJAR JUG-SU SOL
My Lord Guru is seated before me upon a lion-throne, lotus and
moon cushion.
His body is white and he smiles blissfully.

Please remain many eons and serve as the great merit field for the
growth of my minds faith,
and for the increase of Lord Buddhas teachings.
Prostration and praise
SHE-JYEH CHON-KUN JAL-WEY LO-DO THUG
KAL-ZANG NA-WEY JYIN-JUR LIK-SHEY SUNG
DRAG-PI PEL-JYI HLAM-MER DZEY-PI KU
THONG-THO DRAN PI DON DHAN LA-CHAG TSAL
His omniscient wisdom-mind encompasses all that is existent.
His voice is a profound teaching, which ornaments the ear of the
fortunate pupil.
His bodys beautiful radiance evokes wondrous admiration.
To Lama Tsongkhapa whom merely viewing, hearing or
contemplating earns one great merit, I make prostration.
Offering
YIH-WONG TCHO-YON NA-TSOG ME-TOG DANG
DRI-JEM DUG-PO NANG-SAL DRID-CHAB SOG
NGO-SHAM YIH TUL TCHO-TIN GYA-TSO DI
SO-NAM SHING-CHOG CHE-LA CHO-PA BUL
I present to you, great field of merit, Tsongkhapa,
beautiful offerings, water, a display of flowers, fragrant incense,
butter-lamps, perfumes and more both physical and mental offerings,
vast as the clouds and wide as the ocean.
Confession
DAG-GI TO-MEY DU-NEH SAG-PA YI
LU-NGAG YIH-KYI DIG-PA CHI-JYI DANG
CHEY-PA DOM-PA SUM-JI MI-TUN SHO
NYING-NEH JO-PA TRAH-PO SO-SOR SHAG
The unwholesome actions of body, speech and mind,
which I have accumulated over a measureless period,
especially actions contrary to the three vows (Vinaya, Bodhisattva,
Vajrayana),
I regret extremely from the depths of my heart, and I reveal each and
every such action.
Rejoicing
NIK-MI DU-DIR MANG-THO DRUP-LA TSON
CHO-JYED PANG-PI DAL-JOR DON-YO SHYE
NGON-PO CHEY-KYI LAP-CHEN DZE-PA LA
DAG-CHAG SAM-PA TAG-PEH YI RANG NGO
We totally rejoice in your magnificent achievements, my Lord,
who received numerous teachings and performed the practices with
utmost diligence,
who abandoned the eight worldly objectives
and made the most meaningful use of the eighteen opportune
conditions during these degenerate times.
Request to turn the wheel of dharma
All you holy Gurus, unerring in conduct,
may you precipitate a rain of realisation of Bodhicitta and Shunyata
from the clouds of all-knowing compassion which fills the
Dharmakaya sky,
providing for the field of disciples precisely what is needed.
Requesting to remain
NAM-DAG WO-SAL YING-LEY JING-PA YI
ZUNG-JUG KU-LA CHAR-NUB MI-NGA YANG
THA-MAL HNANG-NGOR ZUG-KU RAG-PA NYI
SEE-THEE BAR-DU MI-NUB TAN-PA SHUG
May the Vajra body of Tsongkhapa created from the purity of clear
light,
free of the rising and setting of cyclic existence
but visible to the ordinary viewer only in its unsubtle, physical form,
stay on unchanging, without waning, until Samsara ends.
Dedication
CHE-PA JE-TSUN LO-ZANG DRAG-PA YI
TAN-PI NYING-PO RING-DU SAL-SHEH SHOG
May this merit accumulated by myself and others,
beneficially serve all sentient beings and the Buddhadharma
and especially may the essential teachings of the unerring master
Tsongkhapa,
become clear and enduring.
Migtsema (Mantra of Je Tsongkhapa)
This can be recited anytime, anywhere, as many times as possible. It
has the benefits of receiving the blessings of Avalokiteshvara,
Manjushri and Vajrapani.
DU-PUNG MA-LU JOM-DZEY SANG-WEY DAG
GANG-CHEN KE-PEY TSUG-GYEN TSONGKAPA
Je Tsongkhapa, crown jewel of the holy Masters of the land of snows,
You are Avalokiteshvara, great goldmine of Compassion untainted by
egos delusion.
You are Manjushri, great Master of stainless wisdom.
You are Vajrapani, great subduer of all the gatherings of demons.
At your feet, famed Lobsang Drakpa,
I humbly bow and earnestly request that all sentient beings achieve
Enlightenment.
Dissolving Je Rinpoche into ourselves

DAG-SOG CHI-WOR PE-ME DAN-JUG LA
KU-SUNG THUG-KYI NGO-DRUP TSAL-DU SOL
Dear worthy root Guru, please ascend the lotus seat
atop the head of myself and the other beings,
and in your great kindness please remain with us.
Bestow upon us the blessings of your body, speech and mind.
CHO-DANG THUN-MONG NGO-DRUP TSAL-DU SOL
Precious, noble, root Guru, please occupy the lotus seat
Please grant us your blessings for our temporal success
and for the supreme attainment.
JANG-CHUB NYING-PO BAR-DU TAN-PAR SHUG
Beloved, noble, root Guru, please occupy the lotus seat
Please stay on until we achieve the great goal of Enlightenment.
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Extracts From The Gaden Lhagyama

The Guru Yoga Of Lama Tsongkhapa
Nine Line Prayer to Lama Tsongkhapa

NGO-DRUB KUN-JUNG THUB-WANG DORJE-CHANG
MIG-MEY TZE-WAY TER-CHEN CHENREZIG
DRI-MEY KHYEN-PI WANG-PO JAMPAL-YANG
DU-PUNG MA-LU JOM-DZEY SANG-WEY-DAG
GANG-CHENG KE-PEY TSUG-GYEN LO-SANG-DRAG
KYAB-SUM KUN-DU LA-MA SANG-GYA-LA
GO-SUM GU-PAI GO-NA SOL-WA-DEB
RANG-ZHAN MIN-CHING DROL-WAR JIN-GYI-LOB
CHOG-DANG THUN-MONG NGO-DRUB TSAL-DU-SOL
The originator of all realisation, Tubwang Dorje Chang,
Avalokiteshvara, great treasure of inapprehensible great compassion,
Manjushri, enriched with fully-knowing mind,
Vajrapani, destroyer of the entire hosts of Maras, Sumati Kirti, the
most learned one, the crowning ornament of the Snow Lands,
Guru Buddha, the encompassment of the three objects of refuge.
Reverently I request you from my three doors
To ripen please the minds of myself and others,
And grant general and sublime realisations.
Four Line Prayer to Lama Tsongkhapa

GANG-CHEN KE-PEY TSUG-GYEN TSONGKHAPA
Avalokiteshvara, great treasure of inapprehensible great compassion,

Manjushri, enriched with fully-knowing mind,
Tsongkhapa, the most learned one, the crowning ornament of the
Snow Lands.
To you, Sumati Kirti, I make requests.
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The Heart Sutra

The Perfection Of Wisdom
Homage to the Perfection of Wisdom, the Blessed Mother.
Thus I have heard. At one time the Blessed One was dwelling in
Rajagriha on Massed Vultures Mountain together with a great
assembly of monks and Bodhisattvas. At that time, the Blessed One
was absorbed in the concentration of the countless aspects of
phenomena, called Profound Illumination.
At that time also the Superior Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva, the
Great Being, was looking perfectly at the practice of the profound
perfection of wisdom, looking perfectly at the emptiness of inherent
existence also of the five aggregates.
Then, through the power of Buddha, the Venerable Shariputra said to
the Superior Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva, the Great Being, How
should a son of the lineage train who wishes to engage in the practice
of the profound Perfection of Wisdom?
Thus he spoke, and the Superior Avalokiteshvara, Great Being,

replied to Venerable Shariputra as follows: Shariputra, whatever son
or daughter of the lineage wishes to engage in the practice of the
profound Perfection of Wisdom should look perfectly like this:
subsequently looking perfectly and correctly at the emptiness of
inherent existence also of the five aggregates.
Form is empty; emptiness is form. Emptiness is not other than form;
form also is not other than emptiness. Likewise, feeling,
discrimination, compositional factors and consciousness are empty.
Shariputra, like this all phenomena are merely empty, having no
characteristics. They are not produced and do not cease. They have
no defilement and no separation from defilement. They have no
decrease and no increase.
Therefore, Shariputra, in emptiness there is no form, no feeling, no
discrimination, no compositional factors, no consciousness. There is
no eye, no ear, no nose, no tongue, no body, no mind; no form, no
sound, no smell, no taste, no tactile object, no phenomenon. There is
no eye element and so forth up to no mind element and also up to no
element of mental consciousness. There is no ignorance and no
exhaustion of ignorance, and so forth up to no ageing and death and
no exhaustion of ageing and death. Likewise, there is no suffering,
origin, cessation or path; no exalted wisdom, no attainment and also
no non-attainment.
Therefore, the mantra of the perfection of wisdom, the mantra of
great knowledge, the unsurpassed mantra, the equal-to-theunequalled mantra, the mantra that thoroughly pacifies all suffering,
since it is not false, should be known as the truth. The mantra of the
Perfection of Wisdom is proclaimed:
TAYATHA OM GATEY GATEY PARAGATEY PARASAMGATEY
BODHI SOHA
Shariputra, a Bodhisattva, a Great Being, should train in the
profound perfection of wisdom like this.
Then the Blessed One arose from that concentration and said to the
Superior Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva, the Great Being, that he
had spoken well: Good, good, O son of the lineage. It is like that.
Since it is like that, just as you have revealed, in that way the
profound perfection of wisdom should be practiced, and the
Tathagatas will also rejoice.
When the Blessed One had said this, the Venerable Shariputra, the
Superior Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva, the Great Being, and that
entire assembly of disciples as well as the worldly beings gods,
humans, demi-gods and spirits were delighted and highly praised
what had been spoken by the Blessed One.
Reciting the Mantra

TAYATHA OM GATEY GATEY PARAGATEY PARASAMGATEY
BODHI SOHA
(3x, 7x, 21x or more)
Requests to Overcome Hindrances

Great Mother, Prajnaparamita, and all the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas
of the ten directions, through the power of your blessings may these
true words of mine be achieved. Just as before, when by
contemplating the profound meaning of the Perfection of Wisdom and
reciting its words, Indra overcame all the harm of maras, non-humans
and so forth, in the same way, by my contemplating the profound
meaning of the perfection of wisdom and reciting its words:
May all the harm of maras, non-humans and so forth be
overcome. (clap)
May they become non-existent. (clap)
May they be pacified. (clap)
May they be thoroughly pacified. (clap)
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Ganglongma: Praise to Manjushri

Homage to Manjushri, The Buddha of Wisdom
Obeisance to my Guru and Protector, Manjushri,
Who holds to his heart a scriptural text symbolic of his seeing all
things as they are,
Whose intelligence shines forth like the sun, unclouded by delusions
or traces of ignorance,
Who teaches in sixty ways, with the loving compassion of a father for
his only child,
all creatures caught in the prison of samsara, confused in the
darkness of their ignorance,
overwhelmed by their suffering.
You, whose dragon-thunder-like proclamation of Dharma
arouses us from the stupor of our delusions and frees us from the
iron chains of our karma;
Who wields the sword of wisdom hewing down suffering wherever its
sprouts appear,
clearing away the darkness of ignorance;
You, whose princely body is adorned with the one hundred and
twelve marks of a Buddha,
Who has completed the stages achieving the highest perfection of a
Bodhisattva,
Who has been pure from the beginning,
Mantra: OM AH RA BA TSA NA DHI (21x, 1 mala or more followed
by 1 mala reciting the syllable DHI, with the breath held during the
entire recitation.)
I bow down to you, O Manjushri;
With the brilliance of your wisdom, O compassionate one,
Illuminate the darkness enclosing my mind,

Enlighten my intelligence and wisdom,
So that I may gain insight into the Buddhas words and the texts that
explain them.
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A Concert of Names of Manjushri

(Jam-dpal mtshan-brjod, Skt. Manjushri-namasamgiti)
translated from the Tibetan, as clarified by the Sanskrit
Alexander Berzin, 2004
Homage to Manjushri in youthful form.

Sixteen Verses on Requesting Instruction
(1) Then the glorious Holder of the Vajra,
The most superb tamer of those difficult to tame,
The hero, triumphant over the worlds three planes,
The powerful lord of the thunderbolt, ruler of the hidden,
(2) With awakened white-lotus eye,
Fully bloomed pink-lotus face,
Brandishing over and again
The supreme vajra with his hand
(3) Together with countless Vajrapanis,

With features such as brows furrowed in fury,
Heroes, tamers of those difficult to tame,
Fearsome and heroic in form,
(4) Brandishing blazing-tipped vajras in their hands,
Superb in fulfilling the aims of wandering beings,
Through great compassion, discriminating awareness,
And skillful means,
(5) Having happy, joyful, and delighted dispositions,
Yet endowed with ferocious bodily forms,
Guardians to further the Buddhas enlightening influence,
Their bodies bowed together with them
(6) Prostrated to the Guardian, the Vanquishing Master Surpassing
All,
The Thusly Gone One, the Fully Enlightened,
And standing in front, his palms pressed together,
Addressed these words:
(7) O Master of the All-Pervasive,
For my benefit, my purpose, from affection toward me,
So that I may obtain
Manifest enlightenment from illusions net
(8) For the welfare and attainment
Of the peerless fruit for all limited beings
Sunk in the swamp of unawareness,
Their minds upset by disturbing emotions,
(9) O Fully Enlightened, Vanquishing Master, Guru of Wanderers,
Indicator, Knower of the Great Close Bond and Reality,
Foremost Knower of Powers and Intents,
Elucidate, please,
(10) Regarding the enlightening body of deep awareness
of the Vanquishing Master,
The Great Crown Protrusion, the Master of Words,
The embodied deep awareness that is self-produced,
The deep awareness being, Manjushri,
(11) The superlative Concert of His Names,

With profound meaning, with extensive meaning,
with great meaning,
Unequaled, and supremely pacifying,
Constructive in the beginning, middle, and end,
(12) Which was proclaimed by previous Buddhas,
Will be proclaimed by future ones,
And which the Fully Enlightened of the present
Proclaim over and again,
(13) And which, in The Illusions Net
Great Tantra,
Was magnificently chanted
By countless delighted great holders of the vajras,
Holders of the hidden mantras.
(14) O Guardian, so that I (too) may be a holder
Of the hidden (teachings) of all the Fully Enlightened,
I shall preserve it with steadfast intention
Till my definite deliverance,
(15) And shall elucidate it to limited beings,
In accord with their individual intents,
For dispelling disturbing emotions, barring none,
And destroying unawareness, barring none.
(16) Having requested the Thusly Gone One with these words,
The lord of the hidden, Vajrapani,
Pressed his palms together
And, bowing his body, stood in front.
Six Verses in Reply
(17) Then the Vanquishing Master Surpassing All,
Shakyamuni, the Able Sage,
The Fully Enlightened, the Ultimate Biped,
Extending from his mouth
His beautiful tongue, long and wide,
(18) Illuminating the worlds three planes

And taming the four (mara) demonic foes,
And displaying a smile, cleansing
The three worse rebirths for limited beings,
(19) And filling the worlds three planes
With his sweet Brahma-voice,
Replied to Vajrapani, the magnificently strong,
The lord of the hidden:
(20) Excellent, O glorious Holder of the Vajra,
(I say) excellent to you, Vajrapani,
You who possess great compassion
For the sake of the welfare of wandering beings.
(21) Rise to the occasion to hear from me, now,
A Concert of Names of the enlightening body of deep awareness,
Manjushri, the great aim,
Purifying and eliminating negative force.
(22) Because of that, Overlord of the Hidden,
Its excellent that Im revealing it to you;
(So) listen with single-pointed mind.
O Vanquishing Master, thats excellent, he replied.
Two Verses of Beholding the Six Buddha-Families
(23) Then the Vanquishing Master Surpassing All,
Shakyamuni, the Able Sage,
Beholding in detail the entire family of great hidden mantra:
The family of holders of hidden mantras
and of mantras of pure awareness,
The family of the three,
(24) The family of the world and beyond the world,
The family, the great one, illuminating the world,
(That) family supreme, of (mahamudra) the great seal,
And the great family of the grand crown protrusion,
Three Verses on the Steps of Manifest Enlightenment by Means

of Illusions Net
(25) Proclaimed the verse of the Master of Words,
Endowed with the sixfold mantra king,
(Concerning) the nondual source
With a nature of non-arising:
(26) A a, i i, u u, e ai, o au, am a:.
Situated in the heart, Im deep awareness embodied,
The Buddha of the Buddhas
Occurring in the three times.
(27) Om Vajra Sharp,
Cutter of Suffering,
Embodied Discriminating Deep Awareness,
Enlightening Body of Deep Awareness,
Powerful Lord of Speech,
And Ripener of Wandering Beings (Ara-pachana) homage to you.
Fourteen Verses on the Great Mandala of the Vajra Sphere
(28) Like this is the Buddha (Manjushri),
the Vanquishing Master Surpassing All,
the Fully Enlightened:
Hes born from the syllable a,
The foremost of all phonemes, the syllable a,
Of great meaning, the syllable thats deepest,
(29) The great breath of life, non-arising,
Rid of being uttered in a word,
Foremost cause of everything spoken,
Maker of every word perfectly clear.
(30) In his great offering festival, great longing desires
The provider of joy to limited beings;
In his great offering festival, great angers
The great foe of all disturbing emotion.
(31) In his great offering festival, great naivetys
The dispeller of the naivety of the nave mind;
In his great offering festival, great furys

The great foe of great fury.
(32) In his great offering festival, great greeds
The dispeller of all greed;
Hes the one with great desire, great happiness,
Great joy, and great delight.
(33) Hes the one with great form, great enlightening body,
Great color, great physique,
Great name, great grandeur,
And a great and extensive mandala circle.
(34) Hes the great bearer of the sword of discriminating awareness,
The foremost great elephant-hook for disturbing emotions;
Hes the one with great renown, great fame,
Great luster, and great illumination.
(35) Hes the learned one, the bearer of great illusion,
The fulfiller of aims with great illusion,
The delighter with delight through great illusion,
The conjurer of an Indras net of great illusion.
(36) Hes the most preeminent master of great generous giving,
The foremost holder of great ethical discipline,
The steadfast holder of great patience,
The courageous one with great perseverance,
(37) The one abiding in the absorbed concentration
of great mental stability,
The holder of a body of great discriminating awareness,
The one with great strength, great skill in means,
Aspirational prayer, and a sea of deep awareness.
(38) Hes the immeasurable one, composed of great love,
Hes the foremost mind of great compassion,
Great discrimination, great intelligence,
Great skill in means, and great implementation.
(39) Endowed with the strength of great extraphysical powers,
Hes the one with great might, great speed,
Great extraphysical power, great (lordly) renown,

Great courage of strength.
(40) Hes the crusher of the great mountain of compulsive existence,
The firm holder of the great vajra;
The one with great fierceness and great ferociousness,
Hes the great terrifier of the terrifying.
(41) Hes the superlative guardian with great pure awareness,
The superlative guru with great hidden mantra;
Stepped up to the Great Vehicles mode of travel,
Hes superlative in the Great Vehicles mode of travel.
Twenty-five Verses, Less a Quarter, on the Deep Awareness of
the Totally Pure Sphere of Reality
(42) Hes the Buddha (Vairochana), the great illuminator,
The great able sage, having great sagely (stillness);
Hes the one produced through great mantras mode of travel,
And, by identity-nature, he (himself) is great mantras mode of travel.
(43) He has attainment of the ten far-reaching attitudes,
Support on the ten far-reaching attitudes,
The purity of the ten far-reaching attitudes,
The mode of travel of the ten far-reaching attitudes.
(44) Hes the guardian, the powerful lord
of the ten (bhumi) levels of mind,
The one established through the ten (bhumi) levels of mind;
By identity-nature, hes the purified ten sets of knowledge,
And the holder of the purified ten sets of knowledge.
(45) Hes the one with ten aspects, the ten points as his aim,
Chief of the able sages, the one with ten forces,
the master of the all-pervasive;
Hes the fulfiller of the various aims, barring none,
The powerful one with ten aspects, the great one.
(46) Hes beginningless and, by identity-nature,
parted from mental fabrication,
By identity-nature, the accordant state; by identity-nature,
the pure one;

Hes the speaker of whats actual, with speech of no other,
The one who, just as he speaks, just so does he act.
(47) Non-dual, the speaker of nonduality,
Settled at the endpoint of whats perfectly so;
With a lions roar of the lack of a true identity-nature,
Hes the frightener of the deer of the deficient extremists.
(48) Coursing everywhere, with his coursing meaningful,
(never in vain),
He has the speed of the mind of a Thusly Gone One;
Hes the conqueror, the full conqueror, with enemies conquered,
A (chakravartin) emperor of the universe, one that has great strength.
(49) Hes the teacher of hosts, the head of hosts,
The (Ganesha) lord of hosts, the master of hosts, the powerful one;
Hes the one with great strength, the one thats keen (to carry the
load),
The one that has the great mode of travel,
with no need for travel by another mode.
(50) Hes the lord of speech, the master of speech,
eloquent in speech,
The one with mastery over speech, the one with limitless words,
Having true speech, the speaker of truth,
The one that indicates the four truths.
(51) Hes irreversible, non-returning,
The guide for the mode of travel
of the self-evolving rhino pratyekas;
Definitely delivered through various (means)
of definite deliverance,
Hes the singular cause of the great elemental states.
(52) Hes a (bhiksu) full monk, (an arhat) with enemies destroyed,
Defilements depleted, with desire departed, senses tamed;
Having attained ease of mind, having attained a state of no fear,
Hes the one with (elements) cooled down, no longer muddied.
(53) Endowed to the full with pure awareness and movement,

Hes the Blissfully Gone, superb in his knowledge of the world;
Hes the one not grasping for mine, not grasping for a me,
Abiding in the mode of travel of the two truths.
(54) Hes the one thats standing at the far shore,
beyond recurring samsara,
With what needs to be done having been done, settled on dry land,
His cleaving sword of discriminating awareness
Having drawn out the deep awareness of whats unique.
(55) Hes the hallowed Dharma, the ruler of the Dharma,
the shining one,
The superb illuminator of the world;
Hes the powerful lord of Dharma, the king of the Dharma,
The one who shows the most excellent pathway of mind.
(56) With his aim accomplished, his thought accomplished,
And rid of all conceptual thought,
Hes the nonconceptual, inexhaustible sphere,
The superb, imperishable sphere of reality.
(57) Hes the one possessing positive force, a network of positive
force,
And deep awareness, the great source of deep awareness,
Possessing deep awareness, having deep awareness
of what exists and what doesnt exist,
The one with the built-up pair of networks networked together.
(58) Eternal, the ruler of all, hes the (yogi) yoked to the authentic;
Hes stability of mind, the one to be made mentally stable,
the master of intelligence,
The one to be individually reflexively known, the immovable one,
The primordial one whos the highest,
the one possessing three enlightening bodies.
(59) With an identity-nature of five enlightening bodies, hes a
Buddha;
With an identity-nature of five types of deep awareness,
a master of the all-pervasive,
Having a crown in the identity-nature of the five Buddhas,

Bearing, unhindered, the five enlightening eyes.
(60) Hes the progenitor of all Buddhas,
The superlative, supreme Buddhas spiritual son,
The womb giving rise to the existence of discriminating awareness,
The womb of the Dharma, bringing an end to compulsive existence.
(61) With a singular innermost essence of firmness,
by identity-nature, hes a diamond-strong vajra;
As soon as hes born, hes master of the wandering world.
Arisen from the sky, hes the self-arisen:
The great fire of discriminating deep awareness;
(62) The great-light (Vairochana,) Illuminator of All,
luminary of deep awareness, illuminating all;
The lamp for the world of the wanderers;
The torch of deep awareness;
The great brilliance, the clear light;
(63) Lord of the foremost mantras, king of the pure awareness;
King of the hidden mantras, the one that fulfills the great aim;
Hes the great crown protrusion, the wondrous crown protrusion,
The master of space, the one indicating in various ways.
(64) Hes the foremost one, an enlightening body
with the identity-nature of all the Buddhas,
The one with an eye for the joy of the entire wandering world,
The creator of diverse bodily forms,
The great (rishi) muse, worthy of offerings, worthy of honor.
(65) Hes the bearer of the three family traits,
the possessor of the hidden mantra,
Hes the upholder of the great close bond
and of the hidden mantra;
Hes the most preeminent holder of the three precious gems,
Indicator of the ultimate of the three vehicles of mind.
(66) Hes the totally triumphant, with an unfailing grappling-rope,
The great apprehender with a vajra grappling-rope,
With a vajra elephant-hook and a great grappling-rope.
Ten Verses, Plus a Quarter, Praising Mirror-like Deep Awareness

Hes Vajrabhairava, the terrifying vajra terrifier:
(67) Ruler of the furious, six-faced and terrifying,
Six-eyed, six-armed, and full of force,
The skeleton having bared fangs,
Halahala, with a hundred heads.
(68) Hes the destroyer of death (Yamantaka),
king of the obstructors,
(Vajravega,) vajra might, the terrifying one;
Hes vajra devastation, vajra heart,
Vajra illusion, the great bellied one.
(69) Born from the vajra (womb), hes the vajra lord,
Vajra essence, equal to the sky;
Immovable (Achala), (with matted hair) twisted
into a single topknot,
Wearer of garments of moist elephant hide.
(70) Great horrific one, shouting ha ha,
Creator of terror, shouting hi hi,
With enormous laughter, (booming) long laughter,
Vajra laughter, great roar.
(71) Hes the vajra-minded (Vajrasattva),
the great-minded (mahasattva),
Vajra king, great bliss;
Vajra fierce, great delight,
Vajra Humkara, the one shouting hum.
(72) Hes the holder of a vajra arrow as his weapon,
The slasher of everything with his vajra sword;
Hes the holder of a crossed vajra, possessor of a vajra,
Possessor of a unique vajra, the terminator of battles.
(73) His dreadful eyes with vajra flames,
Hair on his head, vajra flames too,
Vajra cascade, great cascade,
Having a hundred eyes, vajra eyes.
(74) His body with bristles of vajra hair,

A unique body with vajra hair,
With a growth of nails tipped with vajras,
And tough, (firm) skin, vajras in essence.
(75) Holder of a garland of vajras, having glory,
Hes adorned with jewelry of vajras,
And has long (booming) laughter ha ha, with loud sound,
The vajra sound of the six syllables.
(76) Hes (Manjughosha,) with a lovely voice,
enormous volume,
A tremendous sound unique in the worlds three planes,
A voice resounding to the ends of space,
The best of those possessing a voice.
Forty-two Verses on Individualizing Deep Awareness
(77) Hes whats perfectly so, the lack of identity-nature,
the actual state,
The endpoint of that which is perfectly so, that which isnt a syllable;
Hes the proclaimer of voidness, the best of bulls
Bellowing a roar, profound and extensive.
(78) Hes the conch of Dharma, with a mighty sound,
The gong of Dharma, with a mighty crash,
The one in a state of non-abiding nirvana,
Kettledrum of Dharma in the ten directions.
(79) Hes the formless one, with an excellent form, the foremost one,
Having varied forms, made from the mind;
Hes a glory of appearances in every form,
The bearer of reflections, leaving out none.
(80) Hes the impervious one, with great (lordly) renown,
The great powerful lord of the worlds three planes;
Abiding with a lofty arya pathway of mind,
Hes the one raised on high, the crown banner of Dharma.
(81) Hes the body of youth unique in the worlds three planes,
The stable elder, the ancient one, the master of all that lives;
Hes the bearer of the thirty-two bodily signs, the beloved,

Beautiful throughout the worlds three planes.
(82) Hes the teacher of knowledge and good qualities to the world,
The teacher of the world without any fears,
The guardian, the rescuer, trusted throughout the worlds three
planes,
The refuge, the protector, unsurpassed.
(83) The experiencer (of experiences) to the ends of space,
Hes the ocean of the deep awareness of the omniscient mind,
The splitter of the eggshell of unawareness,
The tearer of the web of compulsive existence.
(84) Hes the one with disturbing emotions stilled, without an
exception,
The one crossed over the sea of recurring samsara;
Hes the wearer of the crown of the deep awareness empowerment,
Bearer of the Fully Enlightened as adornment.
(85) Hes the one stilled of the suffering of the three kinds of suffering,
The one with an endless ending of the three,
having gone to the liberation of the three;
Hes the one definitely freed from all obscurations,
The one who abides in space-like equality.
(86) Hes the one past the stains of all disturbing emotions,
The one understanding the three times as non-time;
Hes the great (naga) chief for all limited beings,
The crown of those wearing the crown of good qualities.
(87) Definitely freed from all (residue) bodies,
Hes the one well established in the track of the sky;
Bearer of a great wish-fulfilling gem,
Hes master of the all-pervasive, ultimate of all jewels.
(88) Hes the great and bounteous wish-granting tree,
The superlative great vase of excellence;
The agent fulfilling the aims of all limited beings,
the wisher of benefit,
Hes the one with parental affection toward limited beings.
(89) Hes the knower of whats wholesome and whats unwholesome,

the knower of timing,
The knower of the close bond, the keeper of the close bond,
the master of the all-pervasive;
Hes the knower of the faculties of limited beings,
the knower of the occasion,
The one skilled in the three (kinds of) liberation.
(90) Hes the possessor of good qualities, the knower of good
qualities,
the knower of the Dharma,
The auspicious one, the source of whats auspicious,
Hes the auspiciousness of everything auspicious,
The one with the auspicious sign of renown,
the famous, constructive one.
(91) Hes the great breath, the great festival,
The great joy, the great pleasure,
The show of respect, the one showing respect, the prosperous one,
The supremely joyous, the master of fame, the glorious one.
(92) Possessor of the best, hes the provider of the best,
the most preeminent,
Suitable for refuge, hes the superlative refuge,
The very best foe of the great frightful things,
The eliminator of whats frightful, without an exception.
(93) Wearing his hair in a bun, hes the one with a bun of hair,
Wearing his hair in mats, hes the one having matted locks,
Hes the one draped with a munja-grass sacred cord,
the one wearing a crown,
The one with five faces, five buns of hair,
And five knotted locks, (each) crowned with a bloom.
(94) Hes the one maintaining great taming behavior,
the one with shaved head,
The one with celibate Brahma(-like) conduct,
the one with superlative taming behavior,
The one with great trials, the one whos completed the trials,
The one whos taken ablution, the foremost, Gautama.
(95) Hes a brahmin, a Brahma, the knower of Brahma,

The possessor of a Brahma-nirvana attainment;
The liberated one, hes liberation,
the one with the body of full liberation,
The fully liberated one, the peaceful one, the state of peace.
(96) Hes nirvana release, the one with peace,
the one released in nirvana,
Hes the one most definitely delivered and nearly (brought to an end),
The one whos completed bringing to an end pleasure and pain,
The one with detachment, the one with (residue) body consumed.
(97) Hes the invincible one, the incomparable one,
The unmanifest one, the one not appearing,
the one with no sign that would make him seen,
The unchanging, the all-going, the all-pervasive,
The subtle, the untainted, the seedless.
(98) Hes the one without a speck of dust, dustless, stainless,
With faults disgorged, the one without sickness;
Hes the wide-awake one, by identity-nature, the Fully Enlightened,
The Omniscient One, the superb knower of all.
(99) Beyond the nature of partitioning primary consciousness,
Hes deep awareness, bearer of the form of nonduality;
Hes the one without conceptual thought,
spontaneously accomplishing (without any effort),
The one enacting the enlightening deeds of the Buddhas
throughout the three times.
(100) Hes the Buddha, the one without a beginning or end,
The (beginning) primordial Adibuddha, the one without precedent;
The singular eye of deep awareness, the one with no stains,
Deep awareness embodied, hes the One Thusly Gone.
(101) Hes the powerful lord of speech, the magnificent speaker,
The supreme being among speakers, the ruler of speakers,
The best of those speaking, the very best one,
The lion of speakers, inconquerable by others.
(102) Seeing all around, hes supreme joy itself,

With a garland of brilliance, beautiful to behold;
Hes the magnificent light, the blazing one (Vishnu, beloved of Shri,)
the curl at the heart,
The illuminator with hands (that are rays) of blazing light.
(103) The best of the great physicians, hes the most preeminent one,
The unsurpassed remover of (thorny) pains;
Hes the celestial tree of all medications, with none left out,
The great nemesis of the sicknesses of disturbing emotions.
(104) Hes the beauty mark of the worlds three planes, the lovely
one,
The glorious one, with a mandala of lunar and zodiac constellation
stars;
Hes the one extending to the ends of space in the ten directions,
The great ascending of the banner of Dharma.
(105) Hes the unique extension of an umbrella
over the wandering world,
With his mandala circle of love and compassion;
Hes the glorious one, the Powerful Lord of the Lotus Dance,
Great master of the all-pervasive, the one with an umbrella of
precious gems.
(106) Hes the great king of all the Buddhas,
Holder of the embodiments of all the Buddhas,
Great yoga of all the Buddhas,
Unique teaching of all the Buddhas.
(107) Hes the glory of the empowerment of the vajra jewel,
Powerful lord of the sovereigns of all jewels;
Master of all (Lokeshvaras,) the powerful lords of the world,
Hes the sovereign of all (Vajradharas,) the holders of the vajra.
(108) Hes the great mind of all Buddhas,
The one that is present in the mind of all Buddhas;
Hes the great enlightening body of all Buddhas,
Hes the beautiful speech (Sarasvati) of all Buddhas.
(109) Hes the vajra sun, the great illuminator,

The vajra moon, the stainless light;
Hes great desire, the one that begins with non-desire,
Blazing light of various colors.
(110) Hes the vajra posture of the Fully Enlightened,
The bearer of the Dharma, the concert of the Buddhas;
Hes the glorious one, the one thats born from the lotus of the
Buddhas,
The keeper of the treasure of omniscient deep awareness.
(111) Hes the bearer of diverse illusions, hes the king;
Hes the bearer of Buddhas pure awareness mantras,
hes the great one;
Hes the vajra sharp, the great sword,
The supreme syllable, totally pure.
(112) Hes the Great Vehicle (Mahayana), the cutter of suffering,
Hes the great weapon, Vajra Dharma;
Hes (Jinajik,) the triumph of the triumphant, vajra profound,
Hes vajra intelligence, the knower of things and how they exist.
(113) Hes the perfected state of every far-reaching attitude,
The wearer of all (bhumi) levels of mind as adornment;
Hes the lack of a true identity-nature of totally pure existent things,
Hes correct deep awareness, the core light of the moon.
(114) Hes great diligence (applied), Illusions Net,
Sovereign of all tantras, the one thats superb;
Hes the possessor of vajra (postures and) seats, without an
exception,
Hes the bearer of enlightening bodies of deep awareness,
without an exception.
(115) Hes the all-around excellent (Samanta-bhadra),
hes excellent intelligence,
Hes the womb of the earth (Kshiti-garbha),
the support of the wandering world;
Hes the great womb of all of the Buddhas,
The bearer of a circle of assorted emanations.
(116) Hes the supreme self-nature of all functional phenomena,

The bearer of the self-nature of all functional phenomena;
Hes the non-arising existent, with purposes diverse,
The bearer of the nature of all existent things.
(117) Great discriminating awareness in a single moment,
Hes the bearer of comprehension of all existent things;
The clear realization of all existent things,
Hes the able sage, with foremost intelligence,
the endpoint of that which is perfectly so.
(118) Hes the immovable one, extremely pure, by identity-nature,
The bearer of the purified state of the Perfect, Fully Enlightened
Ones;
Hes the one having bare cognition of all Buddhas,
The flame of deep awareness, the excellent clear light.
Twenty-four Verses on Equalizing Deep Awareness
(119) Hes the fulfiller of wished-for aims, hes superb,
The one totally purifying all of the worse rebirth states;
Hes the ultimate of all limited beings, the guardian,
The complete liberator of all limited beings.
(120) Hes the hero in the battle with disturbing emotions,
the unique one,
The slayer of the insolent arrogance of the enemy unawareness;
Hes intelligence, bearer of an enamored tone, the one with glory,
Bearer of forms with heroic and disdainful tones.
(121) Hes the one pounding with a hundred clubs in his hands,
Hes the dancer with a pounding-down of his feet;
Hes the one with glory, the user of a hundred (user) hands,
The dancer across (the sectors used in) the expanse of the sky.
(122) Hes the one standing on the surface of the mandala of the
earth,
Pressing down on the surface with a single foot;
Hes the one standing on the nail of his large toe,
Pressing down on the tip of Brahmas (egg-like) world.
(123) Hes the singular item,

the item regarding phenomena thats nondual,
Hes the deepest (truth) item, (the imperishable powerful lord,)
the one that lacks whats fearful;
Hes the item with a variety of revealing forms,
The one that has a continuity
of mind and of partitioning consciousness.
(124) Hes joyful awareness of existent things, without an exception,
Hes joyful awareness of voidness, the highest intelligence;
The one gone beyond the longing desires, and the likes,
of compulsive existence,
Hes great joyful awareness regarding the three (planes of)
compulsive existence.
(125) Hes the pure white one a brilliant white cloud,
With beautiful light beams of the autumn moon,
With an exquisite (face) the mandala orb of a (youthful) sun,
With light from his nails a great (passionate) red.
(126) With sapphire-blue hair knotted on top,
And wearing a great sapphire on top of his locks,
Hes the glorious one with the radiant luster of a magnificent gem,
Having as jewelry emanations of Buddha.
(127) Hes the shaker of spheres of hundreds of worlds,
The one with great force with his extraphysical powerful legs;
Hes the holder of the great (state of) mindfulness
as well as the facts of reality,
Hes the ruler of the absorbed concentrations
of the four types of mindfulness states.
(128) Hes the fragrance of the love-blossoms on the branches
(leading) to a purified state,
(The cream atop) the ocean of good qualities of the Thusly Gone
Ones;
Hes the one knowing the mode of travel
with the eightfold pathway minds,
The one knowing the pathway mind of the Perfect, Fully Enlightened.
(129) Hes the one having great adherence to all limited beings,
But without having adherence, like the sky;
Hes the one entering the minds of all limited beings,
Having speed in accord with the minds of all limited beings.
(130) Hes the one with awareness of the powers
and objects of all limited beings,
The one who captures the hearts of all limited beings;
Hes the one with awareness of the items and reality
of the five aggregate factors,
The one who holds the full purity of the five aggregate factors.
(131) Hes the one standing at the end of every definite deliverance,
The one whos skilled in that which brings every definite deliverance;
Hes the one standing on the path for every definite deliverance,
The one whos indicating every definite deliverance.
(132) Hes the one whos uprooted compulsive existence
with its twelvefold links,
The holder of their purification having twelvefold aspects;
Having the aspect of the mode of travel of the fourfold truths,
Hes the holder of the realization of the eightfold awareness.
(133) Hes the points of truth in twelvefold aspects,
The knower of reality in sixteen aspects,
The Fully Enlightened through twenty aspects,
The Enlightened Buddha, the superb knower of all.
(134) Hes the one making knowable millions
Of enlightening emanation bodies of innumerable Buddhas;
Hes the clear realization of everything in a moment,
The knower of the objects of all moments of mind.
(135) Hes the skillful means of the modes of travel
of the various vehicles of mind,
The one who makes knowable the aims of the wandering world;
Hes the one whos definitely delivered threefold,
through the vehicles of mind,
The one whos established as the fruit of (Ekayana,)
the single vehicle of mind.
(136) Hes the identity-nature totally pure of the spheres

of disturbing emotions,
Hes the depleter of the spheres of karma;
Hes the one who has fully crossed over the ocean of currents,
The one whos emerged from the wilderness by means of the yogas.
(137) Hes the one fully rid of the disturbing emotions,
the auxiliary disturbing emotions,
And the general disturbing emotions, together with (all) their habits;
Hes discriminating awareness and great compassion as skillful
means,
The one fulfilling the aims of the wandering world,
meaningfully (without fail).
(138) Hes the one with objects of all conceptual discernment
gotten rid of,
The one with objects of partitioning consciousness brought to a halt;
Hes the cognitive object (in reference to) the minds of all limited
beings,
The one that abides in the minds of all limited beings.
(139) Hes the innermost stand of the minds of all limited beings,
The one whos passing as the equality of their minds;
Hes the one bringing satisfaction to the minds of all limited beings,
Hes the joy of the mind of all limited beings.
(140) Hes the culminating point of actualization,
the one with confusion departed,
Hes the one with every mistake dispelled;
Hes intelligence not indecisively wavering, the one that is threefold,
The one (fulfilling) everyones aims,
with an identity-nature of three constituents.
(141) Hes the object (in reference to) the five aggregate factors,
the one throughout the three times,
The one that makes things individually knowable in every instant;
Hes the one with manifest total enlightenment in an instant,
The bearer of all the Buddhas self-nature.
(142) Hes the one with an enlightening body thats incorporeal,
the foremost of enlightening bodies,
The one that makes knowable millions of enlightening bodies;

Hes the one exhibiting everywhere a variety of forms,
Hes the great gem, (Ratnaketu,) the crowning jewel.
Fifteen Verses on the Accomplishing Deep Awareness
(143) Hes the one to be realized by all the Fully Enlightened,
Hes the purified state of a Buddha, the peerless;
Hes the one that isnt a syllable, the one comes forth
from hidden mantras womb,
The triad of families of great hidden mantra.
(144) Hes the creator of every significance of hidden mantra,
Hes the great creative energy-drop, that which isnt a syllable;
Hes the great void, having five syllables,
And the creative-drop void, having six syllables.
(145) Hes the possessor of all aspects, that which hasnt an aspect,
Hes the bearer of the sixteen creative drops, and half of their half;
Hes the one without phases, beyond count,
Holder of the peak of the fourth level of mental stability.
(146) Hes the advanced awareness of the phases of all levels
of mental stability,
The knower of the families and castes of absorbed concentration;
Hes the one with the enlightening body of absorbed concentration,
the foremost of the enlightening bodies,
The ruler of all (Sambhogakaya,) Enlightening Bodies of Full Use.
(147) Hes the one with a (Nirmanakaya,)
Enlightening Body of Emanations,
the foremost of the enlightening bodies,
Holder of the lineage of Buddhas emanations;
Hes the one issuing forth various emanations in the ten directions,
The one fulfilling the aims of the wandering world,
whatever they may be.
(148) Hes the chief of the deities, the deity over the deities,
The chief of the gods, the overlord of the (devilish) non-gods,
The chief of the immortals, the guru of the gods,
The destroyer, and the powerful lord of the destroyers.
(149) Hes the one with the wilderness of compulsive existence

crossed over,
The unique indicator, the guru for the wandering world;
Hes renowned throughout the worlds ten directions,
The master of generous giving of the Dharma, the great one.
(150) Armored with the armor of love,
Coated with a coat-of-mail of compassion,
Wielder of a sword of discriminating awareness and a bow and arrow,
Hes the one who finishes the battle against disturbing emotions
and unawareness.
(151) Hes the heroic one, enemy of the (mara) demonic forces,
subduer of the maras,
The one who brings fear of the four maras to an end;
Defeater of the military forces of all maras,
Hes the Fully Enlightened, the leader of the world.
(152) Hes the one worthy of offerings, worthy of praise,
the one for prostration,
Worthy of (being honored) forever in paintings,
Worthy of shows of respect, most worthy of veneration,
Worthy for homage, the highest guru.
(153) Hes the one traversing the worlds three planes in a single
stride,
The one striding forth endlessly, just like space;
Hes the one with triple knowledge, (proficiency in the sacred,)
clean and pure,
Possessor of the six types of heightened awareness
and the six types of close mindfulness.
(154) Hes a bodhisattva, a great-minded (mahasattva),
The one with great extraphysical powers,
the one gone beyond the world;
(Situated) at the endpoint of far-reaching discriminating awareness
(prajnaparamita),
Hes the one whos come to reality through discriminating awareness.
(155) Hes the one with all knowledge of self
and knowledge of others,
Helpful to all, the foremost person (of all);

Hes the one whos gone beyond all comparison,
The superb sovereign of knowing and whats to be known.
(156) Hes the master of generous giving of Dharma,
the most preeminent,
The one who shows the meaning of the fourfold (mudra) seals;
Hes the one most fitting to be helped and shown respect by the
worldly
And by those traversing the three (pathways of) definite deliverance.
(157) Hes the purity and glory of the deepest truth,
The portion of excellence of the worlds three planes, the great one;
The one bringing all enrichments, the one having glory,
Hes Manjushri, (the lovely and glorious,)
supreme among those possessing glory.
Five Verses on the Deep Awareness of the Five Thusly Gone
Ones
(158) Homage to you, granter of the best (boon), the foremost vajra;
Homage to you, the endpoint of whats perfectly so;
Homage to you, the womb of voidness;
Homage to you, the Buddhas purified state.
(159) Homage to you, the Buddhas attachment;
Homage to you, the Buddhas desire;
Homage to you, the Buddhas enjoyment;
Homage to you, the Buddhas play.
(160) Homage to you, the Buddhas smile;
Homage to you, the Buddhas (shining) laugh;
Homage to you, the Buddhas speech;
Homage to you, the Buddhas (state of) mind.
(161) Homage to you, rising from non-true existence;
Homage to you, arising from the Buddhas;
Homage to you, rising from space;
Homage to you, arising from deep awareness.
(162) Homage to you, illusions net;

Homage to you, the Buddhas dancer;
Homage to you, everything for everyone;
Homage to you, enlightening body of deep awareness.
The Mantras
Om sarva dharma bhava svabhava,
vishuddha vajra chakshu, a a am a:
Om the total purity of all existents,
By self-nature, non-truly existent,
Through the vajra eye a a am a:
Prakrti parishuddha:
sarvadharma yad uta
sarvatathagata jnanakaya
manjushri parishuddhitam
upadayeti
That which is the completely pure nature
Of all existents takes the form, indeed,
Of the completely purified Manjushri,
The enlightening body of deep awareness
of all Thusly Gone
A a: sarvatathagata hrdayam
hara hara om hum hri:
bhagavan jnanamurti
vagishvara mahapacha
sarvadharma gaganamala
suparishuddha dharmadhatu
jnanagarbha a:
A a: the heart of all the Thusly Gone,
Take out, take out om hum hri:
Vanquishing master surpassing all, embodied deep awareness,
Powerful lord of speech, the great one who ripens,
The complete total purity of all the existents, stainless like space,
Womb of deep awareness of the sphere of reality a:
Five Verses as an Epilogue

(163) Then the glorious Holder of the Vajra,
Joyful and delighted, with palms pressed together,
Bowing to the Guardian, the Vanquishing Master Surpassing All,
The Thusly Gone One, the Fully Enlightened,
(164) Together with the other guardians of many (varied) sorts,
Lords of the hidden, Vajrapanis,
Kings of the furious,
Loudly proclaimed these words of praise,
(165) We rejoice, O Guardian,
Excellent, excellent, well said.
For us, the great (guardian) aim has (now) been fulfilled,
The attainment of a perfect, full enlightenment state;
(166) And for the wandering world also, lacking a guardian,
Wishing for the fruit of complete liberation,
This excellent and pure pathway mind has been shown,
The mode of travel of Illusions Net.
(167) This cognitive object indeed of the Buddhas,
Having a profound and extensive broad scope,
The great aim, fulfilling the aims of the wandering world,
Has been expounded by the Perfect, Fully Enlightened One.
A Concert of the Deepest Truth Names of the Vanquishing Master
Surpassing All, the Deep Awareness Being Manjushri, expounded by
the Vanquishing Master, the Thusly Gone One, Shakyamuni, is
hereby completed.
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Sacred Vajra Yoginis Tea offering

For those who have high aspirations
OM AH HUM
As I visualize myself as the deity at the center of the dharmachakra,
extremely red within a double tetrahedral reality source,
on a stainless moon mandala seat
resides the all-encompassing refuge assembly of guru-deities.
Rang lhar sl chh kyi khor li
Dog rab mar chh jung nyi tseg nang
Dn dri drl da wi kyil khor teng
Kyab kn d la ma lha tshog zhug
Gyu lha dz rin chhen l drub ching
Yib rab dze yl go tam pi ch
In a beautifully shaped container filled with the essences
of ingredients made from precious celestial substances,
this vast drink, delicious in taste,
reddish yellow in color, with the scent of camphor,
I offer to the assembly of father, root, and lineage gurus.
Please bless my three doors.
Dang mar ser ga bur dri dang chn
Ro zang dn gya ji tung wa di
Pha tsa gy la mi tshog la bl
Dag go sum jin gyi lab tu sl
I offer to the assembly of powerful mother yoginis.
Please lead me to the field of Khach pure land.
Ma nl jor wang mi tshog la bl
N kha ch zhing du thri du sl
I offer to the assembly of peaceful and wrathful mind-sealed deities.
Please bestow all the supreme and general attainments.
Lha yi dam zhi thri tshog la bl
Chhog thn mong ng drub tsl du sl
I offer to the objects of refuge, the Three Rare Sublime Ones.

Please protect me from the fearful enemies of samsara and nirvanas
peace.
Kyab kn chog rin chhen sum la bl
Dra si zhii jig l drl du sl
I offer to the assembly of supporters, dakinis, and Dharma protectors.
Please actualize all activities, whatever is wished for.
Drog khan dro chh kyong tshog la bl
Yi chi d thrin l drub tu sl
I offer to the assembly of siblings, the six types of transmigratory
beings.
Please pacify the suffering of my minds hallucinated appearances.
Nyen rig drug dro wi tshog la bl
Sem thrl nang dug ngl zhi gyur chig
Clarifying myself as the mind-sealed deity, which appears while
empty,
and enjoying the food, with the taste of nectar,
my mind enters into the sphere of great bliss and emptiness.
Rang nang tong yi dam lhar sl w
Ze d tsii ro la long ch p
Lo de chhen tong pi ying su zhug
EH MA HO!
How eminently fortunate I am!
E MA HO!
M jung kl pa zang
Colophon:
This tea offering to Vajrayogini was composed by Nglchu

Dharmabhadra. You may recite the above in either Tibetan phonetics
or just in English. Either way is fine.
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A Song Rapidly Invoking Blessings

By Lama Gyalwa Kalzang Gyatso, the 7th Dalai Lama
In the year of the Water dog, Lama Gyalwa Kalzang Gyatso visited
Gaden Monastery. Inspired by the extraordinary vibration pervading
the place and filled with marvel at the strength and kindness of
Omniscient Lord Tsongkhapa, who had founded Gaden, His Holiness
Kalzang Gyatso was moved to write this song.
Above, in actuality pristine awareness

Manifest as a radiant Buddha mandala,
The pure land of Tushita, the Joyous Abode
Blessed by Buddhas past, present and future.
Mountains of herbs blanketed in sweet aromas,
Flowers blossoming morning, noon and night,
A forest of trees with turquoise leaves:
Reminders of the splendid body of Je Rinpoche.

The murmur of a river swiftly flowing,
The stirring songs of birds,
The majestic sound of a Dharma teaching:
Reminders of the gentle voice of Je Rinpoche.
The blue sky freely hovering,
Clear, white clouds scattered abstractly,
The young sun casting beams everywhere:
The wisdom, compassion and power of Je Rinpoche.
Body adorned with the marks of a Buddha,
Speech raining down vast and profound Dharma,
Mind seeing all things in the sphere of clear light:
I recollect Je Rinpoche, Lobsang Drakpa.
Fulfill your vow to benefit beings;
Descend, grant protection and power.
To you I offer an ocean of all-good things.
Enjoy them within your great bliss.
On the Mighty Nomad Mountain, quiet, easy,
A land made pure with goodness and strength,
Stands your Gaden Monastery, prophesied by Buddha:
A monastery producing limitless Awakened Ones.
Your mind on Bliss and Void inseparable,

The flow of events appeared as a rainbow.
One body sends endless clouds of emanations
To set this world ablaze with joy.
Your profound teachings bridging Sutra and Tantra
Are jewels for those truly seeking liberation.
Even the words you used are perfect,
Nakedly pointing the way for the ripe.
O Je Lama, because of your infinite kindness
We can understand all Sutras and Tantras as precepts,
Can see the entire path leading to perfection
And can correct all delusions and mistaken concepts.
O Master, merely hearing legends of your deeds
Can place a man on the enlightening path;
With thoughts of your greatness, with heart
Trembling, I fix mind upon you.
Invisible father gone to Bliss,
Listen to this plaintive song
Of a boy still in Samsaras quicksands,
Of an ill-fated son cut from his Refuge.
In terms of external appearances,
A monk is easily proud of his robes,

But if his thoughts fall only on the transient
Are his lusts not worse than a laymans?
The masses revel in black actions
And through evil gain their ends.
Flashes of a degenerate age
Crash in the depths of my heart.
How glamorous and exciting to go
Through the motions of practising Dharma,
And to hear the profound teachings;
But the mind, hard as wood, is slow to change.
The spirit, weak and uncontrolled,
Staggers under the three psychic poisons
Whenever an object appears to it:
A golden vessel filled with urine
Precious humanity, the chance to be a Buddha;
But we create only misery with it
And throw away all hope of actually
Benefitting either ourselves or others.
I, born so late, unfortunate,
Pass my time amid negativity and confusion.
Father Lama, look upon me;

Hold me with hooks of compassion.
In this life, the bardo and future lives,
Pray, be my guide.
My Refuge, forsake me not.
Omniscient One, be with me always.
Care for all beings as a mother for her son.
Spiritual Father, to us who are children,
Reveal visibly the mandala of your body
Magnificent with every mark of perfection.
Bestow upon us the oral teachings
Which render every experience meaningful.
Bless us to make our minds at one taste
With great bliss and unapprehendable wisdom.
Life is impermanent like the setting sun.
Wealth is like dew on morning grass,
Praise is like wind in a mountain pass,
A youthful body is an autumn flower.
Bless me to understand the shortcomings
Of constantly turning on the wheel of becoming
And to fix the depths of my mind
On the path leading to ultimate knowledge.

Bestow upon me transforming powers to fill
My mental continuum with love and compassion,
To see the beings of Samsaras six realms
As mothers who have forever helped me.
Bestow upon me transforming powers
Quickly to realize the way things are,
To understand images viewed by the mind
As paintings created by the mind itself.
Help me attain Enlightenment in this very life
Through the yogic methods of Tantras two stages,
To see external events as the sport of Buddhas
And the mind as satiated with Bliss and Emptiness.
And when, to fight delusion, meditations enemy,
I retreat to a cave on a distant mountain,
A place to give birth to serenity and joy,
Bless me to penetrate the innermost profundity.
Grant me powers swiftly to annihilate
All inner and outer negative forces,
And power to cleanse the stains of having dwelt
Far from the limits of Dharmas three bonds.
O Manjushri, who reveals himself magically

In peaceful, wrathful and protective forms,
May your auspicious deeds reach fruition
And you remain a constant Refuge to the world.
Bestow upon me the powerful blessings
Of your mysterious body, speech and mind,
That my every physical, verbal and mental
Movement may benefit beings and the teachings.
May the thunder of the Sutras and Tantras shake the earth,
May the sun of Tsongkhapas Practice Lineage rage,
May all practitioners attain the power
And all sentient beings realize their wishes.
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A Gem to Increase Life and Wisdom

A Praise of White Tara
by Gyalwa Gendun Drub, the First Dalai Lama
Homage to the Female Buddha beautiful with youth

Who sits on seats of white lotus and moon in nature
Spreading with stainless compassion and knowledge,
Who captures the radiance of snow mountains.
Homage to the Youthful One with budding breasts,
Who has one face and two arms, sits in the vajra posture,
Is bold with grace and calm, has a full moon as backrest
And is filled with great bliss.
Homage to the Ultimately Generous One whose right hand,
Showing the mudra Supreme Giving
Easily releases boundless karmas of peace, increase, power and
wrath
As well as the eight siddhis and even supreme Buddhahood.
Homage to the Spiritual Mother who gives birth to Buddhas
Past, present and future; whose left hand
Supporting a blue lotus, grants protection
From lions, elephants, fires and all eight terrors.
Homage to the Refuge of the World, who has eyes
In hands and feet gazing at the four doors of freedom
And who leads all living creatures
Toward the isle of blissful liberation.
Homage to she whose face unites
The beauty of a million autumn moons,
Whose wide eyes gaze with compassion
Whose Joyous mouth smiles equally on all.
Homage to she with head adorned by Amitayus, boundless Life,
The mere thought of whom grants life and wisdom,
Whose hand, in the contemplative mudra,
Hold a vase filled with ambrosia of immortality.
Homage to the All-Beautified One whose crown
Steals the light of sun and moon,
Whose sapphire hair is half knotted on top
And half falling freely over her shoulders.
Homage to the Majestic One of precious ornament blazing,

Whose crown, earrings, necklaces, arm-bands,
Bracelets, anklets and belt so elegantly arranged
Surpass the ornaments of men and gods.
Homage to she of celestial raiment,
Whose shoulder-sash and skirt
Hug her body like rainbows
Hug the crystal mountains.
Homage to the goddess before whose lotus feet
Vishnu, Indra, Shiva, Brahma, the antigods, spirits,
Men, semi-humans and all the world
Submit themselves in devotion.
Merely by reciting your mantra,
Those who make offerings at your lotus feet
Gain immortality, wisdom and merit
And attain all desired siddhis; to you I bow down.
The knowledge, compassion and perfect actions of all Buddhas
Appear in the form of the beautiful goddess
I take refuge in you and offer you my prayers;
Pray eliminate all my obstacles and fulfill all my aims.
Quickly release your perfect action of peace,
Calming all interferences to my practices for enlightenment;
Interferences such as the eight terrors,
Sickness, demons and other harmful agents, inner and outer.
Quickly release your perfect action of increase which multiplies
All good qualities, such as life, merit, unapprehending compassion,
The stainless wisdoms of learning, contemplation and meditation,
And the three higher trainings.
Quickly release your perfect action of power,
Which causes gods, men and spirits
To humbly bow before you
And which fulfils all wishes of the mind.
Quickly release your perfect action of wrath,

Which with punishments befitting the evils done
Destroys demons, interferences and hindrances
Hateful opposing Buddhadharma and its holders.
Pray, bestow quick and easy attainment of siddhis
Such as the magic sword, mystic eye-medicine, fast-walking,
The food pill and the precious vase,
And even mahamudra, the highest siddhi.
In brief, from now until enlightenment
I respectfully make offerings at your lotus feet
I need seek no other refuge
Out of compassion gaze upon me and quickly grant protection.
By the meritorious energy of this practice
May the transcended, perfect Tara
Look upon me forever with pleasure
And never leave me, even for a moment.
May all sentient beings after death take rebirth
Before Amitayus in Sukavati, Land of Pure Joy,
May they live in the ways of the great Bodhisattvas
And come to equal Avalokiteshvara, Lord of Compassion.
May I realise the oceans of Sutras and Tantras
To be able to pass them on to others;
And until samsara be emptied may I strive
To uphold the victory banner of practicing exactly as taught.
The Colophon: This praise of exalted White Tara, supreme mother of
all Buddhas, was written by the monk Gyalwa Gendun Drub while he
was residing in the Hermitage of Great Awakening at the Tegchen
Potreng.
Mantra: OM TAREE TU-TAREE TUREE MAMA AYU-PUNYE-JANA
PUTIM KURU SOHA
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WITHOUT INITIATION: Long Life Deity Prayer Amitayus

By reciting these words aloud and reflecting on their meaning in your
mind, you will have the good fortune to be able to devote yourself
correctly to the precious guru, from life to life in all your future
lifetimes.
If you offer service and respect and make offerings to the precious
guru with these nine attitudes, even if you do not practise
intentionally, you will develop many good qualities, collect extensive
merit and quickly achieve full Enlightenment.
Praise
Amitayus, Protector and Bhagavan:
As you dispel the stains of sin,
I prostrate to your omniscient kaya
Which perceives all and so fills space.
(request him strongly in prayer)
Emanating as many bodies as there are atoms,
To Amitayus, The Protector, together with the Buddhas
and their sons, I prostrate
And make offerings, real and imagined,
Filling the whole of space.
I confess every sin and downfall
Accumulated since beginningless time.
I rejoice in the virtue of myself and others
And I implore all the Victors, never to depart to nirvana
But to turn the wheel of Dharma.
I dedicate this peerless virtue to supreme Enlightenment.
Oh superb deity, Protector Amitayus,
Whose mere name destroys untimely death,
With your great untiring mercy
Listen to all beings and especially to one known as (oneself)
Confused and not realising the great Dharmadhatu

A state without coming or going
Because the nature of all Dharma is free of signs since the beginning
My mind thus corrupted, has accumulated black deeds,

resulting in immense suffering.
Bless me by pacifying conditions
Leading to untimely death arising from
Humans or non-humans, and from
Degeneration of lifespan and merit by the power of
previously accumulated sins.
Please confer the siddhi of immortality now
When I have brought together all that is good in samsara and
nirvana,
And when my mental stream and depleted life form
Are about to blossom with merit and life.
Mantra
This mantra should be recited 100,000 times in dedication to the
Lamas long life.
OM AMARANI ZEWONG DEYEE SOHA
Dedication: Calling the Guru from Afar
(abbreviated version)
Lama, think of me!
Lama, think of me!
Lama, think of me!
Magnificently glorious guru, dispelling the darkness of ignorance;
Magnificently glorious guru, revealing the path of liberation;
Magnificently glorious guru, liberating from the waters of samsara;
Magnificently glorious guru, eliminating the disease of the five
poisons;
Magnificently glorious guru who is the wish granting jewel;
I beseech you, please grant me blessings.
Magnificently glorious guru, please grant me blessings to remember

impermanence and death from my heart.
Magnificently glorious guru, please grant me blessings to generate
the thought of no-need in my mind.
Magnificently glorious guru, please bless me to abide one-pointedly in
practice in isolated places.
Magnificently glorious guru, please bless me to not have any
hindrances to my practice.
Magnificently glorious guru, please bless me so that all bad
conditions appear as a support.
Magnificently glorious guru, please bless me to accomplish
effortlessly the two works of self and others.
Magnificently glorious guru, please bless me soon, very soon.
Please grant me blessings on this very cushion.
Please grant me blessings in this very session.
After reciting these verses, recite any requesting prayers to your own
guru that you wish.
May I not arise heresy even for a second
In the actions of the glorious guru.
May I regard whatever actions are done as pure.
[With this devotion] may I receive the blessings of the guru in my
heart.
Then recite the following verse and meditate on the guru entering
your heart.
Magnificent and precious root guru
Please abide on the lotus and moon seat at my heart.
Guide me with your great kindness,
And grant me the realisations of your holy body, speech and mind.
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WITHOUT INITIATION: The Life-Nectar of Immortality

Self-Generation Sadhana of Amitayus in the Tradition of Machig
Drubai Gyalmo
Refuge and Bodhichitta

Recite three times:
I will always go for refuge
To Buddha, Dharma and Sangha.
For the welfare of all living beings
I shall become Amitayus.
OM SBHAWA SHUDDHA SARWA DHARMA SBHAWA
SHUDDHO HAM
Everything becomes emptiness.
From the state of emptiness, from PAM comes a lotus and from AH a
moon mandala, upon which my own mind appears as a red long letter
HRIH together with the tsetrak. This completely transforms and I arise
as Conqueror Amitayus with immeasurable life and wisdom, with a
red-colored body, one face and two hands in the mudra of meditative
equipoise in which is a vase brimming with the nectar of immortality. I
sit in the vajra posture with all the marks and signs of a complete
enjoyment body. My body is adorned with precious jewels and
various silken garments. At my crown is an OM, at my throat an AH,
and at my heart a HUM.
From the HUM at my heart light rays radiate and invite from
Dewachen in the western direction the wisdom beings to the space
before me.
DZA, HUM, BAM, HO
The commitment beings and the wisdom beings become inseparable.
Again from the HUM at my heart light rays radiate and invoke the
empowering deities to the space before me.
Please bestow the empowerment.
Having been requested in this way, they pour nectar from the vase.
OM SARWA TATHAGATA ABHISHEKATA SAMAYA SHRIYE HUM
The empowerment is conferred. All the stains of my body are purified,
and the excess water overflows on the crown of my head and
transforms into Amitayus who is inseparable from my root Guru and
becomes my crown ornament.
Bless the inner offering and the offering substances.
Blessing the Inner Offering

OM VAJRA AMRITA KUNDALI HANA HANA HUM PHAT
SHUDDHO HAM
From the sphere of emptiness, from YAM comes wind, from RAM
comes fire, and from AH a grate of three human heads. Above this
from AH comes a broad and extensive skull cup. Inside are the five
meats and five nectars. These are purified, transformed and
increased by the three letters, and become a great ocean of
uncontaminated nectar.
OM AH HUM (3X)
Blessing the Outer Offerings

SHUDDHO HAM
From the state of emptiness, from KAMs come vast and expansive
skull cups, inside which from HUMs, come water for drinking, water
for bathing, flowers, incense, lights, perfume, food and music. By
nature emptiness, they have the aspect of the individual offerings
substances that operate as objects of enjoyment of the six senses to
bestow exalted, uncontaminated bliss.
OM AHRGHAM AH HUM
OM PADM AH HUM
OM VAJRA PUPE AH HUM
OM VAJRA DHUPE AH HUM
OM VAJRA DIWE AH HUM
OM VAJRA GNDHE AH HUM
OM VAJRA NEWIDE AH HUM
OM VAJRA SHAPTA AH HUH
Outer Offerings to the self-generation

OM APARIMITA AYUR GYANA SAPARIWARA AHRGHAM
PRATITZA YE SHA
OM APARIMITA AYUR GYANA SAPARIWARA PADM PRATITZA
YE SHA
OM APARIMITA AYUR GYANA SAPARIWARA PUPE PRATITZA YE
SHA
OM APARIMITA AYUR GYANA SAPARIWARA DHUPE PRATITZA
YE SHA
OM APARIMITA AYUR GYANA SAPARIWARA ALOKE PRATITZA

YE SHA
OM APARIMITA AYUR GYANA SAPARIWARA GNDHE PRATITZA
YE SHA
OM APARIMITA AYUR GYANA SAPARIWARA NEWIDE PRATITZA
YE SHA
OM APARIMITA AYUR GYANA SAPARIWARA SHAPTA PRATITZA
YE SHA
Inner Offering
OM APARIMITA AYUR GYANA SAPARIWARA OM AH HUM
Praise
Amitayus, Principal Guide of the world,
Destroyer of all untimely death without exception,
Refuge for those suffering and without a protector;
To you, Buddha Amitayus, I prostrate.
Mantra Recitation
Inside the vase of Amitayus on my crown is a moon mandala upon
which is a red letter HRIH surrounded by the essence and long
mantras. From these light rays radiate and perform the two purposes,
then collect back and dissolve into the mantra rosary. Again, light
rays radiate and draw back that part of my lifespan which has been
stolen and degenerated by Yama the Lord of Death harmful
spirits and so forth. The [lost life-span] returns in the form of life vases
and skull cups filled with the nectar of immortality, and these all
dissolve into the mantra rosary. Once again the essence of all the
elements, the life and merit of all living beings, and all things excellent
in the three realms, the blessings of the body, speech and mind of all
the Buddhas and their children are drawn back in the form of light
rays and nectars, and these all dissolve into the mantra rosary. This
fills the life vase with nectar, and as it overflows, the excess nectar
spills over and enters through the Brahma aperture at the crown of
my head, filling my whole body and purifying all stains. I attain the
state of immortality.
OM AMARANI ZEWENTEYE SHA
Then if you are able, say the long mantra as well.
OM NAMO BHAGAWATE APARIMITA AYUR GYANA SUMBINI
TSITA TEDZO RANDZAYA TATHAGATAYA, ARHATE SAMYAK
SAMBUDDHAYA, TAYATHA, OM PUNAYE PUNAYE MAHA
PUNAYE APARIMITA PUNAYE APARIMITA PUNAYE GYANA
SAMBHA ROPATSITE, OM SARWA SAMKARA PARISHUDHA
DHARMATE GAGANA SAMUGATE, SOBHAWA BISHUDDHE
MAHA NAYA PARIWARE SHA.
Blessing the Torma

SHUDDHO HAM
From the sphere of emptiness, from YAM comes wind, from RAM
comes fire, and from AH a grate of three human heads. Above this
from AH comes a broad and extensive skull cup. Inside are the five
meats and five nectars. These are purified, transformed and
increased by the three letters, and become a great ocean of
uncontaminated nectar.
OM AH HUM (3x)
Invoking the Field of Merit
Light rays radiate and invoke Amitayus from the Pure Land of Bliss to
the space before me.
Offering the Torma

Guru Amitayus partakes of the torma by drawing it through his
tongue, which is a straw of vajra light.
OM APARIMITA AYUR GYANA SAPARIWARA IDAM BALINGTA
KHA KHA KHAHI KHAHI (3X)
Outer Offerings
OM APARIMITA AYUR GYANA SAPARIWARA AHRGHAM
PRATITZA YE SHA
OM APARIMITA AYUR GYANA SAPARIWARA PADM PRATITZA
YE SHA
OM APARIMITA AYUR GYANA SAPARIWARA PUPE PRATITZA YE
SHA
OM APARIMITA AYUR GYANA SAPARIWARA DHUPE PRATITZA
YE SHA
OM APARIMITA AYUR GYANA SAPARIWARA ALOKE PRATITZA
YE SHA
OM APARIMITA AYUR GYANA SAPARIWARA GNDHE PRATITZA
YE SHA
OM APARIMITA AYUR GYANA SAPARIWARA NEWIDE PRATITZA
YE SHA
OM APARIMITA AYUR GYANA SAPARIWARA SHAPTA PRATITZA
YE SHA
Inner Offering
OM APARIMITA AYUR GYANA SAPARIWARA OM AH HUM
Praise
Amitayus, Principal Guide of the world,
Destroyer of all untimely death without exception,
Refuge for those suffering and without a protector;
To you Buddha Amitayus I prostrate.
OM VAJRA MU
The guests of the torma return to their natural abode.
Recite the hundred-syllable mantra three times.
Dedication
Through the power of the blessing of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas
And my single pointed accomplishment of practice and prayers,
May we be cared for by our Lord and Master,
And may his life be as stable and limitless as Amitayus.
When I see the signs of untimely death
May I immediately see clearly the body of Amitayus,
And having destroyed the Lord of Death,
May I quickly become a knowledge-holder of life.
For a hundred years may I see a hundred harvests,
May there be long life free from illness with bliss and happiness,
May I definitely enter the Supreme Vehicle,
And may this auspiciousness arise now.
May my life be clear and long like a sun that never sets,
And my merit increase like a waxing moon.
May I be endowed with bravery as great as stars in the sky,

And may my practice be endowed with the glory of complete bliss
and happiness.
This sadhana was translated by David Gonsalez. It was extracted

from the Amitayus long-life empowerment ritual text from the personal
collection of Gen Lobsang Choephel. No author or scribe was
mentioned in the colophon. The dedication verses were adapted from
the White Heruka sadhana composed by Yangchen Drupai Dorje and
the words Chakrasamvara replaced with Amitayus.
Edited by Julia Milton

2007 David Gonsalez
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Long Life Diety Prayer Namgyalma

Praise
Glorious Goddess, of autumn-moon-like colour,
With beautiful, peaceful, three-faced, eight-armed form,
Granting supreme life with Gnosis beyond measure!
Victorious lady (Vijaya), homage and praise to you!
Long Mantra
Recite this mantra three (3) times
OM NAMO BHAGAVATE SARVA TRAILOKYA PRATIVISHISHTAYA
BUDDHAYA TE NAMA TA YA THA OM BHRUM BHRUM BHRUM
SHODHAYA SHODHAYA VISHODHAYA VISHODHAYA ASAMA
SAMANTA AVABHA SPHARANA GATI GAGANA SVABHAVA
VISHUDDHE ABHISHINTSANTU MAM SARVA TATHAGATA

SUGATA VARA VACANA AMRITA ABHISHEKERA MAHAMUDRA
MANTRA PADAIH AHARA AHARA MAMA AYUS SANDHARANI
SHODHAYA SHODHAYA VISHODHAYA VISHODHAYA GAGANA
SVABHAVA VISHUDDHE USNISHA VIJAYA PARISHUDDHE
SAHASRA RASMI SANYTSODITE SARVA TATHAGATA
AVALOKINI SAT PARAMITA PARIPURANI SARVA TATHAGATA
MATE DASHA BHUMI PRATISHTHITE SARVA TATHAGATA
HRIDAYA ADHISHTHANA ADHISHTHITE MUDRE MUDRE MAHA
MUDRE VAJRA KAYA SAMHATANA PARISHUDDHE SARVA
KARMA AVARANA VISHUDDHE PRATINI VARTAYA MAMA AYUR
VISHUDDHE SARVA TATHAGATA SAMAYA ADHISHTHANA
ADHISHTHITE OM MUNI MUNI MAHA MUNI VIMUNI VIMUNI
MAHA VIMUNI MATI MATI MAHA MATI MAMATI SUMATI
TATHAGATA BHUTAKOTI PARISHUDDHE VISPHUTA BUDDHI
SHUDDHE HE HE JAYA JAYA VIJAYA VIJAYA SMARA SMARA
SPHARA SPHARA SPHARAYA SPHARAYA SARVA BUDDHA
ADHISHTHANA ADHISHTHITE SHUDDHE SHUDDHE BUDDHE
BUDDHE VAJRE VAJRE MAHA VAJRE SUVAJRE VAJRA GARBHE
JAYA GARBHE VIJAYA GARBHE VAJRA DZOLA GARBHE
VAJRODBHAVE VAJRA SAMBHAVE VAJRE VAJRINI VAJRAM
BHAVATU MAMA SHARIRAM SARVA SATTVANANYTSA KAYA
PARISHUDDHIR BHAVATU ME SADA SARVA GATI
PARISHUDDHISHTSA SARVA TATHAGATASHTSA MAM
SAMASVASAYANTU BUDDHYA BUDDHYA SIDDHYA SIDDHYA
BODHAYA BODHAYA VIBODHAYA VIBODHAYA MOTSAYA
MOTSAYA VIMOTSAYA VIMOTSAYA SHODHAYA SHODAYA
VISHODHAYA VISHODHAYA SAMANTENA MOTSAYA MOTSAYA
SAMANTA RASMI PARISHUDDHE SARVA TATHAGATA HRIDAYA
ADHISHTAHANA ADHISHTHITE MUDRE MUDRE MAHA MUDRE
MAHAMUDRA MANTRA PADAIH SOHA
Medium Mantra
It is best to recite this mantra twenty one (21) times or more
This mantra should be recited 100,000 times in dedication to the
Lamas long life.
OM DHRUM SOHA OM AMRITA AYUR DADEY SOHA
Short Mantra
Recite this mantra 21 times or more
OM DROOM SOHA
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THE WHEEL OF SHARP WEAPONS

A Mahayana Training of the Mind
In Tibetan Theg-pa-chen-poi-blo-sbyong-mtshon-cha-khor-lo
By Dharmarakshita
The Wheel of Sharp Weapons, a basic text for the Mahayana training
of the mind, was composed by the great yogi Dharmarakshita. It was
brought to Tibet by the great Indian Pandit Atisha (982-1054) and
was translated from Sanskrit into Tibetan by Atisha and his main
disciple Upasaka Drom Tonpa. The present English translation from
the Tibetan text has been prepared by the Translation Bureau of the
Library of Tibetan Works & Archives.
The name of this work is The Wheel of Sharp Weapons

Effectively Striking the Heart of the Foe.
I pay heartfelt homage to you, Yamantaka;

Your wrath is opposed to the Great Lord of Death.
(1)
In jungles of poisonous plants strut the peacocks,
Though medicine gardens of beauty lie near.
The masses of peacocks do not find gardens pleasant,
But thrive on the essence of poisonous plants.
(2)
In similar fashion, the brave Bodhisattvas
Remain in the jungle of worldly concern.
No matter how joyful this worlds pleasure gardens,
These brave ones are never attracted to pleasures,
But thrive in the jungle of suffering and pain.
(3)
We spend our whole life in the search for enjoyment,
Yet tremble with fear at the mere thought of pain;
Thus since we are cowards, we are miserable still.
But the brave Bodhisattvas accept suffering gladly
And gain from their courage a true lasting joy.
(4)
Now desire is the jungle of poisonous plants here.
Only brave ones, like peacocks, can thrive on such fare.
If cowardly beings, like crows, were to try it,
Because they are greedy, they might lose their lives.
(5)
How can someone who cherishes self more than others
Take lust and such dangerous poisons for food?
If he tried like a crow to use other delusions,
He would probably forfeit his chance for release.
(6)
And thus Bodhisattvas are likened to peacocks:

They live on delusions those poisonous plants.
Transforming them into the essence of practice,
They thrive in the jungle of everyday life.
Whatever is presented they always accept,
While destroying the poison of clinging desire.
(7)
Uncontrollable wandering through rounds of existence
Is caused by our grasping at egos as real.
This ignorant attitude heralds the demon
Of selfish concern for our welfare alone:
We seek some security for our own egos;
We want only pleasure and shun any pain.
But now we must banish all selfish compulsion
And gladly take hardship for all others sake.
(8)
All of our sufferings derive from our habits
Of selfish delusions we heed and act out.
As all of us share in this tragic misfortune,
Which stems from our narrow and self-centred ways,
We must take all our sufferings and the miseries of others
And smother our wishes of selfish concern.
(9)
Should the impulse arise now to seek our own pleasure,
We must turn it aside to please others instead;
For even if loved ones should rise up against us,
We must blame our self-interest and feel its our due.
(10)
When our bodies are aching and racked with great torment
Of dreadful diseases we cannot endure,
This is the wheel of sharp weapons returning
Full circle upon us from wrongs we have done.
Till now we have injured the bodies of others;

Hereafter lets take on what sickness is theirs.
(11)
Depressed and forlorn, when we feel mental anguish,
Till now we have deeply disturbed minds of others;
Hereafter lets take on this suffering ourselves.
(12)
When hunger or violent thirst overwhelms us,
Till now we have kept what we had without sharing;
We have plundered and stolen and lured people on.
Hereafter lets take from them hunger and thirst.
(13)
When we lack any freedom, but must obey others,
Till now we have looked down upon those who were lowly
And used them as servants for our own selfish needs;
Hereafter lets offer our service to others
With humble devotion of body and life.
(14)
When we hear only language that is foul and abusive,
Till now we have said many things without thinking;
We have slandered and caused many friendships to end.
Hereafter lets censure all thoughtless remarks.
(15)
When we are born in oppressive and wretched conditions,

Till now we have always had a negative outlook
We have criticised others, seeing only their flaws.
Hereafter lets cultivate positive feelings
And view our surroundings as stainless and pure.
(16)
When we are parted from friends and from those who can help us,
Till now we have taken the friends and good servants
Of others away, wanting them for ourselves;
Hereafter lets never cause close friends to part.
(17)
When supreme holy gurus find us displeasing,
Till now we have turned from the gurus and teachings,
Preferring the counsel of misleading friends;
Hereafter lets end our dependent relations
With those who would turn us away from the path.
(18)
When unjustly we are blamed for the misdeeds of others,
And are falsely accused of flaws that we lack,
And are always the object of verbal abuse,
Till now we have despised and belittled our gurus;
Hereafter lets never accuse others falsely,
But give them full credit for virtues they have.
(19)
When the things we require for daily consumption

And use, fall apart or are wasted or spoilt,
Till now we have been careless with others possessions;
Hereafter lets give them whatever they need.
(20)
When our minds are unclear and our hearts are unhappy,
We are bored doing virtue but excited by vice,
Till now we have led others to acts of non-virtue;
Hereafter lets never provide the conditions
That rouse them to follow their negative traits.
(21)
When our minds are disturbed and we feel great frustration
That things never happen the way that we wish,
Till now we have caused interfering disturbance
When others were focused on virtuous acts;
Hereafter lets stop causing such interruption.
(22)
When nothing we do ever pleases our gurus,
Till now with our gurus we have feigned pious manners,
But out of their presence have reverted to sin.
Hereafter lets try to be less hypocritical
And take all the teachings sincerely to heart.
(23)
When others find fault with whatever we are doing
And people seem eager to blame only us,

Till now we have been shameless, not caring about others,
We have thought that our deeds did not matter at all,
Hereafter lets stop our offensive behaviour.
(24)
When our servants and friends are annoyed by our habits,
And after a while cannot stay in our homes,
Till now we have imposed our bad habits on others;
Hereafter lets change and show only kind ways.
(25)
When all who are close turn against us as enemies,
Till now we have held grudges inside us with anger
With thoughts of sly methods to cause others pain;
Hereafter lets try to have less affectation,
Nor pretend to be kind while we harbour base aims.
(26)
When we suffer from sickness and such interference,
Especially when gout has swollen our legs,
Till now without shame and with no self-control
We have stolen or misused what others have given;
Hereafter lets never take anything offered
To the Three Jewels of Refuge as if it were ours.
(27)
When strokes and diseases strike without warning,
Till now we have broken our vowed words of honour;

Hereafter, lets shun such non-virtuous deeds.
(28)
When our mind becomes clouded whenever we study,
Till now we have thought that the study of Dharma
Lacked prime importance and could be ignored;
Hereafter lets build up the habits of wisdom
To hear and to think about what Buddha taught.
(29)
When sleep overwhelms us while practising virtue,
Till now we have gathered the causes for obstacles
Hindering our practice of virtuous acts.
(We have lacked all respect for the scriptural teachings;
We have sat on our books and left texts on the ground.
We have also looked down upon those with deep insight.)
Hereafter for the sake of our practice of Dharma
Lets gladly endure all the hardships we meet.
(30)
When our mind wanders greatly and runs towards delusion,
Till now we have neglected to meditate fully
On defects pervading this transient world;
Hereafter lets work to renounce this existence
(And see the impermanent nature of things).
(31)
When all our affairs, both religious and worldly,

Run into trouble and fall into ruin,
Till now we have felt cause and effect could be slighted;
Hereafter lets practise with patience and strength.
(32)
When rites we perform never seem to be fruitful,
Till now we have relied on the gods of this world
Or on unskilful actions to bring us relief;
Hereafter lets turn in another direction
And leave our non-virtuous actions behind.
(33)
When none of the wishes we make reach fulfilment,
Although we have made prayers to the Three Precious Gems,
Till now we have had an imperfect commitment
To Buddha whose teachings deserve complete trust;
Hereafter lets place our exclusive reliance
On Buddha, his teachings and those in his fold.
(34)
When prejudice, polio or strokes have us crippled
And external forces or harm rise against us,
Till now we have collected vast stores of non-virtue
By breaking our vows and offending protectors
In our practice from guru-devotion to Tantra;
Hereafter lets banish all prejudiced views.
(35)
When we lack all control over where we must travel

And always must wander like waifs with no home,
Till now we have disturbed holy gurus and others
And forced them to move from their homes or their seats;
Hereafter lets never cause others disturbance
By evicting them cruelly from where they reside.
(36)
When the crops in our fields are continually plagued
By drought, floods and hailstones, insects and frost,
Till now we have failed to honour our pledges;
Hereafter lets keep all our moral vows pure.
(37)
When we are poor, yet are filled with much greed and desire,
Till now we have been misers, reluctant to share.
The offerings we have made to the Three Jewels were meagre;
Hereafter lets give with a generous heart.
(38)
When our bodies are ugly and others torment us
By mocking our flaws, never showing respect,
Till now we have made images lacking in beauty,
By venting our anger, we have made ugly scenes;
Hereafter lets print books and make pleasing statues,
And not be short-tempered, but be of good cheer.
(39)
When attachment and anger disturb and upset us

No matter how much we may try to suppress them,
Till now we have held on to the improper outlook,
Stubbornly cherishing only ourselves;
Hereafter lets uproot self-interest completely.
(40)
When success in our practices always eludes us,
Till now, deep within, we have clung to our ego,
Fully immersed in self-cherishing ways;
Hereafter lets dedicate all of the virtuous
Actions we do, so that others may thrive.
(41)
When our mind is untamed though we act with great virtue,
Till now we have engaged in those worldly ambitions
That aim at success for ourselves in this life;
Hereafter lets work with pure one-pointed effort
To nourish the wish to gain freedoms far shore.
(42)
When after we do any virtuous action
We feel deep regret or we doubt its effect,
Till now we have been fickle and, stirred by base motives,
Have courted only those who have power or wealth;
Hereafter lets act with complete self-awareness,
Exerting great care in the way we make friends.
(43)
When those with ambition repay trusting friendship

By luring us on with their devious schemes,
Till now from ambition we have acted with arrogance,
Hereafter lets dampen our self-centred pride.
(44)
When the force of attraction or that of repulsion
Colours whatever we hear or we say,
Till now we have ignored what has caused all our troubles:
The mass of delusion that dwells in our heart;
Hereafter lets try to abandon all hindrances
Note their arisal, examine them well.
(45)
When no matter how well-meant our actions towards others,
They always elicit a hostile response,
Till now we have repaid loving-kindness with malice;
Hereafter lets always accept others favours
Both graciously and with most humble respect.
(46)
In short then, whenever unfortunate sufferings
We havent desired crash upon us like thunder,
This is the same as the smith who had taken
His life with a sword he had fashioned himself.
Our suffering is the wheel of sharp weapons returning
Hereafter lets always have care and awareness
Never to act in non-virtuous ways.
(47)
All of the sufferings that we have endured

In the lives we have led in the three lower states,
As well as our pains of the present and future,
Are the same as the case of the forger of arrows
Who later was killed by an arrow he had made.
Hereafter lets always have care and awareness
Never to act in non-virtuous ways.
(48)
When the troubles and worries of family life grieve us,
This is the same as the case of a child,
Who was cared for with love, later killing his parents.
Hereafter it is fitting in all of our lifetimes
For us to live purely as monks or as nuns.
(49)
As its true what I have said about self-centred interest,
I recognise clearly my enemy now.
I recognise clearly the bandit who plunders,
The liar who lures by pretending he is part of me;
Oh what relief that I have conquered this doubt!
(50)
And so Yamantaka, spin round with great power
The wheel of sharp weapons of good actions now.
Three times turn it round, in your wrathful-like aspect
Your legs set apart for the two grades of truth,
With your eyes blazing open for wisdom and means.
(51)
Baring your fangs of the four great opponents,
Devour the foe our cruel selfish concern!
With your powerful mantra of cherishing others,

Demolish this enemy lurking within!
(52)
Frantically running through lifes tangled jungle,
We are chased by sharp weapons of wrongs we have done
Returning upon us; we are out of control.
This sly, deadly villain the selfishness in us,
Deceiving ourselves and all others as well
Capture him, capture him, fierce Yamantaka,
Summon this enemy, bring him forth now!
(53)
Batter him, batter him, rip out the heart
Of our grasping for ego, our love for ourselves!
Trample him, trample him, dance on the head
Of this treacherous concept of selfish concern!
Tear out the heart of this self-centred butcher
Who slaughters our chance to gain final release!
(54)
Hum! Hum! Show all your powers, O mighty protector.
Dza! Dza! Tie up this enemy; do not let him loose.
Pa! Pa! Set us free by your might, O great Lord over Death.
Cut! Cut! Break the knot of self-interest that binds us inside.
(55)
Appear Yamantaka, O wrathful protector;
I have further entreaties to make of you still.
This sack of five poisons, mistakes and delusions,
Drags us down in the quicksand of lifes daily toil
Cut it off, cut it off, rip it to shreds!
(56)
We are drawn to the sufferings of miserable rebirths,
Yet mindless of pain, we go after its cause.

Of this treacherous concept of selfish concern.
Who slaughters our chance to gain final release.
(57)
We have high expectations of speedy attainments,
Yet do not wish to work at the practice involved.
We have many fine projects we plan to accomplish,
Yet none of them ever are done in the end.
(58)
Our wish to be happy is strong at all times,
Yet we do not gather merit to yield this result.
We have little endurance for hardship and suffering,
Yet ruthlessly push for the things we desire.
(59)
With comparative ease, we develop new friendships,
Yet since we are callous, not one of them lasts.
We are filled with desire for food and fine clothing,
Yet failing to earn them, we steal and we scheme.
(60)
We are experts at flattering others for favours,

Yet always complaining, we are sad and depressed.
The money we have gathered we cannot bear to part with;
Like misers we hoard it and feel we are poor.
(61)
We have done very little to benefit someone,
Yet always remind him how much we have done.
We have never accomplished a thing in our lifetime
Yet, boasting and bragging, we are filled with conceit.
(62)
We have many great masters and teachers to guide us,
Yet, shirking our duty, ignore what they teach.
We have many disciples, yet do not ever help them;
We cannot be bothered to give them advice.
(63)
We promise to do many glorious deeds,
Yet in practice we give others minimal help.
Our spiritual fame has been spread far and wide,
Yet inwardly all of our thoughts are repulsive
Not only to gods, but to demons and ghosts.

(64)
We have read very little, heard only a few teachings,
Yet talk with authority expertly on voidness.
Our knowledge of scriptures is pitifully lacking,
Yet glibly we make up and say what we like.
(65)
We have many attendants and people around us,
Yet no one obeys us nor heeds what we say.
We feel we have friends in positions of power,
Yet should we need help, we are left on our own.
(66)
We have gained lofty status and ranks of prestige.
Yet our knowledge is poorer than that of a ghost.
We are considered great gurus, yet even the demons
Do not harbour such hatred or clinging desire
Or as closed-minded an outlook as we seem to have.
(67)
We talk about theories and the most advanced teachings,
Yet our everyday conduct is worse than a dogs.
We are learned, intelligent, versed in great knowledge,

Yet cast to the wind wisdoms ethical base.
(68)
We have selfish desires and horrible anger
Which fester inside us, we would never admit;
Yet without provocation we criticise others
And self-righteously charge them with faults we possess.
(69)
We wear robes of saffron, yet seek our protection
And refuge in spirits and gods of this world.
We have promised to keep solemn vows of strict morals,
Yet our actions accord with the demons foul ways.
(70)
Our pleasure and happiness come from the Buddhas,
The gurus, the teachings, and those who live by them,
Yet still we make offerings to ghosts and the spirits.
All of our guidance derives from the teachings,
And yet we deceive those who give this advice.
(71)
We seek to have homes in monastic seclusion
Yet, drawn by distractions, we venture to town.
Discourses we hear teach us most noble practice,
Yet we spend all our time telling fortunes with dice.
(72)
We give up monks vows, the true path to gain freedom;
We would rather be married, have children and homes.
We cast to the wind this rare chance to be happy,
And pursue further suffering, more problems and woes.
(73)
Discarding our practice to reach liberation,
We drift about searching for pleasure or trade.
We have obtained human bodies with precious endowments,
Yet use them to gain only hellish rebirths.
(74)
Ignoring effects that the teachings can bring us,
We travel on business for profit and gain.
Leaving behind all our gurus wise lectures,
We tour different places in search of some fun.

(75)
We hoard what we have, never willing to use it,
And leech all our food and our clothing from friends.
We leave aside wealth from our fathers inheritance,
Taking from others as much as we can.
(76)
Its amazing how little endurance we have
To do meditation, and yet we pretend
To have gained special powers so others are fooled.
We never catch up with the paths of deep wisdom,
Yet run here and there in needless great haste.
(77)
Someone gives us advice from the depths of his heart,
Which is for our own good, but is harsh to our ears,
And with anger we view him as if he is our foe.
Yet when someone without any true feelings for us
Deceitfully tells us what we like to hear,
Without taste or discernment we are kind in return.
(78)
When others consider us close and dear friends

And relate in strict confidence all they know,
We disclose their deep secrets especially to their foes.
When we have a good friend who is constantly with us,
We locate his weak points so we can torment him.
(79)
Our jealousy is strong and whatever is said
We are always the sceptic, we doubt what is meant.
We are fussy, bad-tempered and hard to get on with,
Inflicting obnoxious behaviour on others.
(80)
When someone requests us to do something for him,
We are never obliging, but think up instead
Clever devious methods to do him some harm.
When others concede and agree with our viewpoint,
We do not acquiesce we argue still more.
(81)
We do not pay attention to what others tell us;
We are a trial to be with; we strain others nerves.
Our feelings are hurt at the slightest remark,
And we hold grudges strongly we never forgive.

(82)
We always are jealous of those of great status;
We feel holy gurus are threats to avoid.
Overwhelmed by attachment and ruled by our passions,
We spend all our time lusting after young loves.
(83)
We do not think of friendships as long-term commitments,
We treat old companions with thoughtless neglect.
And when we are making new friends with a stranger,
We try to impress him with grandiose ways.
(84)
We lack clairvoyance, yet lie, feigning powers,
And then when proved wrong, we must bear all complaints.
We have little compassion for those who are near us;
Whenever they blunder, we are quick to lash out.
(85)
We have poor education and limited knowledge;
Whenever we speak we are unsure of ourselves.
Our learning in scriptural texts is so meagre,
When hearing new teachings we doubt they are true.

(86)
By making a habit of anger and passion,
We come to despise everyone that we meet;
And by making a habit of jealous resentment,
We ascribe fruits to others, disclaiming their worth.
(87)
We do not follow proper procedures of study;
We say it is needless to read the vast texts.
We feel there is no value in learning from gurus;
We slight oral teachings and think we know best.
(88)
We fail to explain what the Three Baskets teach,
But instead dwell on theories we have made up ourselves.
We lack deep conviction and faith in the teachings,
Whatever we say leaves disciples confused.
(89)
We do not despise actions unwise and immoral,

Instead we dispute and attempt to pick flaws
In the excellent teachings and great masters works.
(90)
We are never embarrassed when acting disgracefully,
Only respectable deeds cause us shame.
(91)
All the things we should do we do not do even once,
For improper behaviour takes up all our time.
(92)
O mighty destroyer of selfishness-demons.
With body of wisdom unchained from all bonds,
Yamantaka, come brandish your skull-headed bludgeon
Of egoless wisdom of voidness and bliss.
Without any misgivings now wield your fierce weapon
And wrathfully swing it three times round your head.
(93)
With all of your fierceness come smash this foul enemy!
Burst ego-concepts with your wisdoms great might!
With your boundless compassion protect us from suffering
The miseries caused by our self-centred actions;

Destroy our self-cherishing once and for all!
(94)
With all of the sufferings that others experience,
Smother completely our selfish concern.
The sufferings of others arise from five poisons;
Thus whichever delusion afflicts other beings
Take it to smother delusions of self.
(95)
Though we have not a doubt, for we recognise fully
The cause and the root of mistakes we all make,
If there is still left a part of our minds that would tend
To support this delusion of self that we have,
Then destroy the firm hold of this part of our minds
That, against our true wishes, makes fools of us still.
(96)
As all that is wrong can be traced to one source
Our concern for ourselves whom we cherish the most
We must meditate now on the kindness of others.
Accepting the suffering that they never wished for,
We must dedicate fully our virtues to all.
(97)
Thus accepting ourselves all deluded non-virtuous
Actions that others have done in the past,
In the present and future with mind, speech and body,
May delusions of others as well as our own
Be the favoured conditions to gain our enlightenment,
Just as the peacocks eat poison and thrive.
(98)
As crows may be cured after swallowing poison
By a powerful antidote given in time,
Lets direct to all others our virtuous merit,

That this may replenish their chances for freedom
May all sentient beings reach Buddhahood soon!
(99)
Till the time when all motherly beings and I
Gain the perfect conditions for us to be Buddhas,
Though the force of our actions may cause us to wander
Through various realms in the six rebirth states,
May we always be able to help one another
To keep our aim fixed on enlightenments shore.
(100)
Then for even the sake of but one sentient being
May we gladly take birth in the three lower states.
With enlightening conduct that never grows weak
May we lead all the beings in miserable rebirths
Out of their sufferings and causes for pain.
(101)
As soon as we have placed ourselves into their realm
May the guards of the hells come to see us as gurus.
May the weapons of torture they hold turn to flowers;
May all harm be stilled peace and happiness grow.
(102)
Then may even hell beings develop clairvoyance
And take higher rebirths as men or as gods.
By developing strongly the wish to be Buddhas,
May they pay back our kindness through heeding the teachings
And regard us as gurus with confident trust.
(103)
Then may all sentient beings of the three higher rebirths
Perfect meditation on egolessness.
In this way may they realise the non-self-existence
Of worldly involvement and freedom as well.

May they place concentration on both of these equally,
Seeing their natures as equally void.
(104)
If we practise these methods we shall soon overcome
Our true enemies: selfish concern and self-love.
If we practise these methods we shall overcome also
False concepts of ego we hold to be real.
Thus by joint meditation on egolessness
And on non-dual wisdom of voidness and bliss,
How can anyone not gain the causes to win
A Buddhas physical body and its fruit, Buddhahood?
(105)
O mind, understand that the topics discussed here
Are interdependent phenomena all;
For things must rely on dependent arising
To have an existence they cannot stand alone.
The process of change is alluring like magic,
For physical form is but mental appearance,
As a torch whirling round seems a circle of flame.
(106)
There is nothing substantial to anyones life-force
It crumbles apart like a water-soaked log;
And there is nothing substantial to anyones life span
It bursts in an instant like bubbles of foam.
All the things of this world are but fog-like appearance;
When closely examined, they fade out of sight.
Like mirages these things at a distance seem lovely,
But when we come closer, they are not to be found.
(107)
All things are like images found in a mirror,
And yet we imagine they are real, very real;
All things are like mist or like clouds on a mountain,
And yet we imagine they are stable and firm.

Our foe: our insistence on ego-identities
Truly our own, which we wish were secure,
And our butcher: the selfish concern for ourselves
Like all things these appear to be truly existent,
Though they never have been truly existent at all.
(108)
Although they appear to be concrete and real,
They have never been real, anytime, anywhere.
They are not things we should burden with ultimate value,
Nor should we deny them their relative truth.
As our grasping for egos and love for ourselves
Lack substantial foundations with true independence,
How can they yield acts that exist by themselves?
And then how can this cruel vicious circle of suffering,
The fruit of these actions, be real from its core?
(109)
Although all things thus lack inherent existence,
Yet just as the face of the moon can be seen
In a cup of clear water reflecting its image,
The various aspects of cause and effect
Appear in this relative world as reflections.
So please, in this world of appearances only,
Lets always be sure what we do is of virtue
And shun all those acts that would cause us great pain.
(110)
When our bodies are charred in a horrible nightmare
By the world-ending flames of a stellar explosion,
Although this ordeal is not actually happening,
We nevertheless feel great terror and scream.
In similar fashion, unfortunate rebirths
In hells or as ghosts are not actually real,
And yet we can fully experience their pain.
Thus fearing such suffering as burning alive,
We must cease all these actions that yield this result.
(111)
When our minds are delirious, burning with fever,
Although there is no darkness, we feel we are plummeting
Further and further into a black pit
With the walls pressing closer the deeper we fall.
In similar fashion, although our dark ignorance
Lacks self-existence, we nevertheless
Must by all means break out of its strangling constriction
By putting the three kinds of wisdom to use.
(112)
When musicians are playing a beautiful melody,
Should we examine the sound they are making
We would see that it does not exist by itself.
But when we are not making our formal analysis,
Still there is a beautiful tune to be heard,
Which is merely a label on notes and on players
That is why lovely music can lighten sad hearts.
(113)
When we closely examine effects and their causes,
We see that they both lack inherent existence
They cannot stand alone, either whole or apart,
Yet there seem to exist independently rising
And falling events, which, in fact, are conditioned
By various forces, components and parts.
It is this very level on which we experience
Birth and our death and whatever life brings.
(114)
When a vase has been filled by the dripping of water,
The first drops themselves did not fill it alone;
Nor was it made full by the last several drops.
It was filled by an interdependent collection
Of causes and forces that came all together

The water, the pourer, the vase and such things.
(115)
It is precisely the same when we come to experience
Pleasure and pain: the results of our past.
Effects never come from the first causal actions,
Nor do they arise from the last several acts.
Both pleasure and pain come from interdependent
Collections of forces and causes combined.
(116)
When not making formal dissections with logic,
Merely letting lifes happenings flow freely on,
Although we experience feelings of pleasure,
In ultimate truth, this appearance of happiness
Lacks self-existence inherently real.
And yet on the everyday operative level
This seeming appearance has relative truth.
To understand fully this deep profound meaning
For slow-minded persons, alas, will be hard.
(117)
And now, when we try to do close contemplation
On voidness, how can we have even a feeling
Of conventional truth at the very same time?
Yet what can there be that has true self-existence?
And what can there be that lacks relative truth?
How can anyone anywhere believe in such things?
(118)
Just as objects of voidness are non-self-existent,
The voidness of objects itself is the same.
The shunning of vice and the practice of virtue
Are likewise devoid of all mental constructions

That they are independent, self-contained acts.
In fact, on the whole, they are lacking completely
All mental projections and all pre-conceptions.
Thus, if we can focus our clear concentration
On voidness without our mind wandering astray,
Then truly we shall come to be wondrous beings
With a deep understanding of the most profound void.
(119)
By practising this way the two Bodhicittas
Of the ultimate and the conventional truth,
And thus by completing without interference
Collections of insight and merit as well,
May all of us quickly attain full enlightenment
Granting what we and all others have wished.
Epilogue
The Wheel of Sharp Weapons Effectively Striking the Heart of the
Foe was composed by the great Yogi Dharmarakshita in his retreat
in the jungle where many fierce animals prey. What this great yogi,
the possessor of vast scriptural knowledge, the full powers of logic
and deep profound insight has written here is the essence of the
teachings of all his holy gurus. He always practised in accordance
with this essence in his fearsome jungle retreat during the degenerate
age in which he lived.
From among his many disciples, Dharmarakshita transmitted these
teachings to Atisha (982-1054); and Atisha practised them wherever
he traveled in order to tame those who were most wild. When Atisha
developed true insight into the two Bodhichittas through these
teachings, he composed the following verses:
I went through much hardship abandoning royalty,
But, by collecting much virtuous merit,
I met my true guru, Dharmarakshita.
By showing me these supreme nectar-like teachings,
He has granted me sovereignty over my mind;
So that now I have attained all the forceful opponents,

Having memorised fully these words he has taught.
Although I do not favour a partisan viewpoint
Whenever I study the various teachings
I always make efforts to broaden my wisdom
To see boundless wonders in every tradition
Yet I have to admit that these teachings especially
Have been of great help in this age of decay.
From among his many unimaginably great disciples in both India and
Tibet, Atisha transmitted these teachings to Upasaka Drom Tonpa,
who had been prophesied to be his most fitting disciple by many of
Atishas meditational deities such as Tara. Atisha transmitted these
teachings to Drom Tonpa in order to pacify the minds of the disciples
of remote Tibet who were difficult to tame.
This work has been translated from Sanskrit into Tibetan by the
fatherly Atisha himself and his spiritual son Drom Tonpa.
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35 Confessional Buddhas
The Mahayana Sutra of the Three Superior Heaps
Homage to the Bodhisattvas Confession of Moral Downfalls.
I, whose name is ., at all times go for refuge to the Guru,

go for refuge to the Buddha, go for refuge to the Dharma, go for
refuge to the Sangha.
The Vajra family of Akshobhya (blue)
1. To the Teacher, Blessed One, Tathagata, Foe Destroyer,
Completely Perfected Buddha, Glorious Conqueror Shakyamuni, I
prostrate.
2. To the Tathagata, Complete Subduer with the Essence of Vajra, I
prostrate.
3. To the Tathagata, Jewel of Radiant Light, I prostrate.
4. To the Tathagata, Powerful King of the Nagas, I prostrate.
5. To the Tathagata, Leader of the Heroes, I prostrate.
6. To the Tathagata, Glorious Pleasure, I prostrate.
7. To the Tathagata, Jewel Fire, I prostrate
The Tathagata family of Vairochana (white)
8. To the Tathagata, Jewel Moonlight, I prostrate.
9. To the Tathagata, Meaningful to Behold, I prostrate.
10. To the Tathagata, Jewel Moon, I prostrate.
11. To the Tathagata, Stainless One, I prostrate.
12. To the Tathagata, Bestowed with Glory, I prostrate.
13. To the Tathagata, Pure One, I prostrate.
14. To the Tathagata, Transforming with Purity, I prostrate.
The Ratna family of Ratnasambhava (yellow)
15. To the Tathagata, Water Deity, I prostrate.
16. To the Tathagata, God of the Water Deities, I prostrate.
17. To the Tathagata, Glorious Excellence, I prostrate.
18. To the Tathagata, Glorious Sandalwood, I prostrate.
19. To the Tathagata, Endless Splendour, I prostrate.
20. To the Tathagata, Glorious Light, I prostrate.
21. To the Tathagata, Glorious without Sorrow, I prostrate.
The Lotus family of Amitabha (red)
22. To the Tathagata, Son without Craving, I prostrate.
23. To the Tathagata, Glorious Flower, I prostrate.
24. To the Tathagata, Clearly Knowing through Enjoying Pure

Radiance, I prostrate.
25. To the Tathagata, Clearly Knowing through Enjoying Lotus
Radiance, I prostrate.
26. To the Tathagata, Glorious Wealth, I prostrate.
27. To the Tathagata, Glorious Mindfulness, I prostrate.
28. To the Tathagata, Glorious Name of Great Renown, I prostrate.
The Karma family of Amoghasiddhi (green)
29. To the Tathagata, King of the Victory Banner, Head of the
Powerful Ones, I prostrate.
30. To the Tathagata, Glorious One Complete Subduer, I prostrate.
31. To the Tathagata, Great Victor in Battle, I prostrate.
32. To the Tathagata, Glorious One Complete Subduer Passed
Beyond, I prostrate.
33. To the Tathagata, Glorious Array Illuminating All, I prostrate.
34. To the Tathagata, Jewel Lotus Great Subduer, I prostrate.
35. To the Tathagata, Foe Destroyer, Completely Perfected Buddha,
King of Mount Meru seated firmly on a jewel and a lotus, I prostrate.
O All you Tathagatas and all the others, however many Tathagatas,
Foe Destroyers, Completely Perfect Buddhas, Blessed Ones there
are dwelling and abiding in all the worldly realms of the ten directions,
all you Buddhas, the Blessed Ones, please listen to me.
In this life and in all my lives since beginningless time, in all my
places of rebirth whilst wandering in Samsara, I have done negative
actions, have ordered them to be done, and have rejoiced in their
being done. I have stolen the property of the bases of offering, the
property of the Sangha, and the property of the Sanghas of the ten
directions, have ordered it to be stolen, and have rejoiced in it being
stolen. I have committed the five unbounded heinous actions, have
ordered them to be committed, and have rejoiced in their being
committed. I have completely engaged in the paths of the ten nonvirtuous actions, have ordered others to engage in them, and have
rejoiced in their engaging in them.
Being obstructed by such karmic obstructions, I shall become a hell
being, or I shall be born as an animal, or I shall go to the land of the
hungry ghosts, or I shall be born as a barbarian in an irreligious

country, or I shall be born as a long life god, or I shall come to have
incomplete senses, or I shall come to have wrong views, or I shall
have no opportunity to please a Buddha.
All such karmic obstructions I declare in the presence of the
Buddhas, the Blessed Ones, who have become valid, who see with
their wisdom. I confess without concealing or hiding anything, and
from now on I shall avoid and refrain from such actions.
All you Buddhas, the Blessed Ones, please listen to me.
In this life and in all my previous lives since beginningless time, in all
my places of rebirth whilst wandering in Samsara, whatever root of
virtue there is in my giving to others, even in my giving a morsel of
food to one born as an animal;
Whatever root of virtue there is in my maintaining moral discipline;
Whatever root of virtue there is in my actions conducive to great
liberation;
Whatever root of virtue there is in my acting to fully ripen sentient
beings;
Whatever root of virtue there is in my generating a supreme mind of
Enlightenment;
And whatever root of virtue there is in my unsurpassed exalted
wisdom; all of these assembled, gathered and collected together, by
fully dedicating them to the unsurpassed, to that which there is no
higher, to that which is even higher than the high, to that which
surpasses the unsurpassed,
I fully dedicate to the unsurpassed, perfect, complete enlightenment.
Just as the Buddhas, the Blessed Ones of the past, have dedicated
fully, just as the Buddhas, the Blessed Ones who are yet to come, will
dedicate fully, and just as the Buddhas, the Blessed Ones who are
living now, dedicate fully, so too do I dedicate fully.
I confess individually all negative actions. I rejoice in all merit. I
beseech and request all the Buddhas.
May I attain the holy, supreme, unsurpassed, exalted wisdom.
Whoever are the Conquerors, the supreme beings living now, those
of the past, and likewise those who are yet to come, with a boundless
ocean of praise for all your good qualities, with my palms pressed
together I go close to you for refuge.
This concludes the Mahayana Sutra entitled Sutra of the Three
Superior Heaps.
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The Sutra of the Great Vehicle Called The

Exalted Dispeller of Darkness of the Ten Directions
This sutra is commonly recited before travelling in order to remove
obstacles on the way and accomplish ones purpose. It may be read
once or many times.
Homage to all the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas!
Thus have I heard at one time. The Bhagavan was staying in the land
of Kapilavastu of the Shakyas, in the pleasure grove of Nyagrodha
together with a Sangha community of two hundred and fifty thousand
monks and a great entourage of Bodhisattvas such as Manjushri.
Then, early in the morning, the Buddha put on his lower robe, took up
his alms bowl and robes and, completely surrounded by the
community of monks, at the head of the community of monks, went to
the great city of Kapilavastu to collect alms.
At that time a Shakya youth named Very Bright Countenance, for
purpose of some work, came out of the great city of Kapilavastu
riding in a chariot and the young Shakya saw the Buddha coming just
from afar. Having seen him, he got down from the chariot, went to
where the Buddha was and, having gone there, bowed with folded
palms in the direction of the Buddha and, having prostrated his head
to the two feet of Buddha, he circumambulated the Buddha three

times and sat before the Buddha with folded palms.
Then the young Shakya made this request to the Buddha:
Bhagavan, my two parents, while asleep and awake, are harmed by
non-humans. Bhagavan, I too, when going to other provinces, am
robbed by bandits and also harmed by wild animals. For sake of that,
O Bhagavan Samyak Sambuddha, out of whatever compassion you
have for me, please protect me well thus not to be harmed by
humans, non-humans and all included within the animal realm
wherever I am. Also, please teach me a protecting ritual.
Thus he requested and the Bhagavan said this to the young Shakya:
Youth, for sake of that, listen well; keep this in mind; I will speak to
you. The young Shakya saying, I will do so, listened to the
Bhagavan and this is what the Buddha said:
Youth, in the eastern direction from this Buddhafield beyond 80,000
Buddhafields is a world sphere called All Delusions Shaken. There,
the Tathagata Arhat Samyak Sambuddha called Practicing Afar now
abides in life. Youth, whenever you go to the east for some activity, at
that time, if you prostrate to and remember that Tathagata being in
front of you and make him evident in the continuum of your mind
danger will not arise for you. At that time, if you think of him without
distraction, whatever activity for which you have gone, that activity will
be accomplished. Then the Bhagavan recited this verse:
Having prostrated to the Lord
The Fully Enlightened Mighty One
If you go with him always manifest in mind
Danger will not arise for you.
Youth, in the southern direction from this Buddhafield 90,000
Buddhafields away there is a world system called Darkness and
Mass of Black Darkness Destroyed. There the Tathagata Arhat
Samyak Sambuddha called The Fully Exalted King Through Being
Free of Fear and Fright From the First Mind Generation now abides
in life. Youth, whenever you go to the south for some activity, at that
time if you prostrate to that Tathagata and remember him before you
and have him evident in the continuum of your mind and, without
thinking of home, etc., go mindfully without distraction, that activity for
which purpose you went will be accomplished and no danger

whatever will arise for you. Then the Bhagavan recited this verse:
Without thoughts of home and arisal of hatred
When you go to the south, danger will not arise for you.
Youth, in the western direction Buddhafields as many as grains of
sand of the river Ganges away from this Buddhafield there is a world
system called The Agreeable. There the Tathagata Arhat Samyak
Sambuddha called Suppressor of Resentment and Arrogance now
abides in life. Youth, whenever you go to the west for some activity,
at that time if you prostrate to that Tathagata and think of him before
you, having him manifest in the continuum of your mind, and go
mindfully without delusion and distraction, no danger whatever will
arise for you. Then the Bhagavan recited this verse:
Neither generating joy towards phenomena
Nor ceasing joy either
Who knows phenomena thus
For them there is no fear at all.
Youth, in the northern direction ten billion Buddhafields beyond this
Buddhafield there is a world system called The Daring One. There
the Tathagata Arhat Samyak Sambuddha called Jewelled Form Set
and Shining Light now abides in life. Youth, whenever you go to the
north for some activity, at that time if you prostrate to that Tathagata
and think of him before you, having him manifest in the continuum of
your mind and go with undistracted mental engagement, that activity
for which purpose you went will be accomplished and no danger
whatever will arise for you. Then the Bhagavan recited this verse:
Always be equanimous toward all sentient beings
Do not abuse sentient beings and
Danger will not arise for you.
Youth, in the northeastern direction 80,000 Buddhafields away from
this Buddhafield is a world system called The Community of Mara
Destroyed. There the Tathagata Arhat Samyak Sambuddha called
The Suppressor Who Has Completely Eliminated Maras and Doubt
now abides in life. That Tathagata, merely by sitting under the bodhi
tree, made gods of the mara type, as many as exist in the billion
world systems, all irreversible from unexcelled, perfect, complete

enlightenment. Youth, that Tathagata had such power of a being
sitting under the bodhi tree! Youth, whenever you go to the northeast
for some activity, at that time if you prostrate to that Tathagata and
think of him before you having him manifest in the continuum of your
mind and go undistracted, that activity for which purpose you went
will be accomplished and no danger whatever will arise for you. Then
the Bhagavan recited this verse:
If you go while thinking
Of that Buddha who
With the first thought defeated the maras
For you, danger will not arise.
Youth, in the southeastern direction 20,000 Buddhafields beyond this
Buddhafield there is a world system called Always Appearing. There
the Tathagata Arhat Samyak Sambuddha called Glorious One Arisen
From The Wheel Made Irreversible By The First Mind Generation
now abides in life. Youth, that Tathagata, from the first mind
generation up to his very enlightenment uninterruptedly practised
generosity, guarded morality, fully relied on patience, applied
perseverance, practised concentration and knew wisdom. Youth, that
Tathagata was such a skilful being! Youth, whenever you go to the
southeast for some activity, having prostrated with your five limbs to
that Tathagata and later left the house, afterwards no grief or danger
at all will arise for you. If your mental engagement is undistracted that
activity for which purpose you went will be accomplished. Then the
Bhagavan recited this verse:
Having prostrated with the five limbs
And later left the house
You will proceed never suppressed by thieves
Youth, in the southwestern direction from this Buddhafield 30,000
Buddhafields away is a world system called Covered With Golden
Garlands. There the Tathagata Arhat Samyak Sambuddha called
Jewelled Parasol Exalted Illumination now abides in life. Youth,
whenever you go to the southwest for some activity, if you prostrate
to that Tathagata and think of him before you, having him manifest in
the continuum of your mind and go undistracted, no danger at all will
arise for you and that activity for which purpose you went will be
accomplished. Then the Bhagavan recited this verse:
Having prostrated to the Samyak Sambuddha
And strewn a few flowers
When you go to the southwest
No danger will arise.
Youth, in the northwestern direction Buddhafields as many as six
times the grains of sand of the river Ganges away from this
Buddhafield is a world system called The Wholly Pure Very Stable
Fully Exalted. There the Tathagata Arhat Samyak Sambuddha called
Bodhisattva Tamed One now abides in life. Youth, the Buddhafield
of that Tathagata is without impurity, without sexual activity, without
women, without thorns, pebbles or gravel, and without the five
degenerations. Youth, whenever you go to the northwest for some
activity, having adopted excellent Brahmacharya and afterwards left
the house with undistracted mental engagement, that activity for
which purpose you went will be accomplished and no danger at all
will arise for you. Then the Bhagavan recited this verse:
Having adopted excellent Brahmacharya
And later left the house
Wherever you go you will
Not be overwhelmed by bandits.
Youth, in the upper direction Buddhafields as many as 60 times the
grains of sand of the river Ganges away from this Buddhafield is a
world system called Mental Engagement Without Object. There the
Tathagata Arhat Samyak Sambuddha called Fully Exalted King of
Fearless Samadhi Devoid of Darkness now abides in life. Youth, if
you prostrate to that Tathagata and think of him and manifest him in
your mind and, whether sitting or standing, have perfected and
stabilized love encompassing all sentient beings, no danger at all will
arise. Then the Bhagavan recited this verse:
You, with undistracted mental engagement
Always think of that Conqueror
And always have loving mind
Then no danger will arise for you.
Youth, in the lower direction from this Buddhafield 92,000

Buddhafields away is a world system called Adorned By Many
Qualities. There the Tathagata Arhat Samyak Sambuddha called
First Mind Generation Cut Doubts and Shook Delusions now abides
in life. Youth, toward that Tathagata, in starting all activities, whether
standing, sitting or walking, in all conduct, make prostration and think
of him. Having developed mind of love and mind of altruism for all
sentient beings no danger will arise for you and all your wishes, as
well, will be accomplished without need for effort. Then the
Bhagavan recited this verse:
In all activities day and night
Remember that Buddha and
Dont let go of Bodhicitta as well
And no danger will arise for you.
Youth, the names of these Tathagata Arhat Samyak Sambuddhas
you take hold of well. Remember them well. Learn them well and
danger, anxiety and anything to cause you terror, none whatsoever
will arise for you.
Thus he spoke and the Shakya youth Very Bright Countenance made
this reply: Bhagavan, I have memorized the names of those
Tathagata Arhat Samyak Sambuddhas. Bhagavan, for me those
world systems are not dark. Bhagavan, I see those world systems
and those Tathagata Arhat Samyak Sambuddhas just as I now see
the present Tathagata revealing Dharma to the entourage.
Then, out of that surrounding entourage, a vast great host of beings
such as the Shakya youth Very Bright Countenance viewed the
Bhagavan, made prostration, made offerings, performed service and,
because of having listened to this discourse of Dharma, all those
thousands of beings of the entourage gathered there rose from their
seats and, having draped their upper robe over one shoulder, knelt
down to the ground on their right knee and, bowing toward the
Bhagavan with folded palms, spoke to the Bhagavan thus:
Bhagavan, by the Tathagata teaching this discourse of Dharma, for
us, those directions and world systems are without darkness.
Bhagavan, those world systems as well are without darkness.
Bhagavan, those world systems and those Bhagavan Buddhas are

just as this present Tathagata teaching Dharma.
Then, through the power of the Buddha, venerable Shariputra rose
from his seat and, having draped his upper robe over one shoulder,
knelt down to the ground on his right knee and, bowing toward the
Bhagavan, with folded palms spoke to the Bhagavan thus:
Bhagavan, whatever son or daughter of the lineage, when this
discourse of Dharma was taught, having heard the names of those
Bhagavan Buddhas, their vision purified, saw each of those world
systems in the ten directions and those Bhagavan Buddhas.
Bhagavan, what is the merit for their purified vision? In passing on to
other lives will they be separated from it or not?
The Bhagavan replied, Shariputra, as for such purified visions of
whatever son or daughter of the lineage who has perfectly entered
the Bodhisattva vehicle, they become just extreme purity through
being without obscuration. Shariputra, do you see all these thousands
of beings? Shariputra, all of them, through this root of virtue of having
heard the names of these Buddhas, each, having been caused to
purify merit equivalent to merit to take rebirth with dominion of a
universal emperor as many times as grains of sand of the river
Ganges, by the end of their existences and end of their rebirths,
having completed all the collections for enlightenment, and, for one
aeon, receiving only names similar to Adorned By The Pure Eyes Of
The Tathagata Arhat Samyak Sambuddha, will fully awaken to
unexcelled perfectly complete enlightenment.
Immediately after the Bhagavan had spoken giving prophecy for
those children of the lineage, the billion worlds moved six times.
Shaking, fully shaking, all fully shook. Moving, fully moving, all fully
moved. Rumbling, fully rumbling, all fully rumbled. Quaking, fully
quaking, all fully quaked. Thundering, fully thundering, all fully
thundered. And trembling, fully trembling, all fully trembled.
Devas of upper realms as well exclaimed, Kye ma! Friends! Like
that, these children of the lineage, by just hearing the names of these
Tathagatas, fully take hold of unexcelled perfectly complete
enlightenment and, by knowing all phenomena as they are, will
become Tathagatas whose minds encompass all things. What great

wonder! Who would not have faith in Buddha? Thus they proclaimed.
The devas of the Heaven of the Four Great Kings, of the Heaven of
the Thirty-three, the Heaven Without Fighting, the Tushita devas,
those Enjoying Emanations, those of the Heaven Controlling Others
Emanations, those of Brahmas heaven, those Elevated Before
Brahma, and those of Great Brahma up to the devas of Akanishta,
hearing the words of those upper realm devas, rejoicing, exulting in
great bliss, and with mental pleasure, spoke these words: Kye ma!
Friends! Like that, these children of the lineage, by just hearing the
names of these Tathagatas, fully take hold of unexcelled perfectly
complete enlightenment and, by knowing all phenomena as they are,
will become Tathagatas whose minds encompass all things. What
great wonder! Who would not have faith in Buddha? Thus they
spoke.
Then the Bhagavan said to venerable Ananda, Ananda, whatever
son or daughter of the lineage who has perfectly entered the
Bodhisattva vehicle, hearing this Dharma discourse memorizes it,
remembers it, reads it, studies it, teaches it extensively and perfectly
to others, or even copies the scripture and keeps it, know that those
sons or daughters of the lineage are blessed by the Buddhas and do
special service to the previous Conqueror Buddhas. Know that fear of
death will not arise for them. They will not die into bad states of being.
They will not die through harm from others. Believe that dangers from
water, bandits, poison and weapons will not occur for them.
Then Indra, Lord of the Devas, having learned of such a prophecy of
protection for the great beings, the Bodhisattvas, because of having
heard this discourse of Dharma, surrounded and escorted by a full
thousand divine youths, went to where the Bhagavan was, prostrated
his head to the two feet of the Bhagavan and, having
circumambulated the Bhagavan three times, upon the Bhagavan and
those thousands of beings whom the Bhagavan had prophesied their
future unsurpassed perfectly complete enlightenment, sprinkled
divine sandalwood dust, divine mandarawa flowers and great
mandarawas.
Then sitting down to one side, he spoke thus, Bhagavan, whatever

son or daughter of the lineage memorizes this Dharma discourse,
remembers it, reads it, or studies it, I will protect. Bhagavan, those
sons or daughters of the lineage, whether at home or in a monastery,
near a tree, or in an empty house, in an isolated retreat, whether on
the road or astray from it, whether asleep or awake, I will protect
them so that they do not die from harm of others.
Then the Bhagavan said to the venerable Ananda, Ananda! If, to
please the Tathagata Arhat Samyak Sambuddas who are now
abiding in life a son or daughter of the lineage, their whole life,
honoured them with offerings of robes, alms, couches, facilities for
illness and medical requirements, Ananda, by just that the
Tathagatas are not honoured, it is not veneration and it is not
worship. But if any son or daughter of the lineage who has perfectly
entered the Bodhisattva vehicle hears this Dharma discourse and
memorizes it, remembers it, reads it, studies it, or even copies the
scripture and keeps it, by just that, with the best honouring of the
Tathagatas, best service to the Guru, best veneration, best worship,
it is veneration, it is service to the Guru, it is worship.
Then the venerable Ananda arose from his seat and, having draped
his upper robe over one shoulder, knelt down to the ground on his
right knee and, bowing toward the Buddha with folded palms, spoke
to the Bhagavan thus: Bhagavan, what is the name of this Dharma
discourse? How should we regard it?
Thus he spoke and the Bhagavan replied to the venerable Ananda.
Ananda, therefore you remember this discourse of Dharma as called
The Dispeller of Darkness of the Ten Directions. Also remember it
as called The Perfect Expression of the Names of the Tathagatas
and as called Realization of Things As Non-existent and Realization
of Signlessness.
After the Bhagavan had spoken thus, Venerable Ananda, Venerable
Shariputra, the Shakya youth Very Bright Countenance, those
thousands of beings, Indra, Lord of the Devas, the monks, the
Bodhisattvas, devas, humans, the asuras, along with the
ghandharvas, thus the whole world rejoiced and praised that which
had been spoken by the Bhagavan.
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A SITATAPATRA SADHANA (White Umbrella)

by The Seventh Dalai Lama (1708 1757)
O Bhagavati, you embrace all aspects of phenomena
With the expanse of the white parasol that is your stainless wisdom,
And you remove the tormenting diseases that are samsara and
selfish peace.
Please remove all obstacles and confer the supreme and common
siddhis.
This sadhana draws water from a river
That carries precious sands of siddhis;
The River Ganga, the god flowing from Mt Kailash,
Is condensed into the stage of this practice.
(There are many different traditions in the steps to the kriya tantra
sadhana of Ushnisha Sitatapatra, who is of the Tathagata family.
However, Chim Namka Drag of Nartang has made a compilation of a
great many source materials, such as the sadhana tradition of the
great and noble Atisha. The following is the sadhana and practice of
Sitatapatra with three faces and six hands which is drawn from this
famous One Hundred Root Texts of Nartang:)
I take refuge in the Buddha, Dharma,
And the Supreme Assembly until enlightenment.
By the merit from my actions such as generosity

May I accomplish Buddhahood to help all sentient beings.
May all sentient beings have happiness.
May all sentient beings be free from suffering.
May all sentient beings never be without happiness.
May all sentient beings remain in equanimity, unmoved by the eight
worldly concerns or by preconceptions about an object apprehended
and the mind which apprehends it.
(After you have taken refuge and generated the bodhi-mind as well
as the four immeasurables (as above), making sure that the meaning
has suffered your mental stream, not just the words, visualize the
following:)
In an instant, with clarity I arise as Ushnisha Sitatapatra. Light
radiates from the seed syllable at my heart. It invites Sitatapatra and
all her surrounding host of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas from their
natural abodes and they take their places in the space before me.
(Make offerings:)
OM VAJRA ARGHAM (and so on until SHABDA) H HM
(If you are doing this more elaborately, make the seven-limb prayer
according to any well-known version:)
(Then visualize:)
The figures of the merit fields depart to their natural abodes.
(And then:)
OM SVABHVA SHUDDHAH SARVA DHARMH SVABHVA
SHUDDHO HAM
Everything transforms into emptiness.
Within the state of emptiness, from a PAM, a lotus arises and from
an A, a moon mandala. On top of this is my own mind, in the form of
a white seed syllable OM. Light radiates from this and carries out the
two purposes (my own and that of other sentient beings). This
reabsorbs and transforms into myself as Arya Sitatapatra. My main
face is white, the right one is blue and the left one red. Each of the
three faces has three eyes. My six hands hold the following: the right
three hold a wheel, an arrow and a hook (respectively); the left three
hold the wrathful mudra, a bow and a sword. My hair is tied up in a
top-knot and I am wearing precious ornaments and silken raiment. I
sit with my feet in the Bodhisattva position in the mist of a
concentration of transparent light. On the top of my head is a
whiteOM, at my throat a red H and at the heart a blue HM. My
heart is also marked by the white seed syllable OM. Light radiates
from this which invites the wisdom beings from their natural abodes.
They are just like the form I am meditating on.
OM ARGHAM (and so on, until SHABDA) PRATCHCHHAYE SOHA
JAH HM BAM HOH
They become inseparable.
Then light radiates from the HM at my heart and invites the initiation
deities. I beseech them, All of you Tathagatas, please confer true
initiation on me. Holding vases full of nectars of transcendental
wisdom, they reply,
OM SARVA TATHGATA ABHISHEKATA SAMAYA SHRYE
HM,
and confer the initiation with the water in the vases. It fills my whole
body dispelling all stains. The excess water overflows at the crown of
my head and transforms into Vairochana adorning my head.
(The offerings:)
(Say the following while sending away hindrances:)
OM H VIGHNNATA SHR HRA HM
(Purify everything into emptiness:)
OM SVABHVA SHUDDHAH SARVA DHARMH SVABHVA
SHUDDHO HAM
Everything transform into emptiness.
Within the state of emptiness, there arises an OM which becomes a
great, enormous, precious container. Inside it an OM melts into light
which produces water to drink, water for the feet, flowers, incense,
lamps, perfume, food and music. These are transparent and rapidly
multiply to become as extensive as space itself.
(Bless these offerings:)
OM ARGHAM H HM (and so on, until SHABDA)
(Offer these with:)
OM USHNSHA SITATPATR ARGHAM (and so on until
SHABDA) PRATCHCHHAYE HM SOHA
You were born from the compassionate Sugatas ushnisha,
You annihilate those who would harm this doctrine, the source of
bliss,
And you confer the results of health and happiness.
I prostrate and praise you, Bearer of the White Parasol of supreme
bliss.
At my heart is a moon mandala. On top of it is the seed
syllable OM surrounded by the recitation mantra. Light radiates from
these and purifies all sickness, evil spirits and hindrances. And I
obtain all siddhis of the body, speech and mind of the Bhagavati.
(Recite the following as many times as you can, not letting the mind
distract to other thoughts away from anything to be found in
contemplations such as the one just above:)
TADYAT, OM ANALE ANALE, PISHADE PISHADE, VAIRA
VAIRA, VAJRADHAR, BANDA BANDUN HM PHAT SOHA
(Visualize:)
The wisdom beings (invoked during) the generation of myself as the
deity separate from me and take their places in the space before me.
(Make offering and praise just as before:)
OM USHNSHA SITATPATR ARGHAM (and so on until
SHABDA) PRATCHCHHAYE HM SOHA
You were born from the compassionate Sugatas ushnisha,
You annihilate those who would harm this doctrine, the source of
bliss,
And you confer the results of health and happiness.

I prostrate and praise you, Bearer of the White Parasol of supreme
bliss.
(Beseech them to give all that you desire with the following and
similar requests:)
Bhagavati Sitatapatra, please completely pacify all the sickness, evil
spirits and hindrances of all sentient beings and please confer every
single siddhi.
(Then recite the hundred-syllable mantra:)
OM PADMA SATTVA SAMAYA, MANU PLAYA, PADMA
SATTVA TVENO PATISHTHA, DRIDHO ME BHVA, SUTOSHYO
ME BHVA, SUPOSHYO ME BHVA, ANURAKTO ME BHVA,
SARVA SIDDHIM ME PRAYACHCHHA, SARVA KARMA SUCHA
ME, CHITTAM SHRYAM KURU HM, HA HA HA HA HOH
BHAGAVN, SARVA TATHGATA, PADMA MA ME MUCHA,
PADMA BHV MAH SAMAYA SATTVA H HM PHAT
(To beg forgiveness, recite the following:)
Please, O Protectors, be patient
With all that I have done and would have done,
But either did not carry out or in doing so, lapsed in concentration
Because of mental blindness.
(Visualize:)
The wisdom beings depart to their natural abodes and gradually the
commitment being becomes unfocused emptiness.
(Then make prayer, dedicate (the merit) and extend the unfocused
emptiness further:)
By this merit, when I have accomplished
The state of Ushnisha Sitatapatra,
May I lead every single
Sentient being to that state.
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Prayer To Sengdongma The Lion-Faced Dakini

Glorious adamantine Goddess,
Wrathful female with lions face,
Whose fire of Gnosis emanates light-rays,
Lion-faced Goddess to You I bow.
Mantra: AH KHA SAMA-RANZA SHANDA-RASA MARAYA PHET
Lion-faced Dakini!
Because of the force and power of the recitation of Your Mantra,
Let enemies who torment us teachers, pupils and attendants,
hindering spirits who harm us, obstructive conditions, and in short,
every enduring inauspiciousness, be turned back!
Host of blazing wrathful females!
Smash into dust-motes the body and speech
Of all the nature of hindering foes,
And release their consciousness in Dharma-Dhatu!
Through recitation of Your mantra,
Let me quell all injury,
Achieve my aims just as I wish,
And spread the Doctrine in teaching and practice!
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Praise To The Protectoress Palden Lhamo

The Goddess Saraswati in Wrathful Form
Set out Sensory Offerings and Black Tea
PROSTRATION
JHO!
PAL-DAN LHA-MO PAG-PAR KA-WA KYO
TAB-KYI CHO-TRUL NAM-KA TA-LA CHO
JANG-CHUB SEM-PA TRUL KYO-NYI-LA
LU NGAG-YI-SUM GU-PA CHAG-TSAL-LO
JHO!
Palden Lhamo, hard to measure, who
Performs the magic of Method to the ends of space
O Bodhisattvas emanation, to you
I prostrate in devotion with body, speech and mind.
OFFERING
KYO-NI DAG-NI CHO-PA MA-DRIB-KYANG
PAL-DAN NGO-DRUB DAM-PA TOB-JA-CHIR
DO-PA YON-TAN KA-LA CHAR-PAB-NA
CHO-PA TSOG-DI WANG-PO GYA-GYUR CHIG
Although you have no lack of offerings
To gain the glorious, holy realizations
I rain from the sky all objects of desire
May this mass of offerings fill your senses.
CONFESSION
PAL-DAN KYO-NI GE-DIG PANG-PO-TE
DAG-GI LU-NGAG YI-KYI NYE-PA TSOG
KYO-KYI TA-DU GYO-PA RAB-SHAG-NA
TUG-JE SHUG-KYI DRIB-PA JANG-WAR-DZO!
Palden, you are the witness of sins and virtues.
If I confess my whole collection of faults
Of body, speech and mind, with regret, before you,
By your power of Compassion, cleanse my obscurations!
REJOICING
KYO-KYI KYA-PAR YONG-SU PAG-PA-NI
DRO-WA DON-DZA DAG-DON PUN-SUM-TSOG
GA-TUN TRAG-DOG ME-PA TRO-WA-NI
JE-SU YI-RANG KYO-KYI GYU-LA BUL
In your utterly noble qualities
Which benefit beings and with perfect help to me
Delight me, with a joy without jealousy
I rejoice, and offer it to your mindstream.
REQUESTING TEACHINGS
YANG-DAG YON-TAN DAN-PA KU-CHOG-NI
NAG-DANG ZANG-MO JIG-PA CHA-JA CHAN
CHO-CHU DU-SUM KUN-TU DRO-DON-LA
GYU-TRUL DRA-WA TSUL-TON TAN-DU SOL!
Your Supreme Body, with perfect qualities
Is black, noble, female, in terrifying garb
For the good of beings in all three times and ten directions
By means of your magical net, please teach the Doctrine!
REQUESTING HER TO REMAIN
DE-TAR YANG-DAG DAN-PA KU-CHOG-NI
DRO-WA DON-DANG TAN-PA SUNG-JA CHIR
NAM-KA ZA-PA MA-GYUR BAD-DU-YANG

NYA-NGAN MI-DA TAG-PAR ZHUG-SU-SOL!
You whose supreme body has such perfection
For the good of beings, and to protect the Doctrine
As long as space has not come to an end
Please stay forever, not passing beyond sorrow!
DEDICATION
DE-TAR CHAG-TSAL CHO-CHING SHAG-PA-DANG
JE-SU YI-RANG KUL-ZHING SOL-WA-YI
GE-WA DI-YI NGAN-SONG TONG-GYUR-NA
TAM-CHA DAG-GI JANG-CHUB CHIR-NGO-O
Thus I have prostrated, offered, and confessed
Rejoiced, exhorted and requested you
When by these merits the lower realms are emptied
I dedicate them all to Enlightenment.
REQUESTING THE FOUR ACTIVITIES
1.
JHO! The four various actions are mind itself, they do not exist apart
from mind and mind does not exist. Ultimately, there are no
distinctions and neither do colour and form exist. They are
miraculously shown as mere illusions by the Glorious Goddess of
Peace, in accordance with our disposition. Principal Lady amidst an
assembly of pacifiers, distinguished by a very brilliant white body, you
have pacified, will pacify and are in a pacifying mood. I prostrate to
the Mother who always pacifies. Please pacify my illnesses, evil
spirits and interferences.
2.
Development, in accordance with our disposition. Principal Lady
amidst an assembly of developers, distinguished by a very
magnificent Yellow Body, you have developed, will develop and are in
a developing mood. I prostrate to the Mother who always develops.

Please increase my life span and develop my merits!
3.
Conquest, in accordance with our disposition. Principal Lady amidst
an assembly of conquerors, distinguished by a very sensual red
body, you have conquered, will conquer and are in a conquering
mood. I prostrate to the Mother who always conquers. Please
conquer all beings of the three worlds.
4.
Wrath, in accordance with our disposition. Principal Lady amidst an
assembly of terrifyers, distinguished by a very fierce black mood, I
prostrate to the Mother who always terrifies. Please, with your wrath,
eliminate my sicknesses, evil spirits, enemies and misfortunes.
5.
JHO! Although your nature, appearing with such varied
characteristics, has no concrete existence, you still benefit migrators
with your four actions. By thoroughly praising you with full attention,
may I also effortlessly achieve the state of the four actions and, like
you, strive to benefit migrating beings.
Mantra of the Protectoress Palden Lhamo:
JO RAMO JO RAMO JO JO RAMO TUNJO KALA RACHENMO
RAMO AJA DAJA TUNJO RULU RULU HUNG JO HUNG
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Praise To The Dharma-King Kalarupa

Black Karma Yama
HUM
Kalarupa, splendid, fierce in form!
A string of human heads, mouths dripping blood
Hangs from your shoulders; destroyer of the pride
Of irresistible Mara-hosts, I praise you!
With vajra song, making great uproar,
I offer a torma, complete in all its parts
Tea and liquor offerings, foes minced flesh
And fish, adorned with oceans of blood and fat.
The worst of enemies who harms the Doctrine
Of the Tathagatha, you smash to dust!
From now on, you destroy for us the yogins,
The fears of sickness age and death I praise you!
Showing your fangs, as dazzling white as Venus,
Your eyes, destroying enemies, dart like lightning,
As with your pores blazing like the great fire
At times end you burn all demon-hosts I praise you!
Lord of all Mamos, such as Chamundi
Possessed of effulgent splendour like sunlight
When you shout DZA to accomplish Divine Activities
You conquer fox-like hindering demons I praise you!
All demons keep you on their heads like a hat

Your angry, buffalo-demons mouth gapes open
And shakes the great earth, screaming, rattling & buzzing
Wielder of skull-club born from YA, I praise you!
Attendants mounted on buffaloes sharp of horns
And hoof, others on dusty whirlwinds, such
As Shakali and Shinje-Bebma a retinue
Of demons of the three worlds surround you, I praise you!
O splendid-virtued, forcefully laughing, HA HA!
Accept the offerings, ARGHAM and the rest,
And incessantly carry out the promise
You swore before the glorious Yamantaka!
Mantra: OM KALARUPA HUNG PHET
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Prayer & Serkym to the Dharmapala Setrap

This is the concise version of the prayer to Lord Setrap Chen, the
Dharma Protector of Kechara House. This prayer is based on the
original Tibetan scripture that is done daily in Gaden Shartse
Monastery to this day.
DAG DUN GYI TUG KAY SA BON LE O
ZER TRO PE RANG ZHIN GYI NE NE
CHO KYONG KOR DANG CHE PA

BEDZA SAMA TZA!
Light emanates from the heart seed syllables of the self and front
generated deities inviting from their natural abode the Dharmapala
and entourage with BEDZA SAMA TZA!
(Thus, contemplate and lighting incense, waving the fan, with
confidence of the wisdom deity, accompanied by ritual music,
chanting, continue:)
INVOCATION (CHENCHEN)
TZA CHI ME LHA YI KANG ZANG DAM PA DANG
DRAG MAR SIN PO TRO DRAY NE CHOG NE
NO JIN TSEN GO CHEN PO SE TRAP CHEN
KOR DANG CHE PA NE DIR SHEG SU SOL
TZA! From the holy celestial mansion of the deathless gods
And the red citadel-like supreme abode of fierce rakshas
O great wild tsen yaksha Setrap Chen
Pray come to this place with your entourage!
SANG GYE KUN NGO PADMA TO TRENG SOG
TSA GYU LA ME KA GO DAM ZHAG PA
JI TAR SUNG ZHING TEN NE GYA PO KYI
TSUG LA KANG ZANG NAM NE SHEG SU SOL
From the excellent temples of India and Tibet,
Those bases which you are under oath to protect.
By order of the root and lineage Gurus such as Padmasambhava
Who is, in actuality, all Buddhas, pray come!
KYE PAR PO YUL JIG TEN MIG CHIG PU
KE NYI MA WA LO DEN SHE RAB KYI
TEN PA TEN TZING GE DUN DE CHE NAM
SUNG CHIR YAR DAM GONG TE SHEG SU SOL
Especially, to protect the teachings, and Sangha

Who uphold the teachings, of the translator, Loden Sherab.
That sole guiding light of the world in Tibet,
Please remember your sworn promise and come!
OM MAHA YAKCHA TSA SAPARIWARA E HYE HI
TZA HUNG BAM HO
They become non-dual with the commitment beings
( contemplate)
DAM TSIG PA DANG NYI SU ME PAR GYUR
PEMA KAMALAYE TAM
HUNG RAB YANG KA PA LA YI NO NANG DU
RANG ZHIN DE TONG NAM PA CHO PAY TZE
NGO SHAM YI TRUL (1.CHO YON) PAG ME DI
CHO KYONG CHEN PO KOR DANG CHE LA BUL
Within fully vast kapala vessels
In nature bliss-void, aspect, object for offering
These boundless beverages, both set out and envisioned
I offer to the great Dharmapala and entourage!
HO GYEL PO NO JIN CHEN PO SE YI TRAP
KOR DANG CHE PA KYE NAM
KYI TA DRIN WANG GI GYEL PO RIG TZIN
PADMA JUNG NE NGO LOG LODEN
SHERAB SOG LAMA DAMPA NAM KYI
CHEN NGAR YAR DAM NYEN PO SHEL GYI
ZHE PA ZHIN GYEL WAY TEN PA SUNG
KON CHOG GI U PANG TO GE DUN GYI
DE KYONG DRO WAY DE KYI PEL KYE
PAR PEL DEN DHARMA CENTER CHO DEY
TSON PAY KAM SUM CHO KYI GYEL PO
TSONG KHAPA CHEN PO RING LUG GANG
DU GYE PAY GON NE DU DE DANG CHE
PA SUNG ZHING KYAB TE DE NO SUM
GYI TO SAM DANG LAB PA SUM GYI
NYAM LEN SOG KOR LO SUM GYI JA WA
NAM PEL WA DANG DAG SOG NAM KYI
GEL KYEN BAR CHO ZHI ZHING TUN
KYEN SAM DON YI ZHIN DU DRUB PAR

TZE DU SOL
O King, great Setrap Chen, and your CHEN entourage!
Just as you have strictly sworn before the lord of power Hayagriva,
the wisdom holder Padmasambhawa, the translator Loden Sherab
and other holy Gurus, Protect Buddhas teachings! Raise status of
the Supreme Rare Jewels! Protect community of Sangha! Spread the
happiness of beings! And especially guard and protect Dharma
communities wherever the three realms king of Dharma
Tsongkhapas tradition has spread, such as glorious Kechara House.
Proliferate activities of the three wheels of Dharma such as studying
the three pitakas and practising the three trainings! And for myself
and others pacify non-conducive conditions and obstructions and
bring about conducive conditions as we wish!
CONFESSION (SHAKPA)
HUNG KU SUM GAR DANG LO DEN SHE RAB SOG
TSA GYU LA MAY TSOG NAM GONG SU SOL
PEL DEN LA MA KU ZHI DAG NYI DU
YI CHE DE PA NYING NE MA GYI SHAG
O dance of the three kayas, hosts of root and lineage
Gurus such as Loden Sherab; please pay attention!
Not maintaining heartfelt faith in the glorious Guru
As being of a nature of the four kayas, I confess.
TAB SHE NYI SU ME PAY GYU GYEL GYI
YI DAM LHA YI TSOG NAM MA LU GONG
NGO DRUB TSA WA DOR JEY DAM TSIG LE
NYAM CHAG NONG PA GANG GYUR TAM CHE SHAG
Hosts of yidam deities of the non-dual means and wisdom
Victorious tantras, without exception, listen!
Whatever is faulty or degenerated among these roots of attainments
My tantric commitments, all I confess.
TRO PA KUN DREL YE SHE CHO KU LE
YO WA ME KYANG GANG DUL ZUG KYI NI
DRO WAY DON TZE CHO KYONG SE TRAP CHEN

KOR DANG CHE PA TSE WE DAG LA GONG
Though unmoving from the wisdom Dharmakaya devoid of
elaboration
Benefiting migrators with whatever form will subdue them
Dharmapala Setrap Chen together with entourage,
Out of compassion, listen to me!
GON KYO NYEN DRUB CHO TOR YEL WA DANG
CHI NANG SANG WAY TEN TZE MA JOR PA
LE KUN DRUB TSE TANG RAG MA GYI SHING
DU TOR GYUN TOR CHAG PA TOL LO SHAG
Protector; being lax in doing your retreat and offering tormas,
Not getting substances for outer, inner, and secret bases,
Not giving thanks at the accomplishment of all activities,
And missing regular and permanent tormas, I reveal and confess.
CHO TOR MEN DANG NYAM DANG MI TSANG BAG
DAM NYAM DRA GEG DRAG PO LE JOR GYI
TSAR CHO MA GYI DE DANG DAM DRE SHING
ZE ZO SUNG KYOB GYI PA LA SOG SHAG
Offering tormas that are inferior, degenerate or polluted,
Not using wrathful yogic activities
To destroy those with broken commitments, enemies, and
obstructors,
Hypocrisy, hoarding, and so forth I confess.
DOR NA TOG ME DUN NE LE NYON GYI
WANG DU GYUR PE GON PO KYO NYI KYI
KU SUNG TUG DANG GEL WA GANG GYI PA
MA LU SAM PA TAG PE SHAG GYI NA
In short, whatever transgressions of your body, speech and mind,
Protector, I have committed under control of beginningless karma and
delusions,
Without exception I confess from the depths of my heart.
TSE WAY PA ME CHE PAY BU TSA ZHIN

TUG JE CHEN PO ZO PA ZHE TZO LA
CHOG DANG TUN MONG NGO DRUB GYA TSO NAM
GEG ME DE LAG DU WAY TRIN LE TZO
Therefore, like a loving parent for their own beloved child,
Show forbearance out of great compassion
And exert enlightening influence to easily gather without obstruction,
Infinite attainments, common and supreme!
PRAISE (TOPA)
Composed by H.H. the 5th Dalai Lama
HUNG PE MA RA GAY LHUN PO TA DONG ME
LEN GYAR KYU PAY PEL TZIN SIN PO ZUG
JIG RUNG GAR GU NYAM KYI NAM ROL WA
CHO KOR KYONG WAY SUNG MA CHE LA TO
In rakshas form, a ruby mountain glorious with a hundred-fold
Embrace of the southern oceans submarine fire,
Emanation in a dance of all possible fury,
Praise the great guardian Protector of the teachings!
ULA SEL TSER BAR WAY SE MOG GYON
LHAG LHAG O TONG KYUG PAG SE TRAB SOL
GA SAB CHE TZE CHANG SHE LA CHIB NE
SI SUM KE CHIG NYUL WA KYOL LA TO
Wearing brightly blazing leather helmet on your crown,
And leather mail glittering with exceedingly bright light,
Mounted on beautifully saddled, bridled wisdom horse,
Exploring the three realms in a single instant, praise to you!
MAG TSOG JE WA GYE PAY BENG CHEN CHAR
DRA GEG CHING WAY ZHAG PA TUG KAR TZIN
KE LA TAG REL ZIG SHUB REL DRI CHANG
TU DEN TSEN GO CHEN PO KYO LA TO
Raising great cudgel dispatching millions of armed hosts,
At heart holding the noose which binds enemies and obstructers
At belt hang tiger-skin quiver, leopard-skin bow case and sword

The powerful great wild tsen, praise to you!
KU SUNG TUG DANG YON TEN TRIN LE KYI
TRUL PA ZHI DANG TRO CHAG ROL GAR KEN
NAM GYUR CHIR YANG TEN PAY TU TSEL CHEN
LHA LU TSEN GO RIG GYUR NAM LA TO
Dancer who sends forth peaceful and wrathful emanations
Of body, speech and mind, qualities and activities,
With powerful ability to exhibit any appearance whatsoever
Praise to your transformations as wild tsen, devas and nagas!
BEN NGAG MON PA TAG SHAR A TSAR YA
TSEL LU JI LA TRUL NAG TRA TREU SOG
DRANG ME TRUL PA JIG RUNG KOR TSOG KYI
SA ZHI BAR NANG KYON KUN GENG HA TO
Monks, tantrikas, tribals, youths and clowns,
Cocks, cats, black snakes, apes & so forth,
Praise the numberless dreadful emanations
In your entourage which fill the expanse of earth and sky!
ZE TSANG SE KYI TEN PA RIN PO CHE
SHE DANG DRUB PE PEL WAY DU PAY DE
DE TZIN KYE BU GYU JOR JIN PAY DAG
YAR NGO DA TAR PEL ZHING GYE PAR TZO
Cause the precious teachings of Buddha Shakyamuni,
The assembly which spreads them through teaching and practice,
And the sponsors of those who uphold the teachings,
To increase and flourish like the waxing moon!
JIG TEN KUN TUN NE MUG TRUG TSO SOG
DU KYI CHE PA MA LU KUN ZHI NE
GYE TRI TSE TUB TZAM LING MI ZHIN DU
TZOG DEN SAR PAY TSE GA GO PAR TZO
In all worlds pacify interruption without exception,
Such as disease, starvation, arguments and conflict,
And, as when people live to 80,000 in Jambudvipa,

Set beings in perfection, fresh culmination of joy!
KYE PAR PA ROL CHIN DANG TSE MA SOG
GYEN DRUG CHOG NYI ZHUNG LUG TO SAM GYI
TEN LA BEB PAY DHARMA CENTERS TIDE
JE DRANG CHE KUN DAR ZHING GYE PAR TZO
Especially cause the spread and flourishing of all Dharma Centers,
Together with all its followers, those who understand
Through study, the two supreme and six ornaments
Scriptures on the perfections, valid cognition and so forth.
DOR NA DAG CHAG GON NE MI NOR KUN
TEN SUNG CHEN PO KYO LA NYER TE NA
NYIN TSEN DU DRUG SUNG ZHING KYOB PA DANG
ZHI GYE WANG DRAG TRIN LE LHUN DRUB TZO
In brief, since we entrust to you, Great Dharmapala,
Our spiritual abode, people, property and all,
Protect us throughout day and nights six periods,
And spontaneously exert peaceful, increasing, powerful and wrathful
enlightening influence!
KANSHAG/KAWANG
An ocean of blood stirred by waves
Flowers of sense organs stacked in mounds
Smoke of burnt flesh gathered like clouds
Lamp of melted human fat, bright as the sun
Perfume of human grease filling vessels
Food to eat of flesh and bones
Various music thundering like a thousand dragons
Sturdy hard vajra armor which protects life
Various weapons which destroy enemies
Clever horse which traverse the billion worlds
Wish fulfilling cow bearing a stream of milk
Baboons, monkeys, cat and cocks
Goats, sheep, drong, yaks, elephants, lions and tigers
A mountain of torma soaring to the sky
Swirling lake of tea and beer to drink
Mount Sumeru, four lands, sun and moon

The seven royal objects and five senses
Thus, all wealth of humans and devas
Actually arranged and mentally envisioned
And blessed into a sky treasure, with this
May Setrap Chens heart commitments be fulfilled
May the six emanations heart commitments be fulfilled
May the infinite entourages heart commitments be fulfilled
May you fulfill commitments and restore degeneration!
SERKYM OFFERING
Golden drink offering black tea, milk or yogurt. Composed by H.H.
Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche
OM AH HUM (3x)
HUNG NGO DRUB CHAR BEB LA MA YI DAM LHA
TRIN LE DRUB TZE KA DRO CHO KYONG SOG
BUL LO SUNG KYOB YEL WA ME PAR TZO (T)
Those who pour down the attainments, Gurus, yidam deities,
Performers of activity, dakinis, Dharmapalas, and so forth
Never waver in your protection! (T)
HRI KYE PAR GYEL WAY TEN PA SUNG WAY TSO
SE YI TRAB CHEN KOR DANG CHE NAM LA
BUL LO SUNG KYOB YEL WA ME PAR TZO (T)**
HRI! Especially, principal guardian of the Conquerors Teachings,
Setrap Chen along with entourage to you
Never waver in your protection! (T)**
KU YI TRUL PA MI ZE MUN PAY ZUG
NEU LU TREN YANG TRUL PO NYAR CHE
BUL LO DANG WAY DRA WO TSE NE CHO (T)
Body emanation of irresistible dark form,

And your emanated messengers, mongoose, and tsen,
Cut down hateful enemies! (T)
SUNG TRUL DU KYI ME CHE YO WAY GAR
TRO TUM DRAG SHUL TSEN GO PO NYAR CHE
BUL LO LOG TAY DE PUNG CHAM LA POB (T)
Speech emanation dancing like fire of times ends flames,
And messenger, wild tsen with expression of fierce wrath,
Banish forces with distorted views completely! (T)
BUM TRAG TON DA TSEG PAY LANG TSO CHE
TUG KYI TRUL PA LHA RIG PO NYAR CHE
BUL LO MI TUN BAR CHE ZHI WAR TZO (T)
With graceful beauty of hundred-thousand-fold autumn moons,
Mind emanation and messenger of deva family,
Pacify negative interferences! (T)
SI SUM YI WANG YE KYIL DUNG GI DRE
NYO JE JE YI GYEL PO PO NYAR CHE
BUL LO TEN YO LEG TSOG WANG DU DU (T)
Crazer of the three realms beings minds with sounds
Of right-spiralling conch, and messenger, King of lords,
Powerfully attract all goodness of animate and inanimate worlds! (T)
LHUN DUG GANG RI DUM BU KYO PAY NYAM
YON TEN TRUL PA TER SUNG PO NYAR CHE
BUL LO SI ZHI GE TSEN GYE PAR TZO (T)
With expression shaking the atoms of massive snow mountains,

Quality emanation and messenger, Guardian of treasures,
Increase all samsaric and nirvanic excellence! (T)
DUG CHEN TRAG GI SHER WAY SIN PO ZUG
TRIN LE TRUL PA TSEN GO PO NYAR CHE
BUL LO NEL JOR LE LA TSEL MA ZHEN (T)
In form of a raksha, wet with vicious beings blood,
Activity emanation and messenger, wild tsen
In yogic activity be not weak of power! (T)
ZHEN YANG LHA LU TSEN DU A TSA RA
MON PA JIG RUNG DREG PAY MAG TSOG NAM
BUL LO GEL KYEN SOL LA TUN KYEN DRUB (T)
Furthermore, devas, nagas, tsen, maras and tantrikas,
Tribal natives, and fearsome proud army forces,
Dispel contrary conditions and provide all facilities! (T)
(At the verse below, pour tea till finished:)
GYEL TEN SHE DRUB CHO ZHIN GYE PA DANG
DE TZIN LA MAY KU TSE TRIN LE PEL
NO PAY GEG DOG DANG DRA ZHOM PA DANG
CHOL WAY LE KUN TRIN LE YI ZHIN DRUB
Increase Buddhist Teaching and Practice in accord with Dharma,
Augment life span and spread activities of Gurus who uphold it,
Stop harmful obstructers and conquer hateful enemies,
And accomplish all requested aims with activity as wished!
Note: (T) Pour tea once (T)** Pour tea 21x or 108x (as instructed)
ENTHRONEMENT
HUNG NGO DRUB GYA TSO DE LAG TSOL TZE CHING

SA LAM BAR CHE MA LU KUN SEL WAY
DOR JE CHANG WANG TSA GYU LA MA DANG
YER ME JE TSUN DAM PAR NGA SOL LO
We enthrone you as The Holy Venerable One
Inseparable with root and lineage Vajradhara Gurus
Grantor of infinite easy attainments
And dispeller of all obstructions on the path without exception!
LUNG TOG YON TEN NGA DAG TZOG SANG GYE
ZHI ZHING DO CHAG KUN DREL DAM PAY CHO
ZHEN DON CHO PE MI NGEL GE DUN DE
KYAB SUM DU PAY NGO WOR NGA SOL LO
We enthrone you in the nature embodying the three refuges;
The fully enlightened, verbal and realised Dharmas sovereign,
Holy Dharma, peaceful, freed from all attachment,
And Sangha, untiring in serving others welfare!
CHO YING CHE NE GANG DUL NA TSOG ZUG
CHU DA TA BUR MA DRE YONG SHAR WA
DRANG ME GYU DEY KYIL KOR KUN GYI TSO
YI DAM LHA YI NGO WOR NGA SOL LO
From emptiness great sphere, whatever various forms will subdue
Full distinctly appear like the moons reflection in water;
Principal of all tantric sets countless mandalas,
We enthrone you in nature of the yidam deity!
TZAM BU LING GI TSUG LAG KANG NAM DANG
TEN DANG TEN TZIN GE DUN DU PAY DE
MA LU KYONG TZE DOG MAR SIN PO ZUG
CHO KYONG YONG KYI TSO WOR NGA SOL LO
In form of a red raksha protecting, without exception,
The temple libraries of Jambudvipa
The teachings, and Sangha assembly upholding them,
We enthrone you as principal of all Dharmapalas!
TSUL ZHIN TEN CHING CHO PAY GANG ZAG LA

CHOG TUN NGO DRUB YI ZHIN WANG GI GYEL
DE LAG TSOL TZE YI ZHIN NOR BU TAR
RE WA KUN KANG GON POR NGA SOL LO (3x)
Powerful King granting all wished common and supreme attainments
To anyone who properly relies on and propitiates you;
Bestowing all easily like a wish-granting gem,
We enthrone you as Protector who fulfils all hopes! (3x)
DAG CHAG PON LOB KOR CHE GON KYO LA
NYER DU TE DO YEL ME SUNG WA DANG
MI TUN KUN ZHI CHI DO NGO DRUB KUN
SAM PA TSAM GYI DRUB PAR TZE DU SOL (3x)
We, master, disciples and entourage,
Entrust ourselves to you, Protector, guard us unceasingly!
Pacify all negative circumstances and grant accomplishment
Of whatever desired attainments at our mere wish! (3x)
Mantra: OM MAHA YAKCHA TSA SOHA (1x mala)
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Exaltation Of The Foe-Vanquishing Devas (Incense Offering)

This can be recited along with sang, fragrant smoke offering up on
the mountain or whenever sang is offered.
KYAI
From mansion of wisdom and perfect power
May the fierce foe-conquering devas be exalted!
Like the sun rising in mid-heaven
Like the sun and moon overcome darkness
Root and lineage gurus, please bestow blessings!
Meditational Deities, grant your support!
Dharma Protector guardians, conquer all foes!
Propitiating the fierce foe-conquering devas,
Like sun and moon go with sky
Foe-conquering devas leave us not!
Like shadows go with bodies
Like snow goes with lions
Like wings go with garudas
Like thunder goes with dragons
Like forests go with tigers
Like fish go with water
At home, abroad, or on the way,
Wherever we go and wherever we stay,
Fierce foe-conquering devas, grant your help!

Act as friendly forces with kind support!
Ki Ki So So Che-oh Lha Gyel Lo!
(Victory to the Devas!)
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A Prayer For The Beginning, Middle and End

From The Splendor Of An Autumn Moon
I bow before the conquering Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Arhats of all
directions and of all times.
I offer this boundless prayer with the purest of minds
To free countless beings from cycles of existence.
By the power of the unfailing Three Jewels
And of great rishis possessed of the force of truth,
May these sincere words bear fruit.
Life after life, may I never be born into realms
Of great suffering or unfavorable circumstance
But gain always a precious human form
Blessed with every conducive provision.
From the moment of birth may I never
Be lured by the pleasures of existence,
But, guided by renunciation intent on freedom,

Be resolute in seeking the pure life.
May there be no hindrance to becoming a monk,
From friends, family or possessions,
And for every conducive circumstance,
By mere thought may it appear.
Once a monk, may I be untainted as long as I live,
By breech of vow or natural fault,
As promised in the presence of my preceptor.
I pray that on such pure foundation,
And for every mother sentient being,
I devote myself with hardship for countless aeons
To every aspect, profound and vast of the Mahayana.
May I be cared for by true spiritual friends,
Filled with knowledge and insight,
Senses stilled, minds controlled, loving, compassionate,
And with courage untiring in working for others.
As Sada Prarudita devoted himself to Dharma Arya,
May I sincerely please my spiritual master
With body, life and wealth,
Never disappointing him for an instant.
I pray that the Perfection of Wisdom, forever profound,
A bringer of peace, unbound by identification,
Be taught to me as taught to Sada Prarudita,
Unsullied by the muddy waters of false views.
May I never fall under the sway
Of false teachers and misleading friends,
Their flawed views of existence and nonexistence
Well outside the Buddhas intention.
With sail hoisted of the sincerest of minds,
Driven by winds of unflagging effort,
On this well-built ship of study, thought, and meditation,
May I bring living beings from samsaras ocean.
As much as I excel in learning,

As much as I give to others,
As pure as my morality grows,
As much as I become wise,
By as much may I be empty of pride.
I pray that I listen insatiably
To countless teachings at the feet of a master,
Single-handedly with logic unflawed,
Prizing open scriptures meanings.
Having examined day and night
With four-fold logic all that I have heard,
May I banish every doubt
With the discerning understanding
That arises from such contemplation.
With conviction of Dharmas profound
Gained from understanding born of contemplation,
I pray that I retreat to solitude
With a perseverance severing lifes attachments
To devote myself to proper practice.
When the Buddhas thoughts dawn upon me
Through study, thought, and meditation,
I pray that things of this life forever bonded to samsara
And thoughts of my happiness alone
Never arise in my mind.
Unattached to my possessions
I pray that I destroy parsimony,
Gathering disciples around me
By giving first of material wealth
To satisfy them with Dharma.
With a mind renounced may I never transgress
Even the smallest precept, though it may cost my life,
Flying forever, therefore, the flag of freedom.
When I see, hear or think of those
Who struck, beat or maligned me,
May I be without anger, speak of their virtues,

And meditate upon patience.
I pray I will apply myself to enthusiasm,
Achieving virtues unachieved, improving those attained,
Banishing utterly three-fold debilitating laziness.
I pray to abandon the meditative absorption
That lacks the power of insight to quell samsara,
That is divorced from the moist compassion to quash nirvanas
passivity,
And that mostly throws one back to cycles of existence,
But develop instead the meditative absorption
That unites compassion and insight.
I pray that I banish false views of emptiness,
Mentally fabricated and partially known,
Born from fear of the most profound truth, cherished as supreme,
And that I realize all phenomena to be forever empty.
May I bring to faultless morality
Those so-called practitioners with their wayward ethics,
Shamelessly empty of pure practice,
Rashly pursuing paths shunned by the wise.
May I bring to the path praised by Buddhas
Those lost and fallen onto wrong paths,
Swayed by deluded teachers and misleading friends.
I pray that my lion-like roar
Of teaching, argument, and composition
Flattens the pride of fox-like false orators,
And, gathering well-trained disciples about me,
I fly the banner of the teachings forever.
In whatever life I may drink the nectar of Buddhas teachings,
I pray to be born into a good family
And be of handsome build, wealthy, powerful, and wise,
Blessed with long life and sound health.
May I develop the unique love of a mother

For those who malign me
And harbor ill designs upon my life,
My body, or my possessions.
By growing within myself
The pure and extraordinary bodhi-mind
Whose nature is to cherish others more than self,
May I soon give them unsurpassable Enlightenment.
Whoever hears, sees or calls these verses to mind,
May they be undaunted in fulfilling
The powerful prayers of the Bodhisattvas.
By the power of these vast prayers
Made with the purest intention,
May I attain the perfection of prayer
And fulfill the hopes of every living being.
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General Dedication
For all occasions
At the conclusion of any meritorious activities such as making
offering, prayers, etc., it is essential to dedicate the merits that we
have accumulated for the benefit of all sentient beings.
JANG-JUB SEM-CHOK RINPOCHE

May the precious Bodhi-mind,
TONG-NI TONG-WA RINPOCHE

May the precious Emptiness

CHE-PAR JE-TSUN LO-ZANG DRAG-PA YI
TAN-PI NYING-PO RING-DU SAL-SHEH SHUG
May this merit accumulated by myself and others beneficially serve
all sentient beings and the Buddhadharma and especially may the
essential teachings of the unerring Master Tsongkhapa, become
clear and enduring.
Prayer by Je Tsongkhapa
KYE-WA KUN-TU YANG-DAK LA-MA DANG
DRAL-ME CHO-KYI PAL-LA LONG-CHO CHING
SA-DANG LAM-GYI YON-TEN RAP-DZOK NA
DORJE CHANG-GI GO-PANG NYUR-TO SHUG
In all my rebirths may I not be parted from perfect Gurus,

Let me enjoy the abundance of the Dharma!
Perfecting the quality stages and paths
May I quickly attain the rank of Vajradhara Buddha.
Dedication of virtue
GE-WA DI-YI NYUR-DU DAK
LA-MA SANG-GYE DRUP-GYUR NA
DRO-WA CHIK-KYANG MA-LU PA
DE-YI SA-LA GO-PAR SHUG
By this virtue, may I quickly
Realize Guru-Buddhahood,
And transfer each sentient being
Into that Enlightened state.
CHO KHI GYAL PO TSONG KHA PA

CHO TSUL NAM PAR PHEL WA LA
GEK KI TSHAN MA ZHI WA DANG
THUN KYIN MA LU TSHANG WAR SHOK
May all conducive conditions arise
and all obstacles be pacified,
in order to increase infinitely,
the doctrine of the spiritual king, Tsongkhapa.
DA DANG SHEN GI DU SUM DANG

DRIL WA TSOK NYI LA TEN NAY
GYA WA LO ZANG DRAG PA YI
TAN PAR YUN RING VAR GYUR CHIG
By the merits of the 3 times of myself and others,
May the doctrine of Lama Tsongkhapa blaze forever.
Auspicious Dedication
NYIMO DELEK TSEN TELEK
NYIME GUNG YANG DELEK SHIN
NYITSEN TAKTU DELEK PEL
KON CHOK SUM GYI JIN GYI LOB
KON CHOK SUM GYI NGOR DRUL TSOL
KON CHOK SUM GYI TRA SHI SHOK
may the Three Jewels grant us their blessing,
may they help us to achieve all realisations
and sprinkle the paths of our lives with various signs of
auspiciousness.
Dedication for the Gurus long life

JETSUN LAMA KU TSE RABTEN CHING
NAMKAR TRINLEY CHOG CHUR GYE PA DANG
LOBSANG TENPE DRON ME SA SUM GYI
DRO WE MUNSEL TAKTUR NE GYUR CHIG
May the holy teachers have long lives.
May the enlightened activities be fully displayed in the ten directions,
and may the brightness of the teachings of Lama Tsongkhapa
continuously dissipate the veil of darkness covering the beings of the
three realms.
Dedication for the long life of H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama
GANG RI RAWE KORWAI SHING KHAM DIR
PEN DANG DEWA MALU GYUNG WAI NE
CHENREZIG WANG TENZIN GYATSO YI
SHA PEI SITHAI BARDU DEN GYUR CHIG
In this holy Land surrounded by snow mountains,
You are the source of all benefit and happiness
May your lotus feet, O powerful Chenrezig, Tenzin Gyatso
Remain in this world until the end of existence.
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The King Of Prayers A Complete Dedication

O lions amongst men,
Buddhas past, present, and future,
To as many of you as exist in the ten directions
I bow down with my body, speech, and mind.
On wave of strength of this king
Of prayers for the exalted sublime ways,
With bodies as numerous as atoms of the world
I bow down to the Buddhas pervading space.
On every atom is found a Buddha
Sitting amongst countless Buddha sons,
I look with eyes of faith to the victorious ones
Thus filling the entire Dharmadhatu.
Of these with endless oceans of excellence
Endowed with an ocean of wondrous speech
I sing praises of the greatness of all Buddhas,
A eulogy to those gone to bliss.
Garlands of flowers I offer them,
And beautiful sounds, supreme perfumes,
Butter lamps and sacred incense,
I offer to all the victorious ones.
Excellent food, supreme fragrances,

And a mound of mystic substances high as Mount Meru
I arrange in a special formation
And offer to those who have conquered themselves.
And all peerless offerings I hold up
In admiration of those gone to bliss;
With strength of faith in sublime ways
I prostrate and make offerings to the conquerors.
Long overpowered by attachment, aversion, and ignorance
Countless evils I have committed
With acts of body, speech, and mind.
Each and every one of these I now confess.
In the perfections of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas,
The arhats, training and beyond,
And in the latent goodness of every living being,
I lift up my heart and rejoice.
O lights into the ten directions,
Buddhas who have found the passionless stage of enlightenment,
To all of you I direct this request:
Turn the incomparable wheel of Dharma.
O masters wishing to show parinirvana,
Stay with us and teach, I pray
For as many aeons as there are specks of dust,
In order to bring goodness and joy to all beings.
May any small merits that I may have amassed
By thus prostrating, making offerings, confessing, rejoicing,
And asking the Buddhas to remain and teach the Dharma,
Be dedicated now to supreme and perfect Enlightenment.
May my offerings be received by all past Buddhas
And by all those now abiding in the ten directions,
And may all the Buddhas who have not yet come
Quickly perfect their minds and reach Buddhahood,
the state of supreme full awakening.
May all Buddha-realms of the ten directions

Remain forever vast and completely pure,
May the world be completely filled with Buddhas
who have attained illumination under sacred trees,
And may they all be surrounded by Bodhisattvas.
May all living beings in the ten directions
Always abide in health and joy.
May they live in accord with the way of Dharma
And may their every wish become fulfilled.
By my living in the ways of enlightenment
May I remember my past lives in all my reincarnations,
And in all cycles of death, migration, and rebirth
May a sensitivity for truth be ever strong in me.
By my living in the footsteps of the Buddhas
May I utterly perfect the sublime ways of the Bodhisattvas,
And may I practice the faultless, undegenerating, stainless,
And pure ways of self control.
May I master all languages that exist, including those of
The gods, yakshas, spirits, and varieties of men,
As well as all forms of communication of living beings,
That I may be able to show the Dharma in every way.
Striving thus and in the transcending perfections
May I never forget the bodhi mind,
And may I totally cleanse from within my mindstream
All negativities and mental veils.
May I gain freedom from karma, delusion, and karmic maras
To be able to live in the world unaffected by its stains
Like an unstained lotus grows in the mud,
And like the sun and moon shine without obstruction in the sky.
For as long as there are Buddha-fields and directions
May I strive to quell the misery of the lower realms,
May I place all beings only in happiness
And bring them all only happiness and joy.
May I strive to complete the ways of enlightenment

And to abide in ways harmonious with the world;
May I expose to others the ways most sublime
And myself abide in them throughout all future aeons.
May my ways and the ways of a Bodhisattva
Always go together hand in hand,
In body, speech, and mind
May I attune to their sublime ways.
May I never be separated from the good friends
Who reveal the path of the sublime ways
And who wish only to benefit me;
May I never disappoint them for even a moment.
May I constantly envision the perfect Buddhas,
The protectors who are surrounded by Bodhisattvas,
And in the future may I never weary
Of devoting myself to them with all my strength.
May I forever uphold the holy Dharma of the Buddhas
And illumine the sublime way of Enlightenment;
May I practice throughout all future ages
The ways of deeds of the sublime path.
Circling in the various realms of existence
May I amass inexhaustible goodness and wisdom,
And may I become an unending treasure of qualities
Such as methods, wisdom, samadhi, and the experience of a
Bodhisattva.
In every atom are Buddha-fields numberless as atoms,
Each field is filled with Buddhas beyond conception,
And each Buddha is surrounded by myriad Bodhisattvas:
To all these dwellers in sublime ways I turn my attention.
Thus, in all atoms within the directions
Abide within the space of a single hair
An ocean of Buddhas within an ocean of Buddha-fields
Performing enlightened activities for an ocean of aeons.
Each Buddha with his perfect speech releases

An ocean of sounds with every word he says
To satisfy the infinitely diverse tendencies of beings:
Thus does the speech of a Buddha constantly flow.
All these conquerors past, present, and future
Continually turn the methods of Dharma wheels;
With all the powers of my mind I listen
For the inexhaustible sound of their words.
All future aeons that could possibly be,
Manifest within me in a single instant;
And I myself in a fraction of a moment
Enter into all these aeons of the three times.
All past, present, and future lions among men
I envision with instantaneous wisdom
And by the power of the Bodhisattvas examples
I focus upon the objects of their experience.
I manifest Buddha-fields past, present, and future
Upon one single atom of existence,
And then I transform every single atom
Of existence into a Buddha-field.
By this, when the lights of the worlds
Eventually gain bodhi, turn the Dharma wheels;
And reveal the passing to nirvanas supreme peace,
May I take rebirth in their very presence.
Then may I attain the ten powers:
The power of instant magical emanation,
The power of which is a vehicle with every door,
The power of excellent activity,
The power of all pervading love,
The power of constantly positive energy,
The power of passionless wisdom,
The powers of knowledge, method, and samadhi,
And the power of Enlightenment itself.
May I purify the power of karma,

May I crush the powers of delusion,
May I render powerless the powerful maras,
And may I perfect the powers of sublime ways.
May I purify an ocean of realms,
May I liberate an ocean of sentient beings,
May I see an ocean of truths,
And may I realise an ocean of wisdom.
May I perform an ocean of perfect deeds,
May I perfect an ocean of prayers,
May I revere an ocean of Buddhas,
And may I practice untiringly for an ocean of aeons.
Through my practice of the sublime Bodhisattva ways
May I gain the Enlightenment of Buddhahood
And then fulfill the enlightened and the sublime aspiration
Of the Buddhas past, present, and future.
In order to match the ways of the sage
Called Samantabhadra, the always-sublime one,
Chief amongst the Awakened Ones sons,
I now dedicate all virtues that I possess.
Just as the sublime sage Samantabhadra
Dedicated all pure practices of body, speech, and mind
To the attainment of a pure state and pure realms,
So do I now dedicate the fruit of all my efforts.
In order to engage in all sublime virtues
I offer the prayer of Manjushri;
In the future may I never become faint
In striving to perfect the exalted Bodhisattvas way.
May my deeds never reach a limit,
May my qualities of excellence become boundless,
And by abiding in immeasurable activity
May I find Buddhahood, the state of limitless manifestation.
Limitless is the extent of space,

Limitless is the number of sentient beings,
And limitless is the karma and delusion of beings
Such are the limits of my aspirations.
One may offer supreme ornaments of the Buddha-fields
Of the ten directions to the conquerors,
And also offer the highest joys of men and gods
For aeons numerous as atoms of the world.
But to read or hear the King of Prayers
With eyes looking toward supreme illumination
And faith shining in ones heart for even an instant
Gives birth to a far more supreme merit.
Should anyone recite this aspiration of sublime ways
They will pass beyond all states of sorrow,
Rise above all inferior beings, and gain
A vision of Amitabha, Buddha of Infinite Light.
Even in this very lifetime
All sublime joys will be theirs;
The experiences of the all-sublime Samantabhadra,
Without obstructions, will quickly be theirs.
Merely by giving voice to these aspirations
Of the sublime ways of a Bodhisattva,
The effect can only be known by an omniscient Buddha.
Therefore, doubt not that it leads to Enlightenment.
In order to follow the excellent examples set
By the wisdom of the Bodhisattva Manjushri
And the always-sublime Samantabhadra,
All virtues I dedicate to their peerless ideals.
All conquerors passed into the three times
Have praised as supreme this peerless dedication.
Therefore, I also surrender all roots of my activities
To the sublime goals of a Bodhisattva.
When the moment of my death arrives,

May I remain free from the spiritual obscurations;
May I perceive the face of Amitabha
And transmigrate to Sukhavati, the pure land of joy.
Having arrived there, may I fulfill
All aims of this prayer of aspirations
And benefit the countless living beings
Residing throughout the ten directions.
In the joyous mandala of Amitabha Buddha
May I be reborn from a beautiful lotus,
And may I there have the pleasure of gaining
A pure prophecy from Amitabha himself.
Having won this word of prophecy,
By the power of mind may I fill all directions
With many millions of mystical emanations
And bring limitless benefits to the world.
If by reciting this prayer of the sublime ways
I have amassed a tiny fragment of goodness,
May it work immediately to fulfil
All Dharmic hopes of living beings.
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Shantidevas Dedication Prayer

From The Bodhicharyavatara
The following is one of H.H. the 14th Dalai Lamas favourite

dedications, extracted from Chapter 10 of the Bodhicharyavatara of
Master Shantideva.
May all beings everywhere

Plagued by sufferings of body and mind,
Obtain an ocean of happiness and joy
By virtue of my merits.
May no living creature suffer,
Commit evil or ever fall ill.
May no one be afraid or belittled,
With a mind weighed down by depression.
May the blind see forms
And the deaf hear sounds.
May those whose bodies are worn with toil,
Be restored on finding repose.
May the naked find clothing
The hungry find food
May the thirsty find water
And delicious drinks.
May the poor find wealth,
Those weak with sorrow find joy;
May the hopeless find hope,
Constant happiness and prosperity.
May there be timely rains
And bountiful harvests;
May all the medicines be effective
And wholesome prayers bear fruit.
May all who are sick and ill
Quickly be freed from their ailments.
Whatever diseases there are in the world,
May they never occur again.
May the frightened cease to be afraid

And those bound be freed;
May the powerless find power
And the people think of benefiting each other.
For as long as space remains,
For as long as sentient beings remain,
Until then may I too remain
To dispel the miseries of the world.
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Yonten Shigyurma The Foundation of All

Realisations
Well-realising that the root of the path,
the foundation for every realisation,
is to properly rely on my kind Guru,
bless me to do so with great effort and devotion.
Knowing that this life of freedom, found but once,
is difficult to gain and greatly meaningful
bless me to develop the continual wish
all day and night to take its essence.
Mindful of death, this life disintegrates
as swiftly as a bubble in turbulent water
and after death my good and bad
karma follows me like my shadow.
Having gained firm certainty of this,

bless me to be ever conscientious
to abandon even the slightest harm
and practice every possible virtue.
Enjoying deceptive samsaric pleasure
brings no contentment and is the door to all suffering.
aware of its drawbacks, bless me to develop
a strong wish for the bliss of liberation.
With mindfulness, introspection, and great care
induced by that pure aspiration
bless me to make my essential practice
the Pratimoksha, root of Buddhas teachings.
Just as Ive fallen in this sea of suffering
so have all beings, my kind mothers;
seeing this, bless me to train in Bodhicitta,
taking up the burden of liberating them.
And yet, just wishing this, without practicing
the three ethics, Enlightenment cannot be attained.
knowing this well, please bless me to intensively
strive to train in the Bodhisattva vows.
Properly analysing the correct object
and pacifying distraction to mistaken objects
bless me to swiftly realise the path
which unifies quiescence and special insight.
When Im a pure vessel, trained in common paths,
bless me to enter with perfect ease
the sacred gateway of fortunate ones,
the supreme of vehicles, Vajrayana.
Then, foundation for the two attainments
is keeping the pure vows and commitments.
having found unfeigned conviction in this
bless me to guard them with my life.
Having precisely understood the essentials

of the two stages, heart of the tantras,
bless me to strive without break in four sessions
to practice Yoga as taught by holy Masters.
May the spiritual guides who reveal this excellent path
and the friends who practice it all live long.
Please grant blessings that outer and inner
hindrances all be fully pacified.
In all lives may I never be parted
from perfect Masters and enjoy the glory of Dharma.
Perfecting realisations of the paths and stages,
may I swiftly gain the state of Vajradhara.
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Lamrim Prayer
By the two accumulations I have amassed
With much effort over a great time,
Which fill a vastness like the sky,
May I become a victor, a powerful one,
A leader of beings for those whose mental eyes
Are closed by ignorance.
From now on in all my lives
May Manjushri lovingly care for me.
May I find the supreme path of all the teachings,
Practice it, and please all the victors.
Using whatever I have realised of the points of the path,
May I dispel the mental darkness of beings
Through powerful love and honest skilful means;
May I long uphold the victors doctrine.
In any place the precious teachings have not reached,

Or where they have since declined,
May I, moved by great compassion,
Shed light upon these beneficial treasures.
By the amazing good works of the victors and their children
And the excellent practice of enlightenments path in stages,
May the minds of liberation seekers be enriched
And the victors deeds long be continued.
May all be made conducive for practicing the wholesome path;
May the unconducive be dispelled.
In all their lives, may all
Humans and nonhumans not be cut off
From the pure path praised by the victors.
Whenever the preparatory rites of the Supreme Vehicle
Are properly practiced with [much] effort,
May the powerful always proclaim it,
And may an ocean of auspiciousness pervade all directions.
[Reciting] these words with a strong aspiration, dedicate the root
virtues you have acquired toward [fulfilling] the wishes of your own
and others prayers.
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Tnbarma Causing the Teachings of the Buddha to Flourish

Whatever asceticism I have practiced before, and whatever
happiness
I have sacrificed for the sake of all living beings,
May this cause the Teachings to blaze and flourish
for a long time.
In order to liberate living beings from their poor state,
I gave my livelihood for the sake of those sick ones.

for a long time.
For the sake of attaining enlightenment,
I gave my son, my daughter, my wife, wealth, elephants, carriages
and jewels.
for a long time.
To the Buddhas, Pratyekabuddhas, rvakas, fathers, mothers and
Rishis
I have made many offerings.
for a long time.
For hundreds of millions of aeons I experienced many sufferings
seeking wisdom in order to attain enlightenment.
for a long time.
I practiced proper conduct of moral discipline and asceticism
for a long time, and made offerings
to the Buddhas of the ten directions.
May this cause the Teachings to blaze and flourish for a long time.
In the past, with joyful virtuous effort
I constantly remained stable and overcame all obstacles
in order to liberate all living beings.
May this cause my Teachings to blaze and flourish for a long time.
I remained always in the conduct of patience,
especially towards those beings of this degenerate time
who have very strong delusions and caused me harm.
May this cause the Teachings to blaze and flourish for a long time.
Through the power of my concentration
of the most subtle, mundane level, and my countless meditations,
like the sands of the river Ganges, on the supramundane level,
May the Teachings blaze and flourish for a long time.
For the sake of wisdom [of selflessness],

in the past I practiced much austerity in the forests,
and undertook many studies and contemplation
[on the Wisdom of Selflessness].
May this cause my teachings to blaze and flourish for a long time.
Out of great love,
I gave my own flesh, blood,
my whole livelihood and all my limbs
Through this, may the way of Dharma increase and flourish.
Previously, wanting all cruel beings to have happiness,
through my loving kindness
I brought them to the path of the Three Vehicles.
May this cause the supreme practice of Giving to increase.
In the past, relying on Method and Wisdom,
I liberated beings from distorted views
and placed them on the level of the perfect View.
May this cause the Dharma to increase always.
Through the four methods of collecting beings,
I liberated them from the fire of delusions,
thereby defeating the unwholesome and contaminated
which otherwise would have increased.
May this cause the followers of my Teachings to remain for a long
time.
I liberated those who have wrong views
from the river of distorted views
and placed them on the path of the right view.
May my followers always be endowed with faith and respect.
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May the Teachings blaze and flourish.
May the Teachings of the King of Dharma Tsongkhapa flourish.
May all signs of obstacles be pacified,
and may all favorable conditions always be present.
Based on the two accumulations of myself and others

in the past, present and future,
May the Teachings of the Victorious Losang Dragpa
blaze and flourish for a long time.
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The Bodhisattva Vows

The Eighteen Root Downfalls
1. praising oneself and belittling others
2. not sharing with others ones wealth and Dharma
3. not forgiving even when others apologise
4. doubting and denying the doctrine of the Great Vehicle
5. taking offerings intended for the Three Jewels
6. abandoning the doctrine through sectarianism
7. causing an ordained person to disrobe
8. committing one of the five crimes of immediate retribution
9. holding perverted views
10.
destroying places such as towns
11.
teaching emptiness to the untrained
12.
discouraging others from seeking full enlightenment
13.
causing others to break the vows of Individual Liberation
14.
belittling those who follow the path of Individual Liberation
15.
proclaiming false realisations such as the realisation of
emptiness
16.
accepting gifts that have been misappropriated from the
belongings of the Three Jewels
17.
laying down harmful regulations and passing false
judgement
18.
giving up the pledge of altruistic aspiration
The Forty-Six Secondary Downfalls

1. not making offerings every day to the Three Jewels
2. acting out of desire because of discontent
3. not paying respect to those senior in ordination and in taking
the Bodhisattva vows
4. not answering others questions out of negligence though one
is capable of doing so
5. selfishly not accepting invitations due to pride, the wish to hurt
others feelings or anger or laziness
6. not accepting others gift out of jealousy, anger, etc., or simply
to hurt others
7. not giving the Dharma teaching to those who wish to learn
8. ignoring and insulting someone who has committed any of the
five heinous crimes or defiled his or her vows of individual
liberation, or treating him or her with contempt
9. not observing the precepts of moral conduct because one
wishes to ingratiate oneself with others
10.
complying with the minor precepts when the situation
demands ones disregard of them for the better benefit of
others
11.
not committing one of the seven negative actions of body,
speech and mind when universal love and compassion deem
it necessary in the particular instance
12.
accepting things that are acquired through one of the five
wrong livelihoods
13.
wasting time on frivolous actions such as carelessness,
lack of pure morality, dancing, playing music just for fun,
gossiping and also distracting others in meditation
14.
misconceiving that bodhisattvas do not attempt to attain
liberation and failing to view delusions as things to be
eliminated
15.
not living up to ones precepts
16.
not correcting others who are motivated by delusions
17.
parting from the four noble disciplines
18.
neglecting those who are angry with you
19.
refusing to accept the apologies of others
20.
acting out thoughts of anger
21.
gathering circles of disciples out of desire for respect and
material gain
22.
wasting time and energy on trivial matters
23.
being addicted to frivolous talk
24.
not seeking the means to develop concentration
25.
not abandoning the five obscurations which hinder
meditative stabilisations
26.
being addicted to the joy of meditative absorption
27.
abandoning the path of Theravada as unnecessary for
one following the Mahayana
28.
exerting effort principally in another system of practice
while neglecting the Mahayana teachings that one already has
29.
without good reason exerting effort to learn or practise the
treaties of non-Buddhists which are not the proper object of
ones endeavour
30.
beginning to favour and take delight in the treaties of nonBuddhists although studying them for a good reason
31.
abandoning any part of the Mahayana by thinking it is
uninteresting or unpleasant
32.
praising oneself and belittling others because of pride and
anger
33.
not going to Dharma gatherings or teachings
34.
disparaging the spiritual master
35.
not helping those who are in need
36.
not helping people who are sick
37.
not alleviating the suffering of others
38.
not explaining what is the proper conduct to those who
are reckless
39.
not benefiting in return those who have benefited oneself
40.
not relieving the sorrow of others
41.
not giving material possessions to those in need
42.
not working for the welfare of ones circles of friends,
students, employees, helpers
43.
not acting in accordance with the wishes of others if doing
so does not bring harm to oneself or others
44.
not praising those who have good qualities
45.
not acting with whatever means are necessary according
to the circumstances to stop someone who is doing harmful
action
46.
not using miraculous powers, if one possesses this ability,
in order to stop others from doing unwholesome actions
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1.
Jessica Yap on Jun 20, 2011 at 12:51 am
Now there isnt any excuse not to do our daily Sadhanas!
Thank you very much Rinpoche, thank you for taking the time and
effort in compiling these prayers. Rinpoche is always so thoughtful
and kind.
Btw, Happy Fathers Day, Rinpoche! hehe
Sincerely, Jess
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2.
Raluca on Jun 20, 2011 at 3:17 am
Thank you!
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3.
May Ong on Jun 20, 2011 at 12:31 pm
By making all the precious prayers and sadhanas available in both
English and Tibetan are so invaluable on the internet, especially on
this blog.
Whenever we travel or live overseas, we have access to these
sacred prayers and sadhanas at our fingertips without having to bring
thick prayer books with us. How kind of you to make this available to
benefit all of us, HE Tsem Rinpoche.
Each of these prayers have their own length, function and benefit to
any individual who does them regularly. Its even suitable if you only
have 5 mins. in a day. Just repeat the short mantra 7 or 21 times
daily, as weve been taught.
Thank you.
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4.
KimT on Jun 20, 2011 at 12:53 pm
What an exceptional treasure trove. How fortunate to have all these
precious mantras all in the one place. Thank you Lama Tsem
Rinpoche.
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5.
patsy on Jun 20, 2011 at 2:13 pm
Due to Rinpoches kindness, all these compiled prayers are now

easily accessible to everyone.
Thank you, Rinpoche
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6.
Rafael Herranz on Jun 20, 2011 at 2:49 pm
Wonderful Rinpoche, a million thanks for your generosity, kindness,
patience and care for all sentient beings.
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7.
andrew chiam on Jun 20, 2011 at 4:36 pm
Thanks Rinpoche for your kind thoughts and sharing.Its a very
precious and complete sadahanas ever!
May all beings take advantage of this opportunity to practice and no
excuse anymore
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8.
wangmo on Jun 20, 2011 at 6:27 pm
Dear rinpoche,
thank u so much for your wonderful prayers. i have been looking for
such in english for i cannt read tibetian text. i can read but i dont
understand them. i sincerely hope that i live upto your prayers n
wishes for i really want to do. if only i know how to shake off my
busuku nature.
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9.
Yundrung on Jun 22, 2011 at 12:36 am
Dear Rinpoche, thank you for your love and compassion in sharing
such a treausures with everybody. But, I never received lung
transmission for such practices, aldo I have faith in Budhadharma
and in such wonderful practices what to do?
Sincerely and with many tashi delegs
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tsemtulku on Jun 22, 2011 at 2:44 am

For most of the items you do not need lung and transmission. You
can do them directly. Good luck. TR
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Yundrung on Jun 23, 2011 at 12:22 am

Thank you for your kind answer. And sorry for taking your
precious time; But, for example Dharmapala Setrap and Black
Manjushri, can I do it without lung?

Many Tashi Delegs
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10.
Frederick Law on Jun 22, 2011 at 2:15 pm
Thank you Rinpoche for these compilation of the sadhanas and
prayers which made easily accessible to us here. how wonderful to
see different prayers of Buddhas available to all to do their
sadhanas. i am exceptionally excited to be able to learn and to do
few of the prayers from this sharing. We are truly lucky and grateful
for having a Guru who is so compassionate and kind to share with us
these lovely prayers, to remove our obstacles, create vast merits to
go on our journey into spirituality, and hence to benefit other sentient
beings. I thank you Rinpoche on behalf of all for the prayers that
Rinpoche shares with us. with folded hands.
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11.
Kelvin Yong on Jun 23, 2011 at 12:09 am
Dear Rinpoche,
Would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart sincerely for
providing such valuable sadhana prayers for us to practice.
I read through all of them but i cant help but wonder, are we allowed
to recite and practice the listed sadhanas without getting any
permission e.g. (Black Manjushri, Ganglongma, Sengdongma,
Namgyalma, etc..)
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12.
Klara Morakova on Jun 24, 2011 at 6:23 am
Thank you Ven Rinpoche,your sides is perfekt!!!:-D
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13.
tsering youden on Jun 30, 2011 at 5:28 pm
Rinpochen La thukje che , I am a gelug ,your blog is very inspirational
and interesting . I am a huge follower of KYABJE PAPONGKA and
thank you for providing such an valuable prayers and teachings for
the people who have no knowledge about how to and where to start.
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14.
Linda Hoo on Jul 4, 2011 at 8:13 am
Thank you HE Tsem Tulku Rinpoche for the Mantras. Certainly many
will benefit from this website from every where in the world. We just
need wifi, to reach your website. For those travellers, unable to link
in, will need to carry all these mantras manually.
Personally I look for mantras which will destroy and protect me and
all my loveones from black magic, evil spirits,obstructions,
hindrances, accidents. Seek for your holy compassionate guidances.
Would be good. Wish to have it in my mobile text version.
Recently had too many accidents, etcs in such a short period of time.
With just a word can harm me, family members.. I worry the magic
can harm further.
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15.
Agnes Leong on Jul 4, 2011 at 4:59 pm
Dear Rinpoche, I have recently learnt more about Buddhism and its
practices from your teachings posted in the Youtube and also your
blog. Thank you so much for the valuable knowledge and its such
good karma to discover you. Wishing you Good Health always!
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16.
Seth on Apr 14, 2012 at 9:21 pm
Thank you for these prayers and sadhanas Rinpoche, they are very
helpful and will be helpful to many more. Thank you.
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May 17, 2012 at 3:55 pm
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2012 at 5:16 pm
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tshewang zangmo on Jul 21, 2012 at 2:18 pm
wow such an knowledge which i never knew at all.n credit goes
to u Rinpoche
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20.
Maman on Aug 19, 2012 at 11:04 am
Namaste! Very urgent! I am havibg a hard time finding a White
Umbrella Goddess prayer card or suitable photograph through
Internet. We are having serious problems where we just moved from
devious management and staff, along with a few of the residents and
upper management who are not aware of the entire situation. It
stemmed from us not getting requested move in work completed and
documenting it as agreed upon. These upscale apartments do have
some crime. The young female manager has three felony arrests. We
cannot afford to move again. I want my daughter, our pets and me to
be left alone and safe, while prevailing with corporate management
and the authorities. Please pray with and for us. Thank you.
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Condensed Tsongkapa practice for Happiness & clear mind |
Tsem Rinpocheon Sep 7, 2012 at 7:33 am
[...] used were the books in Lama Tsongkhapas box set (Chinese
box set) and prayers that can be found here so if you have these
items, youre all [...]
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22.
Teo Chor Kai on Dec 1, 2012 at 12:02 pm
Wonderful to be able to read this blog. I have a better understanding
of Buddhism. The religion is very profound.
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23.
Felix Kong on Dec 6, 2012 at 1:34 am
Thank you Rinpoche put the effort in gathering a lot of mantras and
share to us. This is very useful for a new prayer.Just a simple step,
easy to learn and practice.
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24.
CHAU HO on Dec 13, 2012 at 7:43 am
Dear Rimpoche,
It is so blessed that I found your website. I appreciate Rimpoche for
uploading the those prayers. Thank you.
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Rinpoche on Dec 26, 2012 at 4:45 am
[...] spiritual guides instructions well as part of their spiritual practice.
It is with strong Guru devotion, sincerity and integrity that a Dharma
center will grow Without practicing the Dharma, a [...]
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26.
peter on Jan 14, 2013 at 7:52 am
Thank you so much for this list of prayers and sadhanas. So very
helpful for my buddhadharma practice. Buddha bless
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27.
Joy on Jan 29, 2013 at 1:02 pm
Thank you Rinpoche for having this sadhana and prayer section up
on the blog to share with the world! Now it is so easy wherever we
are, we can log on here to get the prayers we need or for someone in
need. It is so convenient and helpful.
I have just sent this page to a friend in Australia who has been ill last
year and this year going in and out of hospital. She used to help us in
do designs back those days when we first started Kechara. She has
done two pujas in Puja House White Tara and Gyabshi.
I have recommended her to this page to do Yes it happened Medicine
Buddha and White Tara prayers. I hope she will and may she have a
swift recovery from her recent operation.
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28.
Phuntsho Om on Mar 26, 2013 at 10:18 pm
Dear Rinpoche la,
Thank you for reminding us every time and Thank you for the daily
sadhana. I am indeed fortunate to meet Rinpoche here. I would like to
visit thhe Kechara house oneday. Thank you.
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29.
Simon Schnell on May 11, 2013 at 1:08 pm
These are of such benefit to us all, Rinpoche your ceaseless efforts
to help us all means so much to me. I have such a difficult time in
australia to obtain teachings, being very isolated, and your teachings
are a source of pure joy for me. They help to guide me through my
daily efforts, and I feel a very appreciative and strong connection to
you. I thankyou so much for being who you are, and bow to you in
absolute gratitude. It is hard for us to find authentic teachers
sometimes, and I am so very grateful for your efforts. Sonam.
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mitra on Sep 7, 2013 at 10:07 am
thanks you thank you rinpoche everything in your blog many people
ask about how to do prayer ?what to do prayer? after what i do ? i
take your bolg card and point to blog and ask them to read blog.
Rinpoche its mantra for me your blog .everyting in your blog ,blog
make benifit many many many people.they are save and good
futchere life who read blog. OM RINPOCHE BLOG HUM PHAT .
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32.
Elsie Toy on Sep 9, 2013 at 4:47 pm
Thank you very much Rinpoche for this section of your blog. I could it
anywhere with my makeshift altar while at work during my free time. I
need not carry the prayer books with me. While I am I am stuck on
the chair I could do my sadhana making full use of my time to engage
in prayers. I really love this alot and your kindness to make these
available.
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Choongs
(Friday, Sep 27. 2013 05:11 PM)
Have you heard the story of the Lost Boys of Sudan? In 2001,
15,000 of them fled the civil war as a group and 5,000 perished in a
1,800 mile trek in shall we say interesting terrain. Salva Dut is one
of them. He will be in KL soon. He is one of the lucky ones who
became a US citizen. Guess what he is doing these days? Living the
good life?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuLbHz7k9xg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gCbu-RnXxE
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tsemtulku
(Friday, Sep 27. 2013 08:01 AM)
See the compassion of someone in action in LAST
ACT: http://www.tsemrinpoche.com/?p=43176
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abby f
(Wednesday, Sep 25. 2013 10:28 PM)
Namaste
Some students, do more, progress better with time,
become very accustomed to accomplishing things they found so
difficult when first assigned, are even surprised why they found it
fearful and so difficult in the first place. Some students fall back or
remain stagnant. Some students even take their fears/comfort
zones/laziness to the next level and degenerate. Some people drive
cars (ambulances) and save lives. Some are reckless and dont care
and drive and kill others and themselves in accidents. Do we blame
the car or the driver? So many kill other with cars Some even run
and blame others for their failures and lash out in anger. Want
revenge. Hold onto that. That is illogical. While some students
achieve greater heights. Remember kindness and give support
anyway they can. How we overcome ourselves and our fears and our
anger and our minds is how far we go with Dharma, friends, life and
ultimate gains. Not the the guru, Dharma or others to be blamed.
They show us the way, its if we take the advice and do something or
not. If Dharma was bad or guru was bad, everyone must fail.
Everyone does not fail. Many go to better understanding and growth.
They become conquerors of their inner and outer worlds!!! If the world
is bad and only to blame, everyone must fail in whatever they do.
Secret of life, dont blame others. Challenge yourself and achieve
what you are scared of. Go with Dharma all the way. Go beyond the
comfort zone because there is nothing comfortable in failing, falling
behind or being selfish. Nothing comfortable about abiding in anger.
Rise above. Go all the way. Dharma is the way. Namaste!! Tsem
Rinpoche
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Cynthia Ng
(Tuesday, Sep 24. 2013 06:30 PM)
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Cynthia Ng
(Tuesday, Sep 24. 2013 06:30 PM)
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Cynthia Ng
(Tuesday, Sep 24. 2013 06:29 PM)
,
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~http://www.tsemrinpoche.c
om or zhandugu.blog.163.com.
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SteveD
(Tuesday, Sep 24. 2013 05:34 AM)
How to startIn so many things I love to learn the history of things,
like I love to kow that Yamantaka is an emanation of the Buddha to
subdue Lord Yama but there are so many others that i wish to learn .
Like who was Vajrayogini be fore she became how we know herlike
all the other Yidams have there own history,such as all the
boddhisattvas too.
My question is : is there a book that tells us of their histories? Plz if
you have any info let me know. Thank you SteveD
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tsemtulku
(Monday, Sep 23. 2013 09:18 PM)
Some students, do more, progress better with time, become very
accustomed to accomplishing things they found so difficult when first
assigned, are even surprised why they found it fearful and so difficult
in the first place. Some students fall back or remain stagnant. Some
students even take their fears/comfort zones/laziness to the next level
and degenerate. Some people drive cars (ambulances) and save
lives. Some are reckless and dont care and drive and kill others and
themselves in accidents. Do we blame the car or the driver? So many
kill other with cars Some even run and blame others for their
failures and lash out in anger. Want revenge. Hold onto that. That is
illogical. While some students achieve greater heights. Remember
kindness and give support anyway they can. How we overcome
ourselves and our fears and our anger and our minds is how far we
go with Dharma, friends, life and ultimate gains. Not the the guru,
Dharma or others to be blamed. They show us the way, its if we take
the advice and do something or not. If Dharma was bad or guru was
bad, everyone must fail. Everyone does not fail. Many go to better
understanding and growth. They become conquerors of their inner
and outer worlds!!! If the world is bad and only to blame, everyone
must fail in whatever they do. Secret of life, dont blame others.
Challenge yourself and achieve what you are scared of. Go with
Dharma all the way. Go beyond the comfort zone because there is
nothing comfortable in failing, falling behind or being selfish. Nothing
comfortable about abiding in anger. Rise above. Go all the way.
Dharma is the way. Namaste!! Tsem Rinpoche
[reply]
sarahyap
(Monday, Sep 23. 2013 10:02 AM)
Hey all, theres new information about the dolphins in this post! Do
check it out and share it with all your friends to help create
awareness http://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulkurinpoche/current-affairs/why-is-he-crying.html
[reply]
tsemtulku
(Thursday, Sep 19. 2013 08:59 AM)
This is a real good documentary. Must watch it carefully and
undistracted. Lots of good and original footage and also witnesses of
high standing in society. I loved it and enjoyed very much.
See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Nw-B524B1A
[reply]
sarahyap
(Wednesday, Sep 18. 2013 02:28 PM)
I like this sharing that Seng Piow just posted on Rinpoches blog. It is
thanks to a small group of Rinpoches dedicated students whom are
available 24/7 that we are able to know what happens behind the
scenes. http://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/personalattendant/rinpoche-in-funerals.html
[reply]
Cynthia Ng
(Tuesday, Sep 17. 2013 07:19 PM)
Kechara Puja House brings you a wide range of pujas for every life
situation. ,
Please contact Kechara
House Front Desk: 03-78033908 http://www.kechara.com/?p=81 or
vajrasecrets.com
[reply]
Cynthia Ng
(Tuesday, Sep 17. 2013 07:15 PM)
Protector practice Setrap is widespread in ancient Buddhist India
and has been passed to Tibet. Protector practice includes the offering
of golden drink that requires the Serkym set. Offering of piping gm
hot black tea is a strong signal to the Dharma Protector to come to
our aid fast according to Tsawa Phultok Rinpoche in
Nepal. http://www.tsemrinpoche.com/
[reply]
Cynthia Ng
(Tuesday, Sep 17. 2013 07:11 PM)
! Kechara Forest
Retreat http://retreat.kechara.com/blog.tsemtulku.com Away from the
noise of traffic and the hectic pace of the city, the Kechara Forest
Retreat is a sanctuary of outer and inner peace. Here is the perfect
environment for gentle meditation and forest walks. Surrounded by
tropical trees, with the serene sounds of trickling brooks and chirping
birds, we can feel as one with nature, whether in deep contemplation
or having a healthy stroll.
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adelinewoon
(Tuesday, Sep 17. 2013 06:06 PM)
Fear that makes us run from a mad dog is useful and necessary,
whereas fear rooted in mistrust is unhelpful and needs to be
overcome. ~ H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama. When a man has learned
how to live as a real human being without disturbing others, he can
live peacefully without any fear in his heart. See more
at: http://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/externalarticle/man-is-responsible-for-everything#sthash.H8TYCY79.dpuf
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practice for everyone who wants simplicity yet effective blessings.
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"Eating animals is not our God-given right, but being kind to them is."
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"What makes us good humans is not how we abuse animals, but how
much we allow them to live and be happy freely." ~ Tsem Tulku
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"We need another and wiser and perhaps a more mythical concept of
animals.... We patronize them for their incompleteness, for their tragic
fate of having taken form so far below ourselves. And therein we err,
and greatly err. For the animal shall not be measured by man. In a
world older and more complex than ours they moved finished and
complete, gifted with extensions of the senses we have lost or never
attained, living by voices we shall never hear. They are not brethren,
they are not underlings; they are other nations, caught with ourselves
in the net of life and time, fellow prisoners of the splendour and travail
of the earth." ~ Henry Beston, The Outermost House
MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES
"We may encounter defeat, but we must not be defeated." ~ Tsem
Tulku Rinpoche
"What you are today, is the choice you made yesterday." ~ Tsem
Tulku Rinpoche
"You think you can choose your life? What an ego trip!" ~ Lama
Yeshe
"If TODAY you are dissatisfied, you must make the changes to create
different results for TOMORROW." ~ Tsem Tulku Rinpoche
SPIRITUAL QUOTES
"I was 18 years old in 1983. That was a very special year as I met His
Holiness Kyabje Zong Rinpoche and received innumerable precious
teachings and empowerments from Him at Thubten Dhargye Ling
Centre in Los Angeles, California. It was the best time of my life. A
time that seems so magical and surreal to me. Kyabje Zong Rinpoche
is Heruka Buddha and I met Heruka." ~ Tsem Tulku Rinpoche
"If being me offends you, maybe I'm not the problem." ~ Tsem Tulku
Rinpoche
"Never abandon your spiritual teacher no matter how many inner
obstacles you need to overcome." ~ Tsem Tulku Rinpoche
"Actions to force something to be permanent makes all the karmas
arise." ~ Tsem Tulku Rinpoche
"The dharma is not easy to listen to because some people take it
as criticism. But Dharma should not be just feel good only for the
moment but for deeper contemplations." ~ Tsem Tulku Rinpoche
"Whether we do work and suffer but for others or we do work and

suffer for ourselves, either way we have to suffer. That is the nature
of samsara. So let us suffer for others and then suffering has
meaning." ~ Tsem Tulku Rinpoche
"Those who really want the dharma to grow within themselves and to
grow for others should never fear hard work, timing, difficulties,
struggles, disappointments because it is for a good cause. Working
for Dharma is not a prison or work, but it is purely spiritual practice. It
is purely collection of merit and purification. Actually not doing
dharma work is the real prison." ~ Tsem Tulku Rinpoche
LIFE QUOTES
"If you love someone, show it by being honest, respectful &
honorable with them." ~ Tsem Tulku Rinpoche
"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see." ~ Henry
David Thoreau
"If I can just be the way I am & you the way you are & we accept
each other, world peace is near." ~ Tsem Tulku Rinpoche
"I am Asian, you are some other beautiful color. Together we make
diversity so beautiful." ~ Tsem Tulku Rinpoche
"It's amazing how some people have never met me or know who I
am, but based on a few things they read here & there & rumours,
they have formulated a new personality for me & all the things I've
never done they passionately speak about....I find it funny and
entertaining now. I guess we can't spend our lives fighting
rumours...we just have to work hard & then rumours get proven
wrong on it's own as a by product. No point explaining repeatedly.
Just do our work & show results!!" ~ Tsem Tulku Rinpoche
"There's a difference between patience and laziness. Patience comes
from respect while laziness from disrespect of others." ~ Tsem Tulku
Rinpoche
"Although outwardly we have so much, we have so many
conveniences, inwardly we have become more unhappy, so,
acquisition is not the secret to happiness. The more we get, the more
we have, the more unhappy we become." ~ Tsem Tulku Rinpoche
"Before we experience any pain, we already had a fixed view of how
things should be. When the experience we encounter contradicts our
views, then the pain arises. The pain arises due to our fixed views not
so much the experience itself. So the secret is changing the views.
Re-educating ourselves on our views." ~ Tsem Tulku Rinpoche
"You know since very young, for better or worse, I always did the
things that others told me not to do. I wasn't really good at following
the rules. Even now with how I share Dharma and my practice, I just
do it the way I think it should be done but I do it sincerely. Not what
others tell me what I can and can't do." ~ Tsem Tulku Rinpoche
"Love me or hate me, both are in my favor... If you love me, I'll always
be in your heart... If you hate me, I'll always be in your mind." ~
William Shakespeare
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The Unknown
The Known and unknown are both feared,
Known is being comfortable and stagnant,
The unknown may be growth and opportunities,
One shall never know if one fears the unknown more than the known.
Who says the unknown would be worse than the known?
But then again, the unknown is sometimes worse than the known. In
the end nothing is known unless we endeavour,
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because all unknown with familiarity becomes the known.
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See the compassion of someone in action in LAST

ACT:http://www.tsemrinpoche.com/?p=43176
2 days ago
This is the ideal place I would love to retire and live in for the rest of
my life. Can you live in this beauty and quiet serenity? Tsem
Rinpoche
2 days ago
Kechara House is so immaculate and beautiful. Everyone and so

many have put so much into making it the beneficial institution it is
today. We must preserve it and make it grow further to show respect
to all the contributors. Tsem Rinpoche
2 days ago
A 12ft holy Tsongkapa statue was placed in a Temple in Melaka

today. It will be further painted up and be a great blessing for the
crowds that will visit. Tsem Rinpoche
3 days ago
Went out my team for a nice meal. As usual they have been working
very hard and I appreciate them very much. Tsem Rinpoche
(September 24, 2013)
4 days ago
Our beautiful hardworking study group in Kuantan, Malaysia. Which is

Eastern part of Malaysia. Tsem Rinpoche
4 days ago
Tsem Rinpoche thangka sponsored by Dato Eric Tan in his faith and
devotion.
5 days ago
Dear Erik, I am in awe of how beautiful you presented the room for
Buddha Shakyamuni. It shows your deep respect and conviction in
the blessings of Buddha for your family. The colors/lightings are done
so tastefully. You have a beautiful family altar now to celebrate your
relationship with Buddha. Everyone must make their shrines as
beautiful as possible to celebrate their spirituality in a tangible
aesthetic manner as you did. I rejoice very much. Tsem Rinpoche
5 days ago
Dharma, Zamkar, Oser and Mumu enjoying the fresh air and space to
run around in Kechara Forest Retreat. Tsem Rinpoche
6 days ago
Powerful and compassionate ladies of Kechara. Working for others. I

am proud of them. Tsem Rinpoche
6 days ago
This is one of our Kecharians who will be a nun in the near future.
Today was distributing robes to soem of them. Tsem Rinpoche
7 days ago
Kechara Forest Retreat! Beautiful! Tsem Rinpoche

1 week ago
Jimmy cooked up a delicious meal at Kechara Forest Retreat for Rev

You Wei and our team! Tsem Rinpoche
1 week ago
Sacred cave painting of Buddha Vajra Yogini at the Dunhuang

Caves, China. Tsem Rinpoche
2 weeks ago
This seems pretty accurate. Tsem R

2 weeks ago
Newly elected Kechara's Board of Directors taking their oath for two
year term today September 10, 2013. Congratulations to them for
serving others. I am proud of them. Tsem Rinpoche
3 weeks ago
Here is a page filled with prayers, mantras and sadhanas that might
help you. It is free download. I put it up to benefit those who might
need it:http://www.tsemrinpoche.com/?p=21036
3 weeks ago
Kechara
Bloomshttp://www.kechara.com/kbKecharablooms@gmail.comhttp://
www.facebook.com/pages/HelenaBlooms-The-Flower-Shop/207138882653482?fref=tsfx Tel 03 7803 3546
3 weeks ago
Newly elected BOD of Kechara House September 8, 2013. Our first

picture together. Tsem Rinpoche
3 weeks ago
This pic is of a resort in the Maldives. It's so calming and dreamy.

Would be nice to be in this exact resort for this exact view and
setting. TR
3 weeks ago
Today is voting at Kechara for the new Board of Directors. Liaison's

Council is dissloved and new BOD will form based on elections by
Life Members. The BOD will lead Kechara into our future. All
members of BOD are campaigning and asking for votes. They are
explaining individually why they wish to be on BOD and asking for
your votes. All BOD will be voted into their positions now and in the
future. Kechara is growing and the procedure will be vote. Very
exciting to witness this historical process take place for the first time
and for our future. Tsem Rinpoche
3 weeks ago
Here is a page filled with prayers, mantras and sadhanas that might
help you. It is free download. I put it up to benefit those who might
need it:http://www.tsemrinpoche.com/?p=21036
3 weeks ago
My 1,000 armed Manjushri shrine in my room. I really am blessed to

have Manjushri in my life. Tsem Rinpoche
3 weeks ago
Read this about a genuine

person:http://www.tsemrinpoche.com/?p=42302
3 weeks ago
Very useful. Tsem Rinpoche

3 weeks ago
On a boat in Malaysia.. August 2013

3 weeks ago
This house, location, greens, water, atmosphere is PERFECT for

deep Yidam retreats, practice and living to accomplish spirituality. I
love this. It is a dream location. It is my dream to be in a secluded
area like this. I became a monk to practice and meditate. I became a

monk because I saw the inherit faults of lay living and lay results. In
fear of wasting my life, I want to be a monk and put meaning and find
a lasting goal.Tsem Rinpoche
3 weeks ago
You must see the interior of this Tao restaurant!!

Stunning!!http://www.tsemrinpoche.com/?p=43165
4 weeks ago
This lucky young spiritual girl invites Tsongkapa set back home from
Kechara dharma stores. Rejoice. Vajrasecrets.com. Tsem Rinpoche
4 weeks ago
I have to be me. I can't be anything

else:http://www.tsemrinpoche.com/?p=43178
4 weeks ago
Please read about Pastor Yekyee and leave a comment of support

for her. She is really
hardworking:http://www.tsemrinpoche.com/?p=42302
4 weeks ago
Our celebrity host of Malaysia Ms Li Kim. She is so good at talking,

interviewing and sharing. She is someone you have to watch. Must
see her show. Tsem Rinpoche
4 weeks ago
My grandfather Migyur Wang (moms side) was the ruler of Xianjiang.

He is royalty and was from the Mongol Ruling family of that area. He
has descended directly from Genghis Khan. He had left Xianjiang to
Tibet and from Tibet immigrated to Taiwan. In Taiwan He settled. I
saw him a few times in Taiwan when I was very young and before
going to USA. I didnt have much of a relationship with him. It was his
wife, the Queen, Dechen Minh that loved me, was very affectionate
towards me. I remember her very fondly and miss her. She is the
grandmother every child would love to have. She brought me over to
the US from taiwan hoping for a better life for me. Tsem Rinpoche
See:http://www.tsemrinpoche.com/?p=4611 orhttp://www.tsemrinpoc
he.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/category/family
4 weeks ago
This is a picture of my mother. I have not met up with her in over 30

years. It was her decision due to some pain she experienced
because of my dad. I do miss her very much. I wish her well and
hope to have the honor to meet with her and serve her in the future.
She loves the Buddha Tara I remember. Tsem Rinpoche Nice
pics:http://www.tsemrinpoche.com/?p=4604 orhttp://www.tsemrinpoc
he.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/category/family
4 weeks ago
We should remember this and just work towards success. Success is

the answer to so many issues. Tsem Rinpoche
4 weeks ago
Aamir Khan is very kind. This is a very heartwarming video. A must

watch:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mVuyEcfpu4
4 weeks ago
Don't waste time explaining yourself to those who are totally

committed to misunderstanding you and your intentions.~Tsem
Rinpoche
4 weeks ago
There is a HUGE REASON why this man is crying. Please find out
now:http://www.tsemrinpoche.com/?p=43131
4 weeks ago
Look at the vastness and beauty of Fo Guang Shan

Monastery:http://www.tsemrinpoche.com/?p=35883
4 weeks ago
We always have fun together! Tsem Rinpoche

4 weeks ago
This is really miraculous. Such kind and beautiful genuine human

beings. Look what they did for this dog. THANK YOU! Tsem
Rinpoche
4 weeks ago
25% of Denmark is now powered by wind! Wow. Tsem Rinpoche

4 weeks ago
Please imagine you are them for just a moment. Be detailed in your
contemplations. Imagine every suffering they go through carefully.
Tsem Rinpoche
4 weeks ago
I'm not very interesting, attained, perfect nor even near

enlightenment. I make mistakes, but can you forgive me? Can you
save the words for yourself. I'm certainly not a good teacher or even
like to see myself as one, but understand I have made a promise to
do so and can't get out of the promise to my teacher to do so. So I
just do the best I can. The best I can is not really up to standard, but I
just keep doing. I do and try and hope one day I'll improve and you
will rejoice at my efforts. Thanks. I don't want to remember the past to
see what I am not now. Tsem Rinpoche
4 weeks ago
Nice photo of Dato' Eric and myself in creative food court in Melaka.
Tsem Rinpoche
1 month ago
Together with good friends on Island off Melaka August 27th, 2013.
Tsem Rinpoche
1 month ago
We visited this beautiful island yesterday August 7th, 2013 off of

Melaka. Very nice. Tsem Rinpoche
1 month ago
Today shopping in the antique areas of Melaka. Tsem Rinpoche

1 month ago
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1 week ago
Kechara Forest Retreat panorama, September 2013

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2 weeks ago
Dechog our cockatoo at Kechara Forest Retreat grabbing long beans

which he loves. Nice bird. We love him. Tsem Rinpoche
4 months ago
The mumus having outdoor evening stroll!!!

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4 months ago
17 May 2013, heavy rain at Kechara Forest Retreat from 7am-8am (1

hour). Water overflowed the existing drain and also opened up a
much wider new "route" for itself.
4 months ago
Must see video from Rajendra on our disciplined dogs

6 months ago
Dato' Ruby won the Bella Awards!

7 months ago
This is a wonderful video for Moh Mei because she is sleeping in the
KECHARA FOREST RETREAT CONTAINERS all
alone...ehehehhehe...this is a new friend to keep her company....tsem
rinpoche
7 months ago
Answer to Jo
8 months ago
The 2 tortoises in Tsem Ladrang, Kadro and Menlha are enjoying

their fresh veggie meal.
8 months ago
Organic vegetables at Kechara Forest Retreat

9 months ago
This is Dorje our friendly fish that lives with us. He captured my
attention the first time because he was exceptionally friendly. TR
9 months ago
Mumus go bye bye!!!

9 months ago
SP's mom said that she is from Penang. This is her first trip to
bodhgaya, and she truly finds bodhgaya is very holy and spiritual.
9 months ago
Very touching video...Buddha said it was very important to visit the

four holy places associated with Him before our deaths.
Remembering this, I had instructed Paul to take this senior group to
Bodhgaya and make sure they are able to plant imprints. When this
life of 'fun', money, parties and socials are over, we cannot leave
empty handed. Tsem Rinpoche
9 months ago
Our two rescued tortoises who live at Tsem Ladrang happily and will
be transferred to Kechara Forest Retreat where they will have much
more space to roam and run. Tsem Rinpoche
10 months ago
Aki is the old African Grey that was abandoned by his owner.
Because he is old, no one wanted him. Well we wanted him and we
took him and in and love him. He is in a big aviary and he likes his
cage. We leave his cage open at all times so he can go in and out as
he likes. His cage is his security blanket. Cute. He gets nice food and
sunshine daily and also we play monks chanting for him to be
blessed. We love you Aki. Tsem Rinpoche
10 months ago
Meal time for all the cute mumus!

10 months ago
Dear james, very nice video of Kechara outlet and the activity led by
Kien. You must always make more videos. Thank you. Tsem
Rinpoche
10 months ago
This little birdie was at a pet shop. He has maimed leg, permanent
damage to his wing and cannot fly and also one eye blind. I don't
think anyone would want the poor thing, so I adopted him and keep
him safe, fed and with lots of fresh air. He's also in a large aviary so
he can be with other birds and not be alone. He is alert, active, and
has a good appetite. I like him very much and will make sure he is
safe, happy and has a good life. I name him Lucky. Lucky will always
be safe now. Tsem Rinpoche
10 months ago
Setrap's mantra
12 months ago
Rinpoche does Baby Jane!

1 years ago
Dear all, This is Paris interviewing my sister Lidshma. She mentions

when I was very young the monks would have me sit with them to do
the Buddhist services which was highly irregular in New Jersey. They
didn't have lay people even children sit with them to do the services.
So she mentions this was very unusual in a good way. My sister
Lidshma here mentions my mother (Dana) would always catch me in
the night in my room in the dark sitting on my bed meditating and
doing mantras. I did that always and had to avoid being caught by my
mother. I did it nightly. So I did it secretly and without her catching
me. If she did catch me, then there would be big drama and problems
depending on the mood my mom was in. My practicing
dharma/meditating/praying/mantras was not allowed at all by my
parents. They were fiercely against it always. My sister remembers

this here. My sister lives in Texas, USA. And our bio group had gone
to USA to interview my family for my bio book. This is a snippet.
Tsem Rinpoche
1 years ago
Dear TR:Aiyo so cute. I am in KD now going through some design

work with Karen and Mrs.Chua is teaching Pat, Kumar, Yen Ping,
Louise and Jeff English.May they be able to learn up fast and assist
Rinpoche's work!Love,Ethan
2 yearss ago
2 yearss ago
Dear Rinpoche, Thank u message from misha (Nicholas Khoo

daughter) after receiving the toys from Rinpoche. I showed her the
picture of Rinpoche and told her that this person gave the toys to her
and his name is Rinpoche. She remembers. Thank uSm
2 yearss ago
Dear Rinpoche,This is te video that Lukas read out Rinpoche's card.

He can't stop tearing and he's so happy. The parents are extremely
happy too, and the mum also teared...Thanks Bryan (What a nice
young man Lukas is! TR)
2 yearss ago
2 yearss ago
Wow! Sp n andrew working hard to fill up the ground at haven then

we can tile up the top for space n plants, etc. Tr
2 yearss ago
I didnt ask andrew to work with workers, just oversee. But he doing
the work himself for days now. Am filling up the pool at haven and
andrew's in the pool working hard w the workers. I like when ppl
swallow their ego n just do anything necessary to get the job done. Tr
2 yearss ago
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KUNKYOB (MA. She Who Protects from All Fears The Tara whose
gesture symbolizes the Three Jewels, who protects from all terrors,
holding the white flask that defeats all terrors. -Wylfred
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The 21 Taras according to the tradition of Lord Atisha. 8. DU DRA

JOM-MA She Who Conquers Maras and Enemies The Tara who
defeats mara demons and enemies, her body colored red-black,
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The 21 Taras according to the tradition of Lord Atisha. 7. SHEN JOMMA She Who Conquers Others The Tara defeating others, who
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An array of beautiful Buddhas statues in new gift room. Karen C.

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Yes for shopping freaks like us we definitely need trolleys in the new
gift building at KFR. Karen C.
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Vajrasattvas Purification Practice

The Sutra of the Great Vehicle Called

A Short Daily Sadhana

Some people dont know where to

Blessing the Rosary

OM RUTSIRA MANI PRAWA TAYA HUNG (7x)

The Four Immeasurables

Eight Verses of Training The Mind

May I suffer the defeat

The Nine Attitudes of Devotion to the Guru

Guru Yoga / Gaden Lhagyama

My Lord Guru is seated before me upon a lion-throne, lotus and

The unwholesome actions of body, speech and mind,

(Recite 21x or more, depending on time)

Song Of Longing For Tara The Infallible,Gem to Increase Life and

SANG GYE KUN NGO PADMA TO TRENG SOG

SHERAB SOG LAMA DAMPA NAM KYI

O dance of the three kayas, hosts of root and lineage

Offering tormas that are inferior, degenerate or polluted,

ULA SEL TSER BAR WAY SE MOG GYON

ZE TSANG SE KYI TEN PA RIN PO CHE

DO GU TSANG WAY SER KYEM CHO PA DI

DO GU TSANG WAY SER KYEM CHO PA DI

DO GU TSANG WAY SER KYEM CHO PA DI

We enthrone you in the nature embodying the three refuges;

We, master, disciples and entourage,

At the conclusion of any meritorious activities such as making

May this merit accumulated by myself and others beneficially serve

By the merits of the 3 times of myself and others,

Well-realising that the root of the path

Properly analysing the correct object

Eight Verses of Mind Transformation

With the thought of attaining Enlightenment

I will practise accepting defeat

Offering The Mandala

Short Mandala Offering

SA ZHI PO KYI JUG SHING ME TOG TRAM

Long Mandala Offering

Other Preliminary Prayers

Homage to the Buddha

the glorious conqueror, the subduer for the Shakya clan,

Offering Cloud Dharini

OM NAMO RATRANAYAYA NAMO BHAGAWATE BENZA SARA

Heart Of Dependent Arising

Condensed Heart Sutra

Request to Turn the Wheel of Dharma

Taking Refuge and Generating Bodhicitta

NAMO GURU BEH

I take refuge in the Guru

SANG GYE CHO DANG TSOG KYI CHOG NAM LA

The Four Immeasurables

The Nine Attitudes of Devotion to the

My compassionate Root Guru, most outstanding, even superior to all

Fully understanding that abiding, in accordance with the Dharma,

My virtuous and precious Root Guru, please bless this disciple to be

Advice From Atishas Heart

When Venerable Atisha came to Tibet, he first went to Ngari, where

If you practise with great devotion, results will arise immediately,

Do not contemplate your own good qualities, but contemplate the

Light Offering Prayer

OM VAJRA ALOKE AH HUM

I offer these beautifully exalted clear and luminous lights

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